Intresting Oklahoma History

[Crosstimbers Okie]

Excellent. One of these days I may need to go on a catfish/sand bass expedition up the Canadian & Little River...

[peggydavis]

When I feel adventurous, I may drive those dirt roads near where the old store and fort were supposed to be.

[Crosstimbers Okie]

Great!! I'll look forward to your pics!!

[Crosstimbers Okie]

From http://digital.library.okstate.edu/C...8/v038p154.pdf

Early-day descriptions of the locations of Edward's Trading Post & "Old" Ft. Holmes;

Edward's Trading Post was located on the west side of Little River, three miles up stream from it's juncture with the South Canadian River, and five miles "below" the ford on the South Canadian River. "Old" Fort Holmes was setablished on the east side of Little River a few miles east of Edward's.

[OneDayAttaTime]

Cushing was in the Sac and Fox Indian Reservation opened to homesteaders on September 21, 1891. Entering the Sac and Fox lands on the opening date on September 22, 1891, William R. Little, born in Illinois, located a homestead of 160 acres on the present site of Cushing, built a home.

HIDEOUT FOR NOTORIOUS OUTLAWS- Euchee Creek, east of Cushing, was once the desolate hiding place for many notorious outlaws because it was on the edge of the Creek Nation, still a wilderness at the opening of the Sac and Fox land, and forbidden to the white man. Bootleggers, horse thieves, cattle rustlers had hideouts there in the timber.

[Jndryden]

Oklahoma Banking History: For information on Oklahoma's early experiment with bank deposit insurance and the infamous Columbia Bank and Trust Company failure of 1909, see tonyweller.wordpress.com. The website includes a genealogical profile of Oklahoma banker William L. Norton, a chronology of events surrounding the failure of one of the state's biggest banks, as well as photographs and personal letters.

[colleeng47]

For those of you interested in Oklahoma history, check out the Oklahoma Department of Archives website: Oklahoma State Archives and Records Management - Oklahoma Department of Libraries

Lots of very interesting things there.

The Oklahoma State Library website, which also has lots of great info is here:
Oklahoma Department of Libraries Online

We're in the process of putting online the applications and correspondence between the State and recipients of the Confederate Veterans Pension. It will be a while before that is available, but in the meantime there is lots of other great stuff to read.