Sunday, November 05, 2006
Exploring Indian Territory
My Resistol's off to the Texas Longhorns, who didn't let my Oklahoma State Cowboys get close to corraling them last night.
My Pokes are good, but oh, so inconsistent. Now I'm back to bein' generally *for* Texas: Hook 'em Horns!
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Drlobojo, among others, will be proud that I decided to blow off the local game yesterday -- Northeastern (Oklahoma) State University at Southeastern (Oklahoma) State University -- and instead Dr. ER and I went exploring.
We checked out the Caddo Indian Territory Museum & Library in Caddo, Okla. Caddo, back in the 1870s, was the site of the Oklahoma Star, one of the Indian newspapers I've researched.
The museum had a little information about the editor that I didn't know -- plus it had a portrait of him, which the lady volunteer docent person let us photograph, for my own files. Major cool.
Then, we went the back way, by way of the town of Bokchito (Choctaw for "Big Creek") to Fort Towson, which was a mile or so from the site, in 1849-1852, of another couple of Indian newspapers I've researched, at Doaksville, which hasn't existed since just after the Civil War.
We walked through what remains of the ruins, including a cistern where Confederate Brig. Gen. Stand Watie surrendered to the Union in June 1865 -- the very last general to surrender, two months after Appomattox. Major cool, again.
Then, we hauled back to the house we were house-sitting to watch Texas prevail over the Cowboys.
Fine day, all in all, considerin'.
--ER
My Pokes are good, but oh, so inconsistent. Now I'm back to bein' generally *for* Texas: Hook 'em Horns!
...
Drlobojo, among others, will be proud that I decided to blow off the local game yesterday -- Northeastern (Oklahoma) State University at Southeastern (Oklahoma) State University -- and instead Dr. ER and I went exploring.
We checked out the Caddo Indian Territory Museum & Library in Caddo, Okla. Caddo, back in the 1870s, was the site of the Oklahoma Star, one of the Indian newspapers I've researched.
The museum had a little information about the editor that I didn't know -- plus it had a portrait of him, which the lady volunteer docent person let us photograph, for my own files. Major cool.
Then, we went the back way, by way of the town of Bokchito (Choctaw for "Big Creek") to Fort Towson, which was a mile or so from the site, in 1849-1852, of another couple of Indian newspapers I've researched, at Doaksville, which hasn't existed since just after the Civil War.
We walked through what remains of the ruins, including a cistern where Confederate Brig. Gen. Stand Watie surrendered to the Union in June 1865 -- the very last general to surrender, two months after Appomattox. Major cool, again.
Then, we hauled back to the house we were house-sitting to watch Texas prevail over the Cowboys.
Fine day, all in all, considerin'.
--ER
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Hell the game was probably "fixed" anyway even if Pody Poe is dead. Now Cado, and Bokchito, and Doaksville, you were wandering around on the edge of middle earth were you not. You're right makes me proud that you're such an explorer.
Down in them there parts it is best to stay on the paved roads and only get out of the car when there is a sign that says "Stangers Allowed Here".
Speaking of that, I noticed that some fool back East determined that Broken Arrow was the 20th safest city in America. Based on self reported statistical data no doubt. That does bring to mind the old boy some years ago that was found at the bottom of a small lake with an 80lb log chain wrapped around him and his secretary/mistress attached to the end of the chain as well. If I remember right, the sheriff said it was the damndist suicide he had ever investigated. The Coroner however ruled it an accidental death claiming that the guy just fell overboard of his boat after getting hung up in his "anchor chain", but couldn't swim to safety and that his secretary, who was there to take dictation, was killed when she jumped in to save him and got the chain hook lodged in her sternum. But then again, maybe that story is just one of them "Rural Legends".
Down in them there parts it is best to stay on the paved roads and only get out of the car when there is a sign that says "Stangers Allowed Here".
Speaking of that, I noticed that some fool back East determined that Broken Arrow was the 20th safest city in America. Based on self reported statistical data no doubt. That does bring to mind the old boy some years ago that was found at the bottom of a small lake with an 80lb log chain wrapped around him and his secretary/mistress attached to the end of the chain as well. If I remember right, the sheriff said it was the damndist suicide he had ever investigated. The Coroner however ruled it an accidental death claiming that the guy just fell overboard of his boat after getting hung up in his "anchor chain", but couldn't swim to safety and that his secretary, who was there to take dictation, was killed when she jumped in to save him and got the chain hook lodged in her sternum. But then again, maybe that story is just one of them "Rural Legends".
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Durn, I got my arrows and bows all mixed up. I was thinking on Broken Bow, Oklahoma, not Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Broken Arrow is undoubtably " a safe city" cause no body but safe people live there. Broken Bow, well it's like I said.....
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