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Poor Indian Aunt Lucy Harjo and the Allen oil field saga
Lucy Harjo, an elderly full blood Chickasaw, owns 320 acres in Allen Oklahoma that became the village’s richest oil tract. Guardianship under N Olive follows long delays by Indian agents and Muskogee officials who deny bills and constrain access to her wealth, forcing costly trips and rationed needs while wells drain value from her land.
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Lucy Harjo
Allen
Oklahoma
Okmulgee Field
Ardmore Fields
Mrs. Harjo
Allen Field
Lucy
Cato
Aunt Lucy
J. R. Phillips
Atoka
Phillips
Cato Sells
Muskogee
New England
Middle West
Ada
Mr. N. Olive
Indian Office
Olivo
Pontotoc County
First State Bank of
Mr. Olivo
Judge Busby
Olive Guardian
Lacey
Olive
Rhine
Mr. Olive
Interior Department
Washington
Indian Bureau
Bureau
Hell
Old World