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Two States at War Over Rich Red River Oil Field
Fred Sutherland and Col Jesse B Roote forge a legal battle over a 400 acre Red River oil claim valued at about 50 million dollars. Texas rangers challenged US federal authority while Roote fought in courts from Austin to Washington to establish the land as US public domain and secure possession. The case draws in Burke Divide holdings and could reach 300 to 500 million in related properties as winter nears.
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Fred. Sutherland
Texas
Red River
Oklahoma
Sutherland
United States Army
Supreme Court of the United States
Texas Rangers
United States Court
United States Marshal
Butte
Fred S. Sutherland
Jesse B. Roote
South
Roote
United States Supreme Court
Burke Divide Oil Company
Colonel Roote
Mammoth
Montana
Burke Divide Company
Sam Sparks
State of Texas
United States
Texas State Court
Austin
Fred Sutherland
Europe
Spain
Louisiana Purchase
Madrid
America
Federal
Col. Roote
Ndaunted
Frank A. Youmans
Attorney General of
Washington
Supreme Court
Colonel Root
Attorney General’s Office
Texas Court
United States ’Supreme Court
Gregory
Joe Bailey
Attorney General
Fred
Southwest
Frank Northrup
Wolf Creek Oil Company
George T
Cutbank) Brown