The Opening of Oklahoma Interview With Hon Hid ney Clarke
Hon Sidney Clarke returns from Washington confident Oklahoma will be opened by the next Congress. He discusses opening Indian territory, the fight by cattle syndicates, anticipated territory size, rail lines, and a surge of settlement that would boost Kansas and Missouri. He cites Commissioner Sparks and Nordhoff, and urges rapid, fair land access for actual settlers.
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Sidney Clarke
Washington
Congress
Oklahoma
Interior Department
Clarke
Gagerrs
Indian Territory
Indiana
Oklahoma Territory
Texas
Santa Fe
Arkansas City
Fort Worth
Galveston
Rock Island Company
Caldwell
Fort Reno
Cisco
United States
Kansas
Missouri
Kansas Towne
Chicago
Sparks
Dakota
Montana
Gen. Weaver
Iowa
Springer
Ilinois
Pageon
Divide
Anderson
Carlisle
New York Herald
Charles Nordhoff
Ita
Washington Bureau
Friends of the
Oklahoma Movement
Nordhoff
Quitting Sale At Weitzenkorns Draws Farmers To Town
Farmers from Palmyra Lecompton and nearby areas flood town to shop the closing out sale at Weitzenkorns clothing house. They buy suits jeans coats shirts and hats at near price, viewing the event as a rare bargain and a plan for next winter. AHealth note promotes Green's August Flower as a cure for dyspepsia and liver complaints with sample bottles offered.
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Weitzenkorn
Early Forest Deforestation and Settler Shifts Described
The article recalls a former river valley forest of oaks walnuts and elms spanning three miles and to Mud Creek. After timber removal by mills and settlers led to vast stumpage loss, native frontiersmen dwindled and a new, refined farming class arrived with improved tools, horses and cattle. It notes land sales including O P Smith Island Street and Babcock's addition transfers totaling $3 000.
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Mud Creek
Jean
Theo Stumps
Orlando Darling
Delaware Mills
Hanscomb & McGrew
Geroas
Pawnee
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Kansas State University
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Leavenworth
Jon Honn
New York
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Life
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Acigner
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Sunction City
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Eldridge House
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Laws
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Winthrop and
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Lawrence, Kansas
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Beckie Snyder
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