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96 .meres the allotment waS supposed to be practietty worthless and this land wouli probably neve? hay®, heed selected by any adult allottee of the Creel ■ tribe. With the extension of the Oklahoma oil field came a de»' mani for .wildcat '• oil territory . *ad thus it, was that, la. October, 1913, B. B. Jones, of Brlatow, who had secured a lease on Srah’s river lotd, dropped a drill In an open pool that hae made-'.history in the Mid-Continent field,1 The first well developed ■came In at 3.000 barrels of oil per duyv-Witfroil above the-dollar mark .this gave'Sarah, who received a royalty . of onO^elghth, ‘ an 'Income from this one well alone of something over I37B.OO per day, which is «©me pin money for an , eleven-year-old ; negro . girl,.; When ■/ the drilling., was. ■ ef»»tlnued on the 96 acres and 23 pror duolng gushers were brought In with-Sarah Rector lease became one of ■the best known in the field and the result b that-two of the busiest men In this section are Mr Tlt; J. Rorter, ol Beeland. Okla. Sarah's guardian; and Mr. Edward Curd, - of - Muskogee, he* attorney, iand their business consists largely in finding good, safe investments for the Immense sums monthly to be placed to Sarah’s credit, as royalties, on the ©11 from;these -21 wells.:,. •; .Inoidenally, Sarah’s parents pa longer occupy a two^room sh«ck w ith .their'six offsprings,, but. ,o» the contrary a modem home ■ hah been provided bn the. family farm ’ near Taft, and In-and around tbie home are ample , evidences of the' wealthfrom the rigged; rlter Trent lots allotted to the . little eleven-ye’ar-old negro' girl by the M. S. government at a time when the ownership - seemed a Iter bility, not an. asset-;:-- •;. .?,
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Gulicks Weekly Review
Muskogee, Oklahoma, US
Sat, May 09, 1914
Page 7
Full Page
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Mike C.
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