Thank you for your fascinating postings. Putting these family connections on this message board is VERY helpful to all researchers.
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Yes, this thread ties several strands of the history of Southern Indian Territory (esp. South-Central Oklahoma), including my baliwick, Rush Creek -- a section of Oklahoma neglected thus far by our universities. Let's hope that some day our university presidents will be alerted to this void.
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We are abutting wholesale ignorance, due in part to our universities, who, yes, turn out our local teachers.
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Several years ago, when I was attending a "tractor pull" in Sulphur, Murray County OK, an elderly lady approached my table and quickly let me know that she was a college graduate and I was all wet BECAUSE "during the Civil War, nothing happened here in Oklahoma ... etc." ... (That year, 5,000 people attended the well-advertized "tractor pull.") ..Unfortunately, this attitude was prevalent for several reasons and reached into our Okla. Legislature ... I will now jump off my soapbox. ...
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Keep up the good work. Your great friend,
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Patti, prochette@Juno.com
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