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From: "J. M. Freed" <>
Subject: [BRE] Brethren and the Oklahoma Territory Land Rushes
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 21:05:22 -0400
References: <25.2bbc6e2a.2a82bc19@aol.com>


Jan Tompkins sent the first message below, but the date of the land
run was left off this specific repeat. That land run did NOT refer to
the Cherokee Outlet ("Strip") Run. The Cherokee Strip land run was
September 16, 1893, and several Brethren from Kansas and elsewhere
participated in that land run, establishing several churches in the
Cherokee Strip (basically the northwestern part of present day
Oklahoma, minus the Panhandle). Included in this land run was one of
my ancestors and several ancestors of my numerous Oklahoma cousins,
some of which were Brethren.

The book, "A History of the Brethren in Texas and Oklahoma,
1891-1922", Edited by James H. Morris (Higley Print Co., Butler,
Indiana, 1922), does not include any of the names below that Jan
Tompkins shares, but the index is probably not inclusive and not being
on the list does not preclude their being Brethren AND settling in
Oklahoma Territory.

The men referred to below by Jan Thompkins, if I remember correctly,
were heading to Oklahoma in 1901. (Correct me, Jan if this is not
true.) The Wichita and Caddo lands, and the Comanche Kiowa and Apache
lands (basically in the southwestern part of the present state of
Oklahoma) were opened by Lottery, and I do not recall any Brethren
congregations (at least that survived 'til the mid 1900's) in that
location.

A correction to the final statement provided below that states, "But
on April 22, 1899, the US government held an event known as the
Oklahoma Land Rush." The correct date is April 22, 1889, NOT 1899.

The references for the land rushes, lottery, etc., above come from
John W. Morris, et.al., "Historical Atlas of Oklahoma", 2nd ed., U. of
Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, 1962.

Jeffery Scism, can you abbreviate your references below to provide us
with a specific web site that provides names of the Cherokee Strip
pioneers? I came across such a site several months (or years) ago,
but have since lost the URL, and at the time, the list was far from
complete.

Jim Freed, native of Oklahoma


----- Original Message -----
From: <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: [BRE] a few Kansas Brethren names headed toward Oklahoma
(1901)


> In a message dated 8/7/2002 8:20:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> writes:
>
>
> > "The following gentlemen left Tuesday evening for Oklahoma to
> > register for the opening of the Indian lands:
> >
> > A J Bowman
> > J J Groshong
> > Billy Means
> > Elmer Hummer
> > Ed. Nevins
> > R B Gould
> > Dave Edmonds
> > Dan Whitmer
> > Chas. Rankins."
> >
> > I recognize at least three names as being Brethren men (Bowman,
Hummer,
> > Whitmer) because of kinship. Not sure about the others.
> >
> > Jan
>
> There is a land rush website with hundreds of names.
>
> (It is the "Cherokee strip" site.)
>
>
> <A
HREF="http://aolsearch.aol.com/redir.adp?appname=MS&query=oklahoma%20l
and%20rush&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2elibrary%2ecornell%2eedu%2fReps%2fDOC
S%2flandrush%2ehtm&datasource=Google&partner=Google&clickedItemRank=1&
requestId=cns10785&component=websearch.google.http.tcl&searchType=MS">
OKLAHOMA LAND RUSH OF 1899</A> - ... arriving on his land he fell down
under a
> tree, unable to speak or see. I am glad to be able to say that his
claim is
> one of the best in Oklahoma. The rush ...
> http://www.library.cornell.edu/Reps/DOCS/land
> <A
HREF="http://aolsearch.aol.com/redir.adp?appname=MS&query=oklahoma%20l
and%20rush&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2epan%2dtex%2enet%2fusr%2fl%2fdrlocke%
2f&datasource=Google&partner=Google&clickedItemRank=2&requestId=cns107
85&component=websearch.google.http.tcl&searchType=MS">Oklahoma Land
Rush</A> - OKLAHOMA LAND RUSH. The following letter was written by
> Newton Franklin Locke (born January 13, 1853 in Dallas Co., Alabama;
died ...
>
> http://www.pan-tex.net/usr/l/drlocke/
> <A
HREF="http://aolsearch.aol.com/redir.adp?appname=MS&query=oklahoma%20l
and%20rush&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2epan%2dtex%2enet%2fusr%2fl%2fdrlocke%
2foklaland%2ehtm&datasource=Google&partner=Google&clickedItemRank=3&re
questId=cns10785&component=websearch.google.http.tcl&searchType=MS">Ok
lahoma Land Rush</A> - OKLAHOMA LAND RUSH. The following letter was
written by
> Newton Franklin Locke (born January 13, 1853 in Dallas Co., Alabama;
died ...
>
> http://www.pan-tex.net/usr/l/drlocke/oklaland
> <A
HREF="http://aolsearch.aol.com/redir.adp?appname=MS&query=oklahoma%20l
and%20rush&url=http%3a%2f%2fsdsd%2eessortment%2ecom%2foklahomalandru%5
frccj%2ehtm&datasource=Google&partner=Google&clickedItemRank=4&request
Id=cns10785&component=websearch.google.http.tcl&searchType=MS">The
Oklahoma Land Rush</A> - The Oklahoma Land Rush. On March 2, 1889
Congress
> ... agree to our full terms. Review the full terms by clicking here.
oklahoma
> land rush.
> http://sdsd.essortment.com/oklahomalandru_rcc
>
&query=oklahoma%20land%20rush&url=http%3a%2f%2fmarti%2erootsweb%2ecom%
2fland%2foklands%2ehtml&datasource=Google&partner=Google&clickedItemRa
nk=5&requestId=cns10785&component=websearch.google.http.tcl&searchType
=MS">Oklahoma Land Openings 1889-1907</A> - ... The Last Land Rush
> http://skyways.lib.ks.us/history/landrush.html. ... Oklahoma Land
Run 1893
> pioneer, George Arnett Cales http://www.fergus.org/lastrun.html. ...
> http://marti.rootsweb.com/land/oklands.html
> <A
HREF="http://aolsearch.aol.com/redir.adp?appname=MS&query=oklahoma%20l
and%20rush&url=http%3a%2f%2fmuseums%2edoi%2egov%2fmurals%2frush%2ehtml
&datasource=Google&partner=Google&clickedItemRank=6&requestId=cns10785
&component=websearch.google.http.tcl&searchType=MS">Department of the
Interior: Museum Services Branch. Interior ...</A> - Interior
> Building WPA Murals: The Oklahoma Land Rush Artist: John Steuart
Curry
> Medium: Mural--oil on canvas Dimensions: 8 ft. 8 1/2 in. high, 18
ft. 8 1/2
> in. ...
> http://museums.doi.gov/murals/rush.html
>
> <A HREF="http://aolsearch.aol.com/redir.adp?appname=MS&query=oklahom
a%20land%20rush&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2egeocities%2ecom%2fcifan7%2fokla
homa%2ehtml&datasource=Google&partner=Google&clickedItemRank=8&request
Id=cns10785&component=websearch.google.http.tcl&searchType=MS">oklahom
a</A> - OKLAHOMA LAND RUSH. Ever since ... natives. But on April 22,
1899,
> the US government held an event known as the Oklahoma Land Rush.
They ...
> http://www.geocities.com/cifan7/oklahoma.html
>
> Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG, (<A
HREF="http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com">http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com</
A>)


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