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Wikipedia Designed to capture contributors and participants in America's expansion westward from the east coast. Including politicians, newsmen, explorers, founding fathers, frontiersmen, mountainmen, railroadmen, lawmen, outlaws, gunfighters, etc. Notable people of the American Old West Artists Frederic Remington - Artist who specialized in the American Old West Explorers Saca...
The Seneca or Onödowá’ga:’ (pronounced: Oh-n'own-dough-wahgah) or "Great Hill People" are a group of Indigenous Iroquoian-speaking people who historically lived south of Lake Ontario, one of the five Great Lakes in North America. Their nation was the farthest to the west within the Six Nations or Iroquois League (Haudenosaunee) in New York before the American Revolution. They were the largest ...
Please add profiles of those people who were born, lived or died in the city or county of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Official City Website Official County Website History The area where Tulsa now exists was considered Indian Territory when it was first formally settled by the Lochapoka and Creek tribes in 1836, They established a small settlement under the Creek Council Oak Tree at the present-day in...
This project is part of the State of Oklahoma Portal. ==About the Project=Please use this project to add, research, document, and discuss your ancestors from Oklahoma. You can add profiles for:* People born in Oklahoma* People who lived in Oklahoma* People who died in OklahomaWhen you find helpful resources for research, please share them here so that others can benefit.If you have projects rel...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Texas County, Oklahoma. Official Website Texas County was formed at Oklahoma statehood (November 16, 1907) from the central one-third of "Old Beaver County". When the formation of the county was authorized by the Constitutional Convention of 1907, the county was so named because it was wholly included within the limits of the Texas ...
Opening in 1916, Rose Hill is a historic part of Tulsa's legacy. Encompassing 90 acres, Rose Hill Cemetery offers traditional casketed burial spaces, lawn crypts, casketed mausoleum entombment, cremation burial, and also cremation niche entombment.Rose Hill Cemetery is home to the Abbey Mausoleum. The mausoleum is the oldest and largest mausoleum in the state of Oklahoma. The first phase was co...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Garfield County, Oklahoma. Official Website Prior to the Land Run of 1893, Garfield County, named for President James A. Garfield, was named O County and was part of the Cherokee Outlet, occupied by the Cherokee people following the Treaty of New Echota and the Cherokee trail of tears. Historically, the area was a hunting ground for...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Blaine County, Oklahoma. Blaine County was one of several counties created by the Land Run of 1892. It was designated as county "C" beginning in 1890 before the land run. According to one account, the designation "C" remained until the first public elections in 1892. When the time came to choose another name for the county, there see...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Marshall County, Oklahoma. The county was created at statehood in 1907 from part of the Chickasaw Nation. It was named to honor the maiden name of the mother of George Henshaw, a member of the 1906 Oklahoma Constitutional Convention. Adjacent Counties Johnston County Bryan County Grayson County, Texas Love County Carter C...
Alexander Clark of Jura Research of the line from Alexander Clark of Jura to the Clarks that settled near Canton, NC and other branches including those that moved on to Tennessee, Arkansas and eventually settled Clarksville, Texas. Scottish Influence in Early Southern American Culture – Alexander Clark Alexander Clark Alexander Clark and his family represent an example of what must have been th...
Woodville Cemetery was moved to the current location from Old Woodville in the late 1930's or early 1940's in preparation for the creation of Lake Texoma. There are at least 650 graves without inscriptions, marked only by concrete blocks or rocks. It is located in McBride, Marshall County, Oklahoma. Find a Grave
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. Official Website The county was established in 1890 and was originally called County Two. It was originally inhabited by members of the indigenous nations of the Southern Plains, but by the 1830s the land would become part of the territory assigned to the Seminoles and Creeks after their removal from thei...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lincoln County, Oklahoma. The Osage hunted on land that includes present-day Lincoln County until they ceded the area in an 1825 treaty to the federal government. The government then assigned the land to the Creek and the Seminoles after they were removed from the southeastern United States. Following Quapaw removal in 1834, several ...
Wikipedia =Fort Sill National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Elgin in Comanche County, Oklahoma. Find a Grave
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Comanche County, Oklahoma. Official Website The county was created in 1901 as part of Oklahoma Territory. It was named for the Comanche tribal nation. Built on former reservation lands of the Comanche, Kiowa, and Apache in Indian Territory, Comanche County was open for settlement on August 16, 1901 by lottery. The region has three ...
List of United States Representatives from Oklahoma Oklahoma's current delegation to the United States House of Representatives as of January 2025: 1st district -- Kevin Hern 2nd district -- Josh Brecheen 3rd district -- Frank Lucas 4th district -- Tom Cole 5th district -- Stephanie Bice
Pollard Cemetery Haworth, McCurtain County, Oklahoma, USA
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Grant County, Oklahoma. Official Website Grant County was part of the Cherokee Nation's Cherokee Outlet until it was opened to non-Indian settlers in response to public demand on September 16, 1893. Settlers named the county after President Ulysses S. Grant in a general election held November 6, 1894. Wakita was featured in the 19...
Wikipedia =Oklahoma City University, often referred to as OCU or OKCU, is a coeducational, urban, private university historically affiliated with the United Methodist Church. It is located in the uptown district of Oklahoma City, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.The university offers undergraduate bachelor's degrees, graduate master's degrees and doctoral degrees, organized into eight colleges and...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Major County, Oklahoma.Upon statehood in 1907, Major County was created from southern part of a territorial county. Fairview, which had been settled following the Land Run of 1893, was designated the county seat, and voters reaffirmed the choice on December 22, 1908.Named for John Charles Major, a representative to the state's 1906 Co...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Mayes County, Oklahoma. History French voyageurs roamed the area in the early 18th Century, giving French names to many of the waterways and other local sites. Jean Pierre Chouteau established a trading post at the location of the present town of Salina, where he chiefly traded with the Osage tribe that had settled in the vicinity. Un...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Rogers County, Oklahoma. Originally created in 1907 from the western Saline District of the Cherokee Nation, this area was named the Cooweescoowee District, and Cooweescoowee County at the time of statehood. However, the residents protested, and the name was changed to Rogers County, after Clem Vann Rogers, a prominent Cherokee ranch...
Waukomis Cemetery Waukomis, Garfield County, Oklahoma, USA:
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Creek County, Oklahoma. Official Website European explorers traveled through this area early in the 19th Century, after the Louisiana Purchase. In 1825, the Osage Nation ceded the territory where the Federal Government planned to resettle the Creek Nation and other tribes after their expulsion from the Southeastern part of the Unite...
Elmwood Cemetery Hartshorne, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, USA