Osage Agency Marker, Undated

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 6

Identifier: 1975.006.3.Osage.003

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Photograph of a metal sign for the Osage Agency that reads "Established 1872. Agency village named for Chief Pa-hu-ska, well known in Osage history. By Act of Congress, 1906, tribe retained ownership of minerals in the reservation lands. Discovery of oil later made the 2,229 alloted Osages the richest Indian tribe. Notable chiefs were James Bigheart, Bacon Rind, Fred Lookout."

Dates

Creation: Undated

Creator

Tenney, John Richard, 1935-1962 (Photographer, Person)

Access

This material is open for research use by any registered reader.

Extent

1 photographic_print

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Physical Description

Black and white photograph on matboard.

Dimensions

9 x 7.5 cm.

General

Title supplied by cataloguer.

Photographer: Dick Tenney.

Written in pencil on verso, top: "Osage Agency marker."

Written in pencil on verso, center: "Pawhuska. 1872"

Stamped on verso, bottom: "Dick Tenney."