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Box 2

 Container

Contains 171 Results:

Wigwam Neosho, Undated

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Identifier: 1975.006.3.Miscellaneous.081
Scope and Contents

A sign reads: "Oklahoma. Wigwam Neosho. Near Grand R., about 7 mi., N.E. Was trading post in 1829-33, named and conducted by Ex-Gov. Sam Houston of Tenn., who was called Colonaf (The Raven) by his Cherokee friends. As a celebrity in the Indian Ter., Houston was visited by the American author, Washington Irving who came to this country in 1832, and made notes for his book, "A Tour on the Praries," now an Oklahoma classic. Oklahoma Historical Society and State Highway Commission 1949."

Dates: Undated