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"In the Beginning" by Fred Olds. From postcard from the Oklahoma Territorial Museum.

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Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-03: Indians III: · Page 3.14
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Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-03: Indians III:
Page 3.14
Material type
Magazine article (Photograph / Image)
Date
January-February 1989
Description
Payne and twenty men set out to settle in Indian Territory, settled at a forested hilltop where they could survey a townsite, they called their place Ewing. Not even a month into the settlement they were arrested by U.S. troops from Fort Reno, but Payne went back to Oklahoma Country, this cycle continued from 1880-1885they ended up being charged with Invasion of Indian territory and a 1,000 dollar fine which was never paid.
Author or creator
Dr. Stan Hoig
Publication or source
Oklahoma Today
Subjects and names
oklahoma, Payne, arrested, fine, Ewing, settlement.

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