Muskogee and northeastern Oklahoma, including the counties of Muskogee, McIntosh, Wagoner, Cherokee, Sequoyah, Adair, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Washington, Nowata, Craig, and Ottawa . e warpath and encountered their enemy at ClaremoreMound. The Osages had the advantage of location, using themound as a fortress, but the Cherokees had guns while the Osagewarriors had only their old-time bows and arrows as Osages were defeated, with a loss of about two hundred oftheir number in killed and wounded. Thomas Chisolm, grand-father of Senator Robert L. Owen, was among the leaders of theChero
Muskogee and northeastern Oklahoma, including the counties of Muskogee, McIntosh, Wagoner, Cherokee, Sequoyah, Adair, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Washington, Nowata, Craig, and Ottawa . e warpath and encountered their enemy at ClaremoreMound. The Osages had the advantage of location, using themound as a fortress, but the Cherokees had guns while the Osagewarriors had only their old-time bows and arrows as Osages were defeated, with a loss of about two hundred oftheir number in killed and wounded. Thomas Chisolm, grand-father of Senator Robert L. Owen, was among the leaders of theCherokees in this battle. Several other battles occurred between these two tribes, in eachof which the Cherokees were the victors, but a treaty of peace wasfinally agreed upon at Fort Smith, Arkansas. It is estimated that about four-fifths of the land in this countyis well adapted to the production of all the staple crops of thetemperate zone, although much of it is still virgin soil, the nativegrass being always a sure and profitable crop. Corn, oats, wheat,barley, alfalfa and prairie hay are produced abundantly through-out the county, while the bottom land produces good crops of. VIEW OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, OKLAHOMA MILITARYACADEMY, CLAEEMORE MUSKOGEE AND NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA 593 cotton and potatoes. Livestock raising is also a favorite industrywith the Rogers County farmer, and herds of well-bred cattle,hogs and horses are quite numerous. The mild winters enable thefarmers to keep their cattle on pasture during almost the entireyear. Some special attention is being given to raising goodpoultry, fruit and berries, but the favorable surroundings justifya much more intensive and intelligent development of these indus-tries than they have heretofore received. OIL From year to year for many years, the farmers of this sectionwere content to plod along, satisfied with the returns received fromthe cultivation of the soil, never dreaming, perhaps, that vastfortunes in oil and natural
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