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From 1865 to 1920, African Americans founded over 50 all-black towns and settlements in the Indian Territory. [26] The Land Run of 1889 contributed to the settlement of African American towns in modern Oklahoma. [27] Thirteen African American towns still exist. [28] [7] This is a list of all remaining African American towns in Oklahoma:
L.R. Kershaw hosting U S Vice President James S. Sherman to Oklahoma City, OK. Active in state politics since 1905, L. R. Kershaw was a delegate to Oklahoma State and Muskogee County conventions. In 1906 he was nominated to the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention for the 74th District of Indian Territory, which became the new state of Oklahoma ...
Vernon was plotted October 4th 1910 and established in June 1911 as an all-black community, it became an incorporated town in 2005 and is one of thirteen remaining All Black towns of Oklahoma. It was named for Bishop William Tecumseh Vernon of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. [3]
Redbird is a town in Wagoner County, Oklahoma, United States.The population was 137 at the 2010 census, a 10.5 percent decline from the figure of 153 in 2000. [3] Founded at the turn of the 20th century, it was one of more than fifty all-black towns in Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory and is one of thirteen surviving black communities in Oklahoma.
In that year a breed association, the American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association, was established with 60 members in Chicago, Illinois; the name was shortened to American Angus Association in the 1950s. [2]: 105 [6] Until 1917 both black and red cattle could be registered in the herdbook of the association.
Grayson was originally named Wildcat and was located within the area that became McIntosh County at statehood. It was named for a Muscogee chief, George W. Grayson.The name changed when Grayson's post office was established February 10, 1902, although the legal town name remained as Wildcat into the 1960s.
Taft is a town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 174 as of the 2020 Census. [4] The locale began as an all-black town on land allotted to Creek Freedmen. It is named for President William Howard Taft. [5]
The Tiak Sub-unit is located southeast of Idabel surrounding the towns of Haworth and Tom: Ozark Plateau WMA [75] Adair: 2,076 acres (840 ha) 2 miles east of Bell: Packsaddle WMA [76] Ellis: 19,659 acres (7,956 ha) 17 miles south of Arnett: Pine Creek WMA: Pushmataha and McCurtain: 10,280 acres (4,160 ha) 7 miles (11 km) north of Valliant, Oklahoma