[Photograph 2012.201.B1144.0017]
Description:
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This old blockhouse, built by Chief John Ross of the Cherokee and his brother, Louis, before the Civil war, still stands in one corner of the Salina schoolyard. It houses the spring that slaked thirst of the early Chouteaus when the trading post was founded. Left is Ezekiel Vann, who will lead the parade of Cherokee Indians in the historical day observance October 10. On the right is Taylor Eaton, 74 years old, who has live…
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Date:
1940
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Oklahoma Historical Society