Notes and Documents section for Volume 89, Number 3, Fall 2011. It includes a short document titled "The Twenty-Five Indians: A Revealing Ledger from the Genevieve Seger Collection" that describes a ledger book dating back to 1886 which lists the names of the first colonists to leave the Darlington (Cheyenne-Arapaho) Agency to establish an agricultural colony on the Washita River. The ledger, given to the Oklahoma Historical Society by Genevieve Seger, provides evidence that twenty-eight Arapahos set out to establish the colony.
The mission of the Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) is to collect, preserve, and share the history and culture of the state of Oklahoma and its people. The OHS was founded on May 27, 1893, by members of the Territorial Press Association.
Notes and Documents section for Volume 89, Number 3, Fall 2011. It includes a short document titled "The Twenty-Five Indians: A Revealing Ledger from the Genevieve Seger Collection" that describes a ledger book dating back to 1886 which lists the names of the first colonists to leave the Darlington (Cheyenne-Arapaho) Agency to establish an agricultural colony on the Washita River. The ledger, given to the Oklahoma Historical Society by Genevieve Seger, provides evidence that twenty-eight Arapahos set out to establish the colony.
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