The Search for Fountain Camp: Locating Washington Irving's October 20, 1832, Encampment in Oklahoma

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Article investigates the location of Fountain Camp, a location writer Washington Irving and an expedition led by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs stopped at in their journey to scope out land in Oklahoma before relocation of Eastern tribes to Indian Territory.

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Chlouber, Carla Summer 1996.

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Article investigates the location of Fountain Camp, a location writer Washington Irving and an expedition led by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs stopped at in their journey to scope out land in Oklahoma before relocation of Eastern tribes to Indian Territory.

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16 p. : ill.

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Abstract: In 1832 writer Washington Irving joined the first official United States expedition through the central part of Indian Territory. Historians have identified several of the places where the party camped, but not the location of the encampment for October 20 in what is now Payne County. Carla Chlouber reviews the primary documents and the landscape to determine the probably site of the famous author's encampment.

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  • Chronicles of Oklahoma, 74(2), Oklahoma Historical Society, 1996, pp. 130-145

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  • Publication Title: Chronicles of Oklahoma
  • Volume: 74
  • Issue: 2
  • Page Start: 130
  • Page End: 145

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Chlouber, Carla. The Search for Fountain Camp: Locating Washington Irving's October 20, 1832, Encampment in Oklahoma, article, Summer 1996; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2031785/: accessed June 7, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.

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