[Photograph 2012.201.B0226.0181]
Description:
Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Established in 1883 by Lt. Matthias W. Day from the Pawnee agency. Two companies of "Buffalo" soldiers were quartered at Camp Russell. Here Oscar Halsell threatened Lt. Day's life if a steer butchered by the camp was not paid for. On December 24, 1884 a forty man detachment was sent from here to oust W. L. Couch and his "Boomers" from the Stillwater area. The "Boomers", 225 strong, refused to be arrested and Lt…
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Date:
April 18, 1971
Creator:
Tapscott, George
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Partner:
Oklahoma Historical Society