John J. Schott photograph collection, 1880-1953.

Geronimo, 1829-1909

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Geronimo, also known as Goyaałé, also known as The One Who Yawns'; born in Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico, June 1829 – died, Fort Sill, Oklahoma February 17, 1909), prominent leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Apache people. From 1850 to 1886, Geronimo joined with members of three other Chiricahua Apache bands—the Tchihende, the Tsokanende and the Nednhi—to carry out numerous raids, as well as fight against Mexican and U.S. military campaigns in the northern Mexico states of Chihuahu...

Rogers, Will, 1879-1935

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The youngest of eight children, William Penn Adair Rogers was born on November 4, 1879 at Rogers Ranch in Oologah, Indian Territory (what is now Oklahoma). His parents, Clement Vann Rogers and Mary Schrimsher, were partly of Cherokee descent. While growing up on the family ranch, Will worked with cattle and learned to ride and lasso from a young age. He grew so talented with a rope, in fact, that he was placed in the Guiness Book of World Records for throwing three lassos at once. One went ar...

Gowen family

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Schott family

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Richardson family

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Bodine family

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Schott, John E. (John Elmer), 1911-1991

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Page, Wanada Parker, 1887-1970

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The Quanah Parker Family Collection was assembled by Elsie Hamill through her interest in Cynthia Ann and Quanah Parker, and her friendship with Wanada Parker Page, daughter of Quanah Parker. This collection contains correspondence, literary productions, photographic materials, and artifacts relating to the Comanche and Parker family. Elsie Hamill became interested in the Parker family story in 1951. At that time she was a schoolteacher in Ross Elementary School, Mexia, ...

Schott, Dera Newkumet, 1889-1964

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Resident of Lawton, Okla.; b. Dera Newkumet in Weatherford, Tex.; m. John J. Schott in 1909 in Norman, Okla., and later moved to Lawton; operated insurance office in Lawton from 1929-1939; after death of her husband (1943) worked for state tax commission in Oklahoma City where she was employed for 15 years. Their son, John E., continued working in the Lawton office and dealt with real estate in the 1950s. In March 1964 Dera Schott moved back to Lawton and died in June of that year. F...

Potter family

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Parker, Quanah, 1845?-1911

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Prominant Comanche chief; lived in Fort Sill, Okla., area. From the description of Papers, 1852-1911. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70971447 Quanah Parker (ca. 1845-1911), son of Comanche chief Peta Nocona and famous Indian captive Cynthia Ann Parker, was the last chief of the Quahada Comanche Indians. He played a prominent role in the Comanche tribe's resistance to white settlement and ultimately to their adjustment to reservation life. Parker led ...

Cotney family

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Schott, John J. (John Joseph), -1943

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Businessman, of Lawton, Okla.; with wife, Dera Schott, operated insurance office. After Schott's death in 1943 this was taken over by their son, John E. Schott. From the description of John J. Schott photograph collection, 1880-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 166429103 ...