B.B. Chapman collection, 1871-1917.

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B.B. Chapman collection, 1871-1917.

Documents concerning the opening of Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache lands, including allotment documents, notice of drawings, abstracts of town lots, register of homestead entries, and miscellany; papers relating to Mattie Beal, 2nd name to be drawn in the Lawton, Okla., land lottery in 1901, including articles, correspondence, homestead application, and Lawton land district certificate; papers of/or concerning James R. Woods, 1st name to be drawn in the lottery, including deposition by his sister, Alta Woods; materials of Stephen A. Holcomb, winner of the land lottery held at El Reno, Okla.; and miscellaneous documents of Oliver Jones, of Lawton, including bid for Oklahoma pasture lands, homestead application, certificates, and correspondence about Geronimo; and miscellaneous papers concerning the park and cemetery in Lawton, Indian school, and Comanche County Fair.

1 box.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8060256

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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...

Woods, James R. (James Russell), -1902

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Comanche County Fair (Lawton, Okla.)

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Beal, Mattie, 1879-1931

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Woman pioneer; 2nd name drawn to win land lottery in Lawton, Okla., 1901; wife of Charles W. Payne. From the description of Mattie Beal collection, 1934-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70975854 ...

Holcomb, Stephen A.

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Chapman, Berlin B., 1900-1995

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Historian, of Oklahoma; b. 1900. From the description of B.B. Chapman collection, 1871-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70970838 ...

Jones, Oliver.

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