1907
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History
During the Civil War, on December 26, 1861, just northwest of present Skiatook, pro-Union Creek and Seminole led by Opothleyahola engaged Confederate soldiers in the Battle of Chustenahlah. In 1870, under the Cherokee Reconstruction Treaty of 1866, the Osage began the process of purchasing approximately 1,570,059 acres in the Cherokee Outlet from the Cherokee Nation. Osage Agent Isaac T. Gibson established the Osage Agency at Deep Ford (present Pawhuska) on Bird Creek in 1872. The Osage Reservation boundary was finalized in 1875, when the Kaw, or Kansa, acquired approximately 100,000 acres in the reservation's northwest corner. The Kaw lands were included in Kay County at statehood.
The Osage Reservation was part of Oklahoma Territory under the Organic Act of 1890 and was made a semiautonomous district by the Enabling Act of 1906. Represented by delegates T. J. Leahy and James J. Quarles at the 1906 Constitutional Convention, it became Osage County, Oklahoma, at 1907 statehood.
Links
Osage County E-mail List on Rootsweb
Osage County Query Board on Rootsweb
Osage County Query Board on Genforum
Osage County Cemeteries on Interment.net
Osage County Cemeteries on OKcemeteries.net
Osage County Cemetery Listings on Find A Grave
Free Records Search at Familysearch Org
Osage Nation
Osage County Courthouse
600 Grandview Ave.
Pawhuska, OK 74056
County Clerk
Phone (918)287-3136
Fax (918)287-3629
Court Clerk
Phone (918)287-4104
Fax (918)287-3629
Adjacent Counties
Washington County | Tulsa County | Pawnee County | Noble County | Kay County
Cowley County, Kansas | Chautauqua County, Kansas