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James L. Butler, an intermarried Cherokee, established the area's first post office in 1859 at the confluence of Butler Creek and the Caney River. Known as Little Verdigris, the site was located just southeast of today's Oak Park Edition in Bartlesville and consisted also of a trading post and school. Most residents left the region during the Civil War years, and the post office was closed in 1866. Washington County's earliest white residents either acquired permits to work and dwell within the Cherokee Nation or were Cherokee and Delaware by marriage. Nelson F. Carr, an intermarried Cherokee, was among the first, settling near the site of the Little Verdigris post office in 1868. Jacob H. Bartles, the son-in-law of Delaware Chief Charles Journeycake, arrived in Washington County in 1873. Others were Joseph H. Bennett, William Johnstone, and George B. Keeler. These men employed themselves as merchants, millwrights, farmers, and ranchers. Nelson Carr built a grist mill on the Caney River in 1870. He utilized the mill to grind seed corn, a crop he had introduced to the area. | Links |
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State of Oklahoma Genealogy Records Guide
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Oklahoma State Archives
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County Clerk 400 South Johnstone, Room 100 Bartlesville, OK 74003 Phone (918)337-2834 Fax (918)337-2894 | Court Clerk 400 South Johnstone Bartlesville, OK 74003 Phone (918) 337-2870 | E-Mail Lists and Message Boards |
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