Stories from the past
147 YEARS AGO
Thursday, November 2, 1876
From the Parsons Record
Gen. Merritt has about 400 men with him on the trail of Crazy Horse’s band, and as the Fifth cavalry is the best regiment of horse in the service the Indians will have no rest.
THE SWEATING TREATMENT
While coming down the Rosebud through the deserted Sioux villages I noticed the remains of a great many sweat or medicine tepees or lodges, which shows that the Sioux must have a great many wounded in the Rosebud and Little Horn battles.
Their treatment for sickness or wounds consists almost entirely in the sweating process, very much like our modern Turkish bath.
THE TERRITORIAL QUESTION AND ITS DIFFICULTIES The chances for a Territorial Government for the Indian Territory is growing less and less as the schemes which look to that end are detected in villainous jobbery.
••••• 120 YEARS AGO
Friday, May 15, 1903
WITH SECRETARY HITCHCOCK
In response to a telephonic invitation from Chief Pleasant Porter, Editor Posey and myself had the pleasure of meeting and journeying with Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock in his special rail car from Muskogee to Okmulgee on the 9th.
There being no other invited guests aboard, we had a good opportunity to converse freely with the dignitary of the government.
Golconda Items
Too much rain.
Corn is beginning to look green. We put in a ringer last week playing ball. James Luck visited Bower Saturday and Sunday. Quite a number attended decoration services at Hoyt Sunday.
What has become of the Fame and Bower correspondents? We want to hear from them.
Big Ball Game
A big game of baseball will be played next Monday between the Eufaula High School and Bacone University, at the High School Park. Both claim the championship. Admission is 10 and 25 cents.
••••• 100 YEARS AGO
Thursday, February 22, 1923
ANOTHER GUSHER FOR EUFAULA INDIAN Miller Tiger Gets 1500 Barrels on Creek County Land
Pity the poor Indian!
When Miller Tiger, Creek of Eufaula, awoke Tuesday he learned it would probably require another adding machine to determine his wealth.
On the allotment in Creek County the Phillips Petroleum company has brought in a 1,500-barrel
The Eufaula
Fate of city hall still up in air
though what those plans are were not clear.
Councilman Todd Warren said the city needs to look at possibly erecting a new building at a different location on a bigger lot, a site that could also house a new fire department facility.
“If we’re going to spend this kind of money, we need to think outside the box,” he said.
Mayor James Duty said coming up with the money is another issue.
However, he noted, the city has two more years on the lease of its temporary facility so there is time to find funding and to come up with a plan.
The Eufaula City Council is still mulling options about what to do with the old city hall at 64 Memorial Drive.
The 100-foot by 60foot building, which was constructed in 1941, was closed a year ago because of black mold and other issues that made it uninhabitable.
The offices were moved, temporarily, to a former urgent care building on Hospital Drive.
A representative of KKT Architects in Tulsa told the Council at its monthly meeting Monday it would cost more than $900,000 to renovate the old building, which was last renovated in 1986.
Renovation would include replacing the woodframed roof and interior walls. The stone walls of the original construction was still in good shape, according to the report.
After hearing the report the Council voted to continue to move forward with the plans, Pat Notaro, owner of Funtime Fireworks and Flavors Grill, asked the council to change a city ordinance that limits the sale of fireworks.
The current ordinance states that only licensed retailers may sell fireworks, which may only be sold between June 15
Teachers become students in active shooter class
“We are very passionate about the safety of our kids,” Goodwin, a Eufaula native, told the class at the start of the Dec. 19 session.
Active shooter classes are funded by a grant from the federal government to the Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security. The classes are free and are given at schools, churches and other facilities.
About 17 percent of active shooter cases take place in schools.
So with good reason, about 150 Eufaula Public School faculty members and administrators recently attended an active shooter training class at Eufaula High School.
Retired OSBI agent Ben Rosser conducted the class, which was organized by Eufaula Police Chief Mark Goodwin.
in Tulsa.
newsworthy
City has event calendar The City of Eufaula now has an online event calendar.
Anyone in the community can submit an event online to be posted on the calendar at no charge. The goal is to have a central place for visitors and locals to see what is going on in town.
The calendar is available at VisitEufaulaOK.com under the “Play” section.
producer with a showing for a 200 barrel well in another hole.
Tiger’s income from his oil royalties in the past 12 months is said to exceed more than one-half million dollars.
Two Small Fires Wednesday Morning Muscogee (Creek) Nation ushers in new leadership
They focus on strength and unity Fire destroyed an outhouse at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Aingell on high avenue about 2:30 o’clock Wednesday morning and then a small rent house belonging to Lon McNeal was destroyed an hour later in another section of the city. Origin of the fires is unknown.
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation ushered in a new era of leadership with the i nauguration ceremony of Principal Chief David Hill and Second Chief Del Beaver Jan. 4 at the River Spirit Casino Resort mulgee.
In his inaugural speech, Hill stated his primary goal is building trust to strengthen the Nation. “I will tirelessly work to improve our tribal services by listening to our citizens and employees… together we will create strategies to implement these goals,” Hill said. “I truly want to leave a legacy that all of you can be proud of. You are Muscogee (Creek), you have special blood that runs The inauguration commemorated the new MCN Executive Branch leaders taking office in their respective positions.
Hill and Beaver were officially sworn into office on Jan.1 at the MCN Council House in Ok-
GIRL’S HAIR IS SHORN BY KNIFE
Bridges out of Poverty workshop coming to Checotah
Hanna, Feb. 19 – A 12-year-old daughter of Claude Fellows was attacked by an unknown assailant and her clothing was torn from her body and her hair shorn from her head before she succeeded in making her escape.
Slight wounds were made while cutting her hair. The girl was attacked in a pasture near her home.
to change that statistic. That’s why the Checotah Ministerial Alliance has worked with others in the community and county to bring a Bridges Out of Poverty program to Checotah.
The program, which coordinates with Exec. Dir. Treasure McKenzie of Muskogee Bridges Out of Poverty, is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday at the First Free Will Baptist Community Life Center, 713 N. Broadway.
One pastor of the Checotah Ministerial Alliance, Bud Shackelford, who pastors the First Assembly of God in Checotah, has worked diligently trying to understand the Why is it important as a community to come together to fight poverty? Because McIntosh County is ranked fifth, and it will take an entire community working together
2 MLK events planned at church A Look InsIde Two events celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King have been announced.
At 8:30 a.m., Monday, Jan. 20 – the official Dr. Martin Luther King Day – minister Eunice Warrior will speak about King and his impact on the world.
Following the program, sponsored by the Warrior School Restoration Organization, there will be a free breakfast.
At 3 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 19, the McIntosh County NAACP will host a program featured Rev. Samuel Cunningham and a special guest
••••• 80 YEARS AGO
Thursday, February 11, 1943
LENNA TEACHER JOINS WAAC’S TO HELP IN ARMY
Lenna – Latest WAAC enrollee from the ranks of the educational staff of the state is Miss Lee Roye McDaniel, teacher of the third and fourth grades at the Lenna school.
The enthusiastic 25-year-old teacher, daughter of L.D. McDaniel of Lenna, took her oath Friday at Oklahoma City. She wants to become a commissioned officer as soon as possible but plans to continue her career as a teacher following the war.
Indian Women Are Asked To Join WAAC Mrs. Dorothy Cassutt, community worker of the five civilized tribes agency, with offices on the second floor of the Eufaula Abstract office building, is in receipt of a communication for the superintendent of the Indian office to start a campaign among the Indian population to enlist the services of Indian women in the W.A.A.C.
EUFAULA BOY JOHN HOWELL REPORTED WAR PRISONER Street Commissioner Herb Howell and Mrs. Howell have been notified by the war department that their son, John B., who has been reported missing in action since last May, is a prisoner in the Philippines.
John enlisted in the service back in 1941 and was stationed in the Philippines when Japan made their sneak cowardly raid on Pearl Harbor. He was with the Coast Artillery at the time of his capture.
••••• 75 YEARS AGO
Thursday, January 6, 1949
Two Arrested For Cattle Stealing
Two men, charged jointly with larceny of domestic animals, were in custody of County Sheriff Clarence Douglas this week, awaiting arraignment, probably today, before James J. Asher, justice of the peace.
The two, William S. Griffin, Okfuskee county, and Kenneth Crawford, Hughes county, are charged with theft of two calves from the Hud Martin farm in western McIntosh County.
Egg Buyer Faces Two More Charges
L.J. Morgan, whose hot check egg buying business had already resulted in three criminal counts against him in McIntosh County, was named dependent in two additional cases here this week.
The new complaints revealed two more worthless checks totaling $480 bearing Morgan’s signature, which were given in payment for eggs last May.
MARINE HERO RITES SUNDAY
Reburial rites for Corporal Alex Lee Sulphur, killed in Saipan during World War II, will be held in Eufaula Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. The body will arrive in Eufaula Friday.
Sulphur was a native of Eufaula and a full-blood Creek Indian. At the time of his death, June 14, 1944, Cpl. Sulphur was serving with the 4th Marine Division.
••••• 50 YEARS AGO
Thursday, April 4, 1974
County Farm Bureau To Assist in Theft Prevention Program
The McIntosh County Farm Bureau is participating in a theft prevention program.
Reward signs are being furnished for Farm Bureau members to put on their property.
The reward signs state that there is a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons committing theft, arson or vandalism on the property.
Law Office Opens
R.O. Green and Joe Whitaker opened their new law offices over the Farmers and Merchants Bank on April 1.
••••• 21 YEARS AGO
Thursday, Nov. 7, 2002
FEMA Funds give city streets a lift
Federal Emergency Management Agency money has given Eufaula streets that are not on the onehalf cent overlay project list a lift. The funds are being used to repair several streets and alleyways recently damaged during the 2000 ice storm.
