147 YEARS AGO
Thursday, November 9, 1876
AN INDIAN DUEL Chicago Tribute
Standing Rock, D.T., Oct. 18 – A somewhat exciting event occurred here yesterday. It was no less than an Indian duel. On the east bank of the Missouri river, just across from this post, about 500 Indians and squaws were yesterday engaged in butchering their beef – 160 head of fine, fat cattle just received from the beef-contractor, Col. Paxton, who was present at the time – at least until the affair of the duel made it too hot for him.
Wild Bear is a scout at the post, enlisted regularly into the military service. He is rather small in stature, but muscular and agile as a cat. He is as brave, too, as any man can be, and as far as I can learn, is mild, quiet and inoffensive.
He was engaged in butchering his beef when Crooked Neck, another Indian, taunted him with being the friend and servant of the military and an enemy to his own race.
He said to him further: “You ought not to come here to get our beef. Go to the military to get your beef. You helped to get Kill Eagle to come in and surrender.”
In a very few seconds he and Crooked Neck had ceased to butcher beef, and were engaged with great determination in trying to butcher each other.
They stood face to face, about 15 paces apart, each with a good Winchester rifle.
Crooked Neck got in two shots before Wild Bear fired and advanced … (killing Crooked Neck).
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120 YEARS AGO Friday, May 22, 1903
Badly Hurt
It is reported that Dr. Ingram was seriously hurt in a drunken fight with Joe Boyd last Sunday evening at Burney. He was struck on the neck and head and knocked unconscious and has not yet recovered. The weapon used is unknown.
Fire in Muskogee
The First Methodist church of Muskogee, besides other buildings, was destroyed by fire Monday morning. The church was an old mark of Muskogee and many tears were shed at the sight of it being eaten up by the flames. The church will be rebuilt immediately. The total loss by the fire was $10,000.
Bower Items
– Croquet is all the go at Bower.
– Bob Worth and family of Golconda are visitng Bower.
– Health of the community is good; the doctors say distressingly so.
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100 YEARS AGO
Thursday, February 21, 1924
OKLAHOMA STATE BANK CLOSES ITS DOORS MONDAY The Oklahoma State bank closed its doors here Monday and was placed in the hands of the state banking department. Suspension of business was due, according to Cashier M.S. Fears, to continued withdrawals of deposits for the past two weeks.
EXIE HASN’T YET ASKED HER BOSS FOR NEW CAR
Exie Fife, wealthy Creek Indian maiden whose pet motor car was smashed in the abrupt termination of a joyride at Broken Arrow Friday night, has not yet appeared at the Five Civilized Tribes’ offices to ask for another automobile to replace the demolished Lincoln.
Eufaula in Darkness Sunday night
On account of some roughneck throwing barb wire across the high line extending from Muskogee to Eufaula, and then shooting away the insulators, this city was in total darkness Sunday night.
The Oklahoma Gas & Electric company that furnishes juice for Eufaula is well managed here and their men spent all of Sunday night working on the line trying to locate the trouble and were rewarded for their trouble early Monday morning by finding a bunch of barb wire thrown across the main line in several different places, as well as finding several insulators had been shot in two.
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80 YEARS AGO
Thursday, February 10, 1944
DISTRICT DEMOS ENDORSE 4TH TERM FOR ROOSEVELT The democratic central committee of the second congressional district, meeting in Muskogee, approved resolutions for a fourth term for President Roosevelt.
Legion to Help Soldiers Get Their Mustering Out Pay
Members of the Charles Whitaker Memorial post No. 82 of the American Legion in Eufaula voted to make its facilities available to World War II veterans for assistance in securing the benefits of the mustering out pay bill for service men and women recently passed by congress immediately following the announcement that President Roosevelt had signed the measure into law.
WAR BOND DRIVE TO BE HELD AT THE CHIEF THEATER Tuesday night, February 15 a free show will be given by the Chief Theater in order to further the sale of war bonds.
Everyone will be given a free ticket to this show who purchases an E bond between February 10 and February 15 inclusive.
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75 YEARS AGO
Thursday, January 13, 1949
Mayor Will Run Again To Finish Sewer Project Mayor K. C. Burnham, whose chief occupation as head of the city government has been trying to improve sewer facilities, wants to finish that job before he quits. Elected without opposition for a first term n 1947, Mayor Burnham will be a candidate for re-election.
Fight to Keep Indian School Open After July 1, Looms Possibility that the century-old Eufaula Boarding School for Indians may have to close its doors at the end of the current fiscal year, June 30, loomed again this week when it was disclosed in Washington that no request for funds to operate the school had been included in the budget bureau’s recommendation for Indian education.
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50 YEARS AGO
Thursday, April 11, 1974
A.I.M. Member Dead After Fight in Hanna Café An American Indian Movement member, killed in a fight in a Hanna café, was identified Saturday as authorities tried to piece together what happened.
McIntosh County Sheriff Clarence Douglas said the dead man was Frank Thelecco, 27, who was shot while he and four other men fought with C.B. Martin, owner of the café.
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18 YEARS AGO
Thursday, October 6, 2005
County Gets Jail Deadline
Oklahoma Jail Inspector Don Garrison attended the weekly McIntosh County Commissioner’s meeting Monday, essentially giving them 120 days to act upon planning the building of a new county jail.
Renovate Treatment Facilities
Due to increasingly stringent water standards form organizations like the Environmental protection Agency, the Eufaula City council has voted to refinance the community’s outstanding bonds and put the $3.5 million in earnings towards renovation at Eufaula’s water plant and the wastewater treatment plant.
Sheriff transported to hospital after cruiser strikes cow On Thursday evening, around 8 p.m., McIntosh County Sheriff Terry Jones responded to a car accident near the Lenna turnoff, west of Eufaula. The car had apparently hit a bovine (cow) that was loose on the highway.
According to Jones, as he rounded the comer near the turnoff on Highway 9 West, he saw truck lights coming toward him in the other lane. The sheriff said as he slowed his cruiser, his car struck another bovine that was in the middle of the highway.
The cow struck the driver’s side of the sheriff ’s cruiser and the windshield shattered.
