A Gazetteer of Indian Territory

A Gazetteer of Indian Territory

Author: Henry Gannett

Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com

Published: 2009-06

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13: 0806352612

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Indian Territory refers to those remaining southwest lands that had become home, primarily, to the Five Civilized Tribes (Cherokee, Chocktaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole) following their removal from the southeastern states in 1833. Indian Territory is bounded on the north by Kansas, on the east by Arkansas, on the south by Texas, and on the west by Oklahoma. The bulk of this book consists of an alphabetical list of 2,100 place names, scattered through Indian Territory. The place names range from villages, to railway stations, to bodies of water, and to other natural formations. Each place name is identified in relation to the Indian nation on whose reservation it could be found and with reference to Indian Nation atlas sheets published separately by the U.S. Geological Survey. Indian Territory is bounded on the north by Kansas, on the east by Arkansas, on the south by Texas, and on the west by Oklahoma. Readers will find a valuable description of the region's geological, geographical, demographic, and economic characteristics in Mr. Gannett's Introduction. The bulk of the book, of course, consists of an alphabetical list of 2,100 place names, scattered through Indian Territory. The place names range from villages, to railway stations, to bodies of water, and to other natural formations. Each place name is identified in relation to the Indian nation on whose reservation it could be found and with reference to Indian Nation atlas sheets published separately by the U.S. Geological Survey. All in all, this is a great tool for researchers with ancestors among the Five Civilized Tribes and other Indian nations.


A Gazetteer of Indian Territory (Classic Reprint)

A Gazetteer of Indian Territory (Classic Reprint)

Author: Henry Gannett

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-26

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9781527725171

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Excerpt from A Gazetteer of Indian Territory The north boundary is the thirty-seventh parallel; the east boundary, commencing on the south at Red River, in approximate longitude 94° follows a meridian north to Arkansas River, and thence runs in a direct line to the southwest corner of Missouri. Thence it follows the west line of Missouri, which is a meridian through the mouth of Kansas River, north to the thirty-seventh parallel. The south boundary is the mid channel Of Red River. The west boundary commences in Red River at its intersection with the ninety -eighth meridian and follows this meridian north to Canadian River, thence southeastward along the mid channel of Canadian River to a point in approximate longitude 96° where the river intersects the middle line of range 5 east. The line then runs north along the range line to its intersection with the North Fork of Canadian River, which it follows eastward to its intersection with the range line between ranges 6 and 7 east; thence it follows the range line north to its intersection with the township line between townships 19 and 20 north, then east ward along this township Iine to the ninety-sixth meridian, which it follows north to the thirty-seventh parallel. The area of the Territory is square miles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.