Chickasaw Rancher
Published on 6. November 2015
189 pages
978-1-78625-599-0 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1961, Neil R. Johnson's The Chickasaw Rancher tells the story of Montford T. Johnson and the first white settlement of Oklahoma. Abandoned by his father after his mother's death and then left on his own following his grandmother's passing in 1868, Johnson became the owner of a piece of land in the northern part of the Chickasaw Nation in what is now Oklahoma.The Chickasaw Rancher follows Montford T. Johnson's family and friends for the next thirty-two years. Neil R. Johnson describes the work, the ranch parties, cattle rustling, gun fights, tornadoes, the run of 1889, the hard deaths of many along the way, and the rise, fall, and revival of the Chickasaw Nation.-Print Ed.
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Content
- Intro
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- INTRODUCTION
- 1-CHICKASAWS IN MISSISSIPPI
- 2-TREATY OF 1866
- 3-WILD INDIAN RAIDS
- 4-JACK BROWN HIS FIRST PARTNER
- 5-WALNUT CREEK RANCH TRIP
- 6-CHICKASAW RENTER
- 7-CHARLEY CAMPBELL BECOMES PARTNER
- 8-BOGGY JOHNSON RETURNS
- 9-LAW AND ORDER
- 10-TEXAS TRAIL HERDS
- 11-COUNCIL GROVE RANCH ABANDONED
- 12-SCHOOL IN NEW YORK
- 13-SNOW STORM
- 14-PURCELL TOWNSITE
- 15-OKLAHOMA RUN
- 16-WICHITA INDIAN LEASE
- 17-HALF MOON RANCH
- EPILOGUE
