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Volume 9, Issue 40 - Feature #3038

Chisholm Trail- 140 years

In the late 1940's our family lived in Watonga Oklahoma. My father E. M. Barker worked for the local newspaper The Watonga Republican. He was also an avid fisherman and would spend a lot of time exploring the rivers and tributaries for a good fishing hole. One day he was exploring a creek that fed into the North Canadian River located between Watonga and Geary Oklahoma. While wandering through the brush he came upon Jessee Chisholm's grave site. He remembered reading the local historical society had been searching for it so they could erect a highway historical marker. Today when you drive between Geary and Watonga you will see the marker. Bill Barker

Bill Barker - 2007-10-07 19:11:55

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