Volume 9 , Issue 48

Oklahoma Red Book (1912)

Someone ask me awhile back about the book entitled "Oklahoma Red Book" (published in 1912). I hadn't really heard about that book until just recently when I found it on Books.Google.com. On page v, Vol. 1, The Oklahoma Red Book, it shows who compiled the book, Seth K. Corden, former Sec'y State Election Board, and W. B. Richards, corporation Record clerk; under supervisions of Giles W. Farris, State Printer, and Benjamin F. Harrison, Secretary of State, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1912. - Oklahoma Red Book

It was compiled to be used as a book for ready reference -- to keep in a durable, compact form the full test of papers of state dealing with the creation and foundation of the commonwealth, the basic laws of the Indian government and all treaties, federal laws, rulings and Acts of Congress affecting Indian and Territorial Affairs.

On page 106, of Oklahoma Red book, it gives a description of Woods and Woodward county locations.

Woods County -- "Beginning on the State line between Kansas and Oklahoma at its intersection with the center line of Cimarron River in range 21 west; thence eastward along said state line to its intersection with the range line between ranges 12 and 13 west; thence south along said range line to its intersection with the Cimarron River to its intersection with the township line between townships 23 and 24 north; thence west along said township line to its intersection with the range line between ranges 16 and 17 west; thence north along said range line to its intersection with the center line of the Cimarron River; thence up along the center line of said Cimarron River to the point of beginning. Alva is herby designated the county seat of Woods county."

Woodward county -- "Beginning on the center line of the Cimarron River at its intersection with the range line between ranges 19 and 20 west; thence southeastwardly along the center line of said Cimarron River to its intersection with the range line between ranges 16 and 17 west; thence south along said range line to its intersection with the south boundary line of said county, as it now exists under the Territory of Oklahoma; thence westward along said line to its intersection with the range line between ranges 22 and 23 west; thence north along said range line to its intersection with the township line between townships 24 and 25 north; thence east along said township line to its intersection with the center line of the Cimarron River; thence up along the center line of said range line between ranges 19 and 20 west; thence north along said range line to the point of beginning. Woodward is hereby designated the county seat of Woodward county."

On page 128 of that same book is a picture of the first legislature of Oklahoma Territory. They were: W. H. Campbell, T. R. Waggoner, I. N. Terrill, R. J. Barker, S. D. Pack, S. W. Clark, J. M Stovall, H. G. Trosper, G. I. Currin.
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