Volume 10 , Issue 7

Caddo, Comanche & Kiowa Counties

Three new counties, designated as Caddo, Comanche and Kiowa, were added to the organized portion of the territory as the result of the opening of these reservations. The townsites of their county seats were reserved from entry, were surveyed and platted and the lots were sold at auction to the highest bidders, the government devoting the proceeds to public improvements and other public purposes for the towns and counties -- such as the erection of courthouses, waterworks, bridges, schoolhouses, etc.

The pasture reservations, for the segregation of which there had been much just criticism, were thrown open to settlement five years after the opening of the rest of the reservations, the land being placed on the market and sold to the highest bidders. Thus, excepting only the reservations of the Osage, Kansas, Ponca and Otoe-Missouri tribes of Indians, all of the unallotted lands of Oklahoma Territory were finally thrown open to settlement.

To get an idea of the way the twin territories were divided by tribes and nations in Oklahoma and Indian Territories you can see a map over at OKGenWEb. You can click on each of the Nations to read more about them.
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