Volume 7 , Issue 1

Ashley & Short Springs Towns...

"Short Springs (town) - According to Oklahoma towns and places this was a town because it had a post office. Short Springs was named for the Short brothers, George and Young, who were members of the Cherokee Outlet Livestock Association before 1893. The cattlemen rented pastureland from the Indians before the Cherokee Outlet opened to homesteaders. A natural springs lies in the area south and across the road of where the Short Springs school now stands on Highway 64. This watering hole quenched the thirst of cattle driven from Texas to Kansas along the Kiowa Trail....." -- -Wessell Family - Email: gwessels@akslc.net   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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