Volume 15 , Issue 38

1911, The Choctaw Strip Not For Oklahoma

In the Tulsa Daily World, Saturday, 9 September 1911, we found this headline concerning "The Choctaw Strip Not For Oklahoma." The State relinquished its rights to Arkansas, and taxes had piled up.

Fort Smith, Ark., Sept. 8, (1911) -- Announcement was made in Fort Smith, Arkansas on this date by way of a letter from Assistant Attorney General Moore, of Oklahoma in which Oklahoma renounced its claim to the "Choctaw Strip," the ownership of which had been in dispute for years.

It seems Arkansas and Oklahoma agreed to bring a friendly suit in the United States Court to decide the ownership, but Attorney Moore said the expense would be too heavy.

For years tax collectors on both sides of the line had been enjoined yearly by owners of the strip from collecting taxes, because of the clouded title of the land. Back in 1911, the back taxes were said to exceed the value of the land three times.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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