Notice of Copyright. Citing Resources from the Western History Collections

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1 Notice of Copyright Published and unpublished materials may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code). Any copies of published and unpublished materials provided by the Western History Collections are for research, scholarship, and study purposes only. Use of certain published materials and manuscripts is restricted by law, by reason of their origin, or by donor agreement. For the protection of its holdings, the Western History Collections also reserves the right to restrict the use of unprocessed materials, or books and documents of exceptional value and fragility. Use of any material is subject to the approval of the Curator. Citing Resources from the Western History Collections For citations in published or unpublished papers, this repository should be listed as the Western History Collections, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. An example of a proper citation: Oklahoma Federation of Labor Collection, M452, Box 5, Folder 2. Western History Collections, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.

2 BROJIfN, HENRY U v IWUmiffl- y.' '', 8528 o ' " t«/ & J ~

3 BROWNS, HpHTTfi ; / ' -8*.. -,.. Form A-(S-149).. - Indian-Pioneer History Pro'jeot for Oklahoma.eld Worker 1 s name E»lf ridge Jennie io report made" on. (date) :.. A«J»W* * TOR?» ,.,.. t ' Name nenry id* Brown ' ". $..Post Office Address o-gier^roo^. Oklahoma Re8idaioe address (or location) orerbrook by school house \ T&TE OF, BIRIIB: -Month January : : _^ Day, J& Year i Place of birth _ l-aledega county, Alabama Name x>f gather mn v c.broim ' " Place* of l)irth North uarolina. ' Other information about father - ', of Mother Anna Graham. Place" of birth Alabama r- Other information about mother :. "\ -.,*]'. ' *es or" complete iiarratiye by the fiels tiorker dealing tfith tbs 11JPer-«S^ stdryj.tho person ^interviewed. Refe^r to Manual f^>eue$epted~aa>^tt8'^a'*'q!usbif^d&fln atinue on blank sheets i f necessary and attach firmly to this form* Number of aets attached.\" * ' \~.

4 :... Mi,. ' > IN!B nrikw JflKLD 1T0BKEH JENNIff SEEFRIDGi, laaiafi-troneev Hlatopy S-3.4S iugust 3, 1937*. * ' ' INTERTtBW IIOH; HENRY M. BRO1N ^, Oklahoma. m ^1117,bro'tlier,'j. Hr'Broim^ omed and operated a f»rry in Delaware Bend at tioui..and orossuolonel bourland lived south, of Red'Hiver and ^ 0 for a. long time sold com at'jfort ^rbuckle. he made " a road from bio home to the tfort. ihie road came up Tl>y the ^Devil l -s-back. 1 Bon», n 'iiear thai, present Lake Murraysite, then intersected the Gainoyille road at Adam Jimmy point* These two roads ran together, across ^ _: the AT buckle mountains. $he Whiskey Trail branched off.from this road near Woodford» 'rhe Bourland ford waa. being used when we mored to that location in 1869, and had; been used fortra.crossing eeteral year a prior to this-date.. '.... " There wetfe several* other ferriesi scattered up «and down tted River at this time." Blliott's ferry was on-the river north of uoefcfield, xexas, JBlliott was" killed and his widow married rrank. Mealer. They ran

5 U.. 2KTSR71SW the ferry awhile, then sold out to Tuok, who moved it' * up the river and operated it until he was killed in t f Marietta in A. H. Brown, who was not a relative of -mine t " operated a ferry about a half*mile from the present, new bridge, between tfainsville and xhaekerville. 11va 7- Roff owned a ferry at the Hoff Bend * V V " a little way below the Brown ferry*., fee itelley ran a government distillery on the l-exas side of the river at willis' ferry, which was located on the river at the present town of Willis. This was one of thje largest ferries on wed Kiver and was-probably established about 1859* * # In had my horses stolen And spent some time on the tied River looking for them;, at that time there.was- a new ferry operating in Delaware Bend, i never found the horses, The men who stole them* crossed the river at' jjeggs and went Into Arkansas. ~~~ In 1879-, Alva Hoff went to the site of the present, town of Ardmore and cut the first logs for the house at the ieven hundred, ranch* Me also built

6 BROWN, tiknhy Jd. JUTERVIBW another ranch house on noil soaring and niokory oreeks in Love uounty*, shla was known aa the uross Tf ( #») ranoh. Hues Washington had put in the i S ranch west of Ardmore near the Prairie Valley school before this time.. ' ' About this time the ohiekasawsr-psrsbbd what was known as the "two place 14 law. -ihat is each person,in the uhickasaw nation could own only one farm and one ranch, if Indians violated this law the penalty was?500 fine and thirty nine licke on the bare back at the whipping post at *ishomingo. Alva *ioff owned several ranches and places before this law was passed, and according to law he could not permit his men on more than two places, and he already had men at Ardmore, so he put a iirs. fitch at Ardmore and let her control the ranch there\ that is, as far as the law was con-... t * - cerned she owned it. Uiok itclish saw a chance to obtain a good ranch so he went out and talked Mrs., fitch into giving him a quit claim deed to the property. «off took the case to court and ticclish won the ranch*

7 ; ; - - >. - ' - -, HENRY M. INTERVIEW ' "a 0 X" i m- was the john Washington brand at the ranch'near the present towfi of hoxbar. ' / uemirjdhn Greek in love <5oupty came by, its name in a /funny way. Back uardenhire and ublumbus Addington f vent, to aalnarille and bought a demi-john full of whiskey. a. demi-john waff a, five gallon glass jug with- 4 a basket built around it to keep it from breaking, these baskets were made from wooden staves or reeds and went all of the around the. jugs. / ' ^ after uardenhire and Aldington returned/to the. t Territory with their whiskey some united states Marshals appeared, so they took the jug to a nearby creek and hid it out., xhis creek has since' been jfcnown as Demi-john creek. apanish/*ort Bend was on^thb other sld.e of Orr across from Burlington, Texas^' on. the north aide of the wed niver. aoldiers ware camjted at this location during the uiril War«They did t have much to keep them busy so they went over to ifhai was known in the

8 BROfN, -HENRY M.. ' IOTERYHW. '. " ~ '. 5.. ' early days as the "Rook Anvil gold mine.* This.location was at"*devil f 8 Den** near Tishomingo. Die story goes that' they mined dome gold and started baok to camp. A little, south and west of Adam Jimmy Point on Hickory Creek they they were attacked by a band of Plains, Indians. They had one small cannon with them, which'they'threw into a deep hole of water on Hickory Creek. They then put up a fight with the Indians returning to camp after the skirmish. We settled at Love ^Valley in 1880; at that time Overton.I»bve had only a hundred and sixty acres of land in cultivation, although earlier he had had more. He finally put in over a -thousand acres and claimed the whole valley. On March i5, 1883,1 moved to the present town of Overbrook where 1 hava lived ever since* devoting my time to farming and cattle raising.

Notice of Copyright. Citing Resources from the Western History Collections

Notice of Copyright. Citing Resources from the Western History Collections Notice of Copyright Published and unpublished materials may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code). Any copies of published and unpublished materials provided by the Western History Collections