You're welcome and thank you for watching my friend!

@Whittdocs the Native American and Old West history and cemeteries are my favorites! Rhett does a wonderful job with these historical gems..

I'm fortunate enough to be in an area that has a lot of history in those two subjects.

Thank you so much for watching as well as the kind words. I enjoy finding these people and bringing their stories out.

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Thank you Steve! Hope you have a Happy New Year!

There is certainly some interesting history out in that area! Thank you for watching!

You and me both. They certainly saved some good history and preserved the dignity of those people. Thank you for watching.

You're welcome and I'm glad you enjoy them! Thank you for watching!

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You're welcome and thank you so much for watching!

Thank you for watching and Happy New Year to you as well!

You're welcome and it does take some time to put these together but I love it! Thank you for watching!

I would imagine that as large as that lake is there are numerous locations where graves were moved. I may have ran across some in other cemeteries and just never realized it because there was no sign telling everyone. Thank you for watching Sharon!

@@RhettyforHistory you're probably right. There probably were several cemeteries moved. I wonder about towns and settlements also, don't suppose they moved them though. Just think of all the people who had to move. That's a sad thing, but I did enjoy that lake the first couple of years that it opened. My brother and I learned to water ski there. Something that happened the second ( and last) time we went there, I was playing with a girl about my age. We were taking turns on her inner tube. I saw her go under water (that's what we had been doing), but she didn't come back up. I hollered at my dad and her dad came down at the same time. Both dad's went in the water looking for her. My dad found her. She had gotten tangled in some brush that was right underneath where we had been on that tube. So sad. I believe she was their only child. I wonder if the Eufala newspaper archives would have the story. Anyway, I thought I would share.

I bet that story is in the archives somewhere. How incredibly sad that would have been to see happen to someone so young. I'm sorry you had to even experience that. As far as the town's, sometimes they get moved in Oklahoma because of lakes or switches in the railroaded. Other times they just get covered up entirely by the lake. There are times when there are droughts and when the water is low you can see some of those structures. They are interesting to see but also a little eerie thank you for watching.

Thank you for watching Harry!

I have seen smaller flower beds but not taller ones like that with dirt sloped up to it. That was certainly different but I liked it. Thank you for helping me out on the plants. Genealogy was much more difficult before computers. Luckily I had a great uncle help out with a lot of it in the 70s. He went to Scotland and talked to relatives but also flipped thru pages and pages of books they had. Thank you for watching!

Thank you for watching. I have a playlist of Native Americans if you haven't seen it. I do plan on adding more soon.

@@RhettyforHistoryThanks for letting me know.

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I hope you find the book and somehow it mentions Blake. I'm not sure if he served and when but if he did it could be possible he is the youngest. Either way he would be young. I tried several times but came up empty. I'm sure if he served he was probably a drummer boy, currier or something else in more of a service capacity but you never know. I do know about Clem. Pretty incredible to think of a young boy doing all that but those were trying times to say the least. I was hoping maybe there was some database out there that had everyone who received a pension but I don't know of anything off hand. I would love to know this young Blake's story. Thank you for watching and trying to help research!

@@RhettyforHistory I tried the civil war research sites but they are all shut down because of Covid. They might have some information on Blake. I will keep looking for that book and if I find anything I will let you know.

I think I will contact the cemetery and see how they knew about him.

You're welcome. There is a lot of history in Oklahoma left to cover! Thank you for watching!

Thank you for watching! There is a lot of history in there area so you never know i could be back there.

@@RhettyforHistory that would be great

Thank you for watching John!

I have been there. It's a beautiful area of the state. I have not made a video there but need to. It's been years since I have visited there. Thank you for watching!

I think you're right on the plants. Someone else said the same thing you did. I'm sure that took quite a bit to relocate but I'm glad they did. Lot of history there. Thank you for watching Brenda!

@@RhettyforHistory You're welcome! My mom loved flowers and was an avid gardener🌷🌼🌻🌵🌺

How awesome! Lot of history there! Thanks for watching and sharing your connection.

Good morning

You could have some very fascinating ancestors in your family history. If you do you'll have to let me know. Especially if they are in Oklahoma. Thank you for watching Ralph!

@@RhettyforHistory I'll try to figure it out.

So far my most famous Cherokee relatives are buried in Tennessee.

I'm curious who they might be?

@@RhettyforHistory Charles R Hicks, and his brother William Hicks

I'm not sure if they are connected or not. It's a cemetery of many races. Thank you for watching.

@@RhettyforHistory "Thomas Horn's parents were Thomas S. Horn, Sr. and Mary Ann Maricha Miller, he was born in northeastern Scotland County, Missouri,on the 21 November 1860. The family farm of 600 acres was situated between the towns of Granger and Etna. " "In his autobiography, Life of Tom Horn: Government Scout & Interpreter,[3] he tells of leaving his Missouri homestead, at the age of fourteen, heading west, never to see his family again. Tom described his employment with the railroad in Kansas, during which time he earned $21 for 26 days' work. He wrote of a job as a driver for the Overland Mail in Santa Fe for $50 a month and use of a rifle. He worked as a wrangler in Arizona for $75 a month, by which time he said he had outfitted himself with a good horse, tack and a rifle. " "At the age of sixteen, he was hired by the U.S. Cavalry as a civilian scout under Al Sieber, chief of scouts for the Army, in the Apache struggles. Tom had already become fluent in Spanish, and Sieber hired him as an interpreter for $75 monthly wages. Sieber introduced him to life among the Apache, where he became fluent in their language, as well, and was nicknamed by the tribe as “the talking boy.” As he grew into manhood, Tom would not be called a “boy” by anyone. He was big, over 200 pounds and 6 feet tall in a day when the average man weighed perhaps 160 and stood 5 feet 6 inches. The first 5 years of Tom's Autobiography are contradicted by the 1880 census as it is shown he was still living with his parents in Harrison, Scotland County, Missouri.[4]" "Tom Horn was part of the expedition into Mexican territory on January 11,1886,the expedition was set up to track Geronimo,Tom Horn was the expedition's packer and interpreter.When the camp was attacked by Mexican militia Tom was wounded in the arm. It was at this time that Tom Horn killed his first man ,a second lieutenant in the Mexican Army in a duel . Tom Horn was present at Geronimo's final surrender, as an interpreter." ~ Well, I can't see a direct relation between the immediate Horn families, outside Missoura being in the vicinity Oklahoma and the shared "Horn" surname. You never know. John Sieber, a local now and a friend of mine, is related to Al Sieber the man who hired Tom Horn to scout. Sometimes our Nation is a small world.

You could be on to something though. So many people from Missouri came down to Oklahoma after the lands opened up. Especially in this area of the state where it was not too far from Muscogee. They could be of relation somehow. I'm always amazed at how many lawmen and outlaws came from Missouri and lived in Oklahoma but it was every day folks too. That was interesting to read thru though and does make me wonder. I'm sure he came thru the area a lot.

If I have been there then maybe I have just passed thru there. Isn't near Ft. Smith? Is there something there I should look into?

@@RhettyforHistory It's Le Flore county. My 3rd great grandfather went there from KY, he also went in front of Judge Parker a few times for cattle rustling and selling liquor on the Reservations. I was just curious if you had any footage of the area. Thanks for replying, the Fort Smith video showed up in my suggestions, Benjamin Thompson was my mothers ancestor and he was held in the jail you showed. Thanks again. Judge Parker grew up near my dad's family below Barnesville. It's just strange how connect families can be. My parents grew up 400 miles apart, and didn't meet until college in 1964.

I do not have anything on the area you mentioned. But it sounds like you have some relatives that could make some interesting stories. Steeling cattle and selling liquor on reservations was a big problem in the area at the time.

@@RhettyforHistory I noticed you get a little excited when you come across a Woodsmen of the World markers. My great has one..The cemetery is on Ben Thompson's land, so he may be the first buried in it. His daughters were on the Choctaw Rolls but later after his death they are living with the Osage. They left around the time of the tragedy, so they may have been frightened off..Bokoshe doesn't have much history tied to it except a train wreck in the 20th century. I've gotten through quite a few of your vlogs. Researching the "unknowns" of westward expansion has been an interest of mine passed to me from my grandparents. Thanks. Safe Travels

Thanks for watching Scooby!

Are you referring to Blake?

@@RhettyforHistory Yes.

That is interesting. I would think there would be something on him because he was so young. Seems like it be told if true.

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I did not know that. Thank you for watching and I hope you're enjoying your trip!

@@RhettyforHistory Im o my way bac k. It was well worht it !!

That's great to hear! See anything interesting?

@@RhettyforHistory Besides seeing the Alamo. Got to go onto Lackland AFB. The musum was disappointing. Especially since Lackland is where *all* enlistees go for basic training. I think officer basic training is there also The securitry police musum was intersting,but the Chuck Norris display was disappointing. Norris was a s,p, in Korea in the 60s,which is where he started is martial arts career. I got to see an SR 71 in the flesh for the first time in the air park/parade grounds. I got to take pics of other aircraft of interest. There was an intertesting working dog memorial in the air perk. and the center peice was a memorial to the drill instuctor. All n all ,it was well worth the time.

Yeah it doesn't sound too bad. Chucks grandparents are buried here in Oklahoma. I've thought about doing some videos on stars with Oklahoma ties like that.

That was the first place I looked as well. Then I did another search on Blake via Google and just came up empty.

Ralph Reagan, you might try Wiki Tree, it is free. Also, was/are your family on any rolls? Also, you might try Native American information in Talequah, Oklahoma and in Miami, Oklahoma.

I would imagine so. That or a bugler. Can't find anything on him though.