Thanks so much for your reply! Some descendants of ancestors born abt 1875 have listed Indian Territory on the birth record of a death certificate for their parents. Made me curious to know if the family went to OK for a time and returned to Greenwood. I read about a great flood that changed the course of the river. People used to be able to "ferry to Indian Territory until the flood changed the course of the river." I did not write down the year of the flood. Nor did I write down the previous course of the river. Thanks for letting me know about Center township. CF ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Dill" <johndill@ipa.net> To: "Cynthia Forde" <cynthia.forde@worldnet.att.net> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 6:04 PM Subject: Re: [ARSebast] Questions re: Greenwood > Here's my attempt at answers. > > 1. IT - factually the Greenwood (Seb. Co.) area would not have been Indian > Territory at any time after Arkansas became a state and the line was set > between IT (now Oklahoma) and Arkansas. From the perspective of someone > living off somewhere else (say California) at a later date, this entire > general area including a little bit of western Arkansas was sometimes > considered "Indian Territory". Also many individuals who later lived in > Indian Territory (Oklahoma) had roots in western Arkansas. In other words > sometimes descendants later "lumped" the stories together and considered > western Arkansas to be "kind of" a part of Indian Territory although this > would not strictly speaking be factual. > > By changes in the "River" are you speaking of any particular event that is > supposed to have happened? Before the Arkansas River was channeled and the > present navigation system installed - it changed course often, sometimes by > rather large distances. > > To the best of my knowledge (and I'm not certain about this one) Greenwood > is and pretty much always has been in Center Township. > > John > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cynthia Forde" <cynthia.forde@worldnet.att.net> > To: <ARSEBAST-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 12:54 PM > Subject: [ARSebast] Questions re: Greenwood > > > > Recently I was in Sebastian County and Montgomery County. I spent some > time > > in the library in Greenwood reading old history books. I read until the > > library closed and did not find answers to some questions I had. Is there > a > > Greenwood whiz online? > > > > Does anyone know if Greenwood/Ft Smith would have been considered 'Indian > > Territory' in 1875? > > > > Another question regarding the change in the river. When did it change > and > > how did it change? > > > > Also, - where is Center township in relationship to Greenwood? > > > > Thanks, Cynthia > > > >