Good Luck with your search, I can't help you with boundries but I can keep you in my prayers. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jacque Hopkins Wolski <hopkinsj@ida.net> To: <CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 3:23 AM Subject: [CHOCTAW] Fw: 10 1/2 counties > Forwarding as she is not a subscriber. If you can help, please Nancy > directly at email address link below (from line in original message). > Thanks, Jacque > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <BIRDWATCHER101@aol.com> > To: <hopkinsj@ida.net> > Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 11:56 AM > Subject: 10 1/2 counties > > > > Hi, > > I am trying to find out the exact boundaries to the 10 1/2 counties > federally > > recognized as the Choctaw Nation. We are wanting to move from Oklahoma > City > > to some land and I would like to look within these boundaries. My Father > has > > his CDIB card, and I finally applied for mine. I want to become an active > > member of the Choctaw Nation, and get my Father involved, we are both > proud > > of our heritage. He is very ill, and needs to be active to fight this > > terrible illness which their is no cure as of yet. I have joined a support > > group to learn more about this disorder and one thing for sure is he must > > stay active. Sorry to lay all this on you, I have a bad habit of doing > that. > > We were looking at a small farm in Stratford, OK. But im not sure that is > > with in the boundaries. Ive looked at our atlas and I cannot figure out > the > > west side boundaries, the only information I have found is west of Durant, > > would it go as far as Sulphur, OK and Stratdford? > > My husband I both have dreamed for a long time of moving to the country, I > am > > actively looking now, I don't want to wait until im too old to enjoy it, > also > > I was laid off because of company down sizing, and my husband is a truck > > driver and is not happy with his current employment, so I think the time > is > > right to look for some land and employment. Gezz here I go again, rambling > on. > > My question do you know the boundaries especially the west side of the 10 > 1/2 > > counties? > > > > Thank you, > > Sincerely, > > Nancy Witt > > > > > > ==== CHOCTAW Mailing List ==== > Check out the Oklahoma's main web site at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/ > Lots of Native American Links there. >

At 02:40 PM 4/5/00 -0500, you wrote: >Good Luck with your search, I can't help you with boundries but I can keep >you in my prayers. I saw the message, but did not answer it. The way I found them was to check out a book called: Historical Atlas of Oklahoma. Believe it is still in publication, and I think it is from the same person who did "Ghost Towns of Oklahoma" John W Morris. Sure it would be available through interlibrary loan if you can't find one locally. Nalora