Also, for good a visual - http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/maps/okmap.htm AND many more good links at OKGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/ Marti > Phil Knox (pknox@earthlink.net) wrote: > Jimmie & Bobbie... > >One thing we would like to know is what territory would > >Clinton or Arapaho , Custer Co.,OK have been in 1889-1900? > > According to the "Map guide to the US Federal Census" by Dollarhide: > > In May of 1890 most of the area that is now Custer County was not in > "Indian Territory", but was within a larger part of the just created > "Oklahoma Territory" that was under the jurisdiction of The Cheyenne & > Arapaho. > > By 1900 it was still in "Oklahoma Territory" but by then had been formed > into "Custer County, Oklahoma Territory". Except for a narrow strip along > it's eastern border that was still part of the Wichita jurisdiction, it had > much the same boundaries it has today. -- Marti I am an Angel - R U? http://www.geocities.com/heartland/flats/6878/ ____________________________________________ mailto:marti@rootsweb.com eCode: http://marti.eCode.com Marti Graham, OKGenWeb State Coordinator & Creek, LeFlore, Oklahoma Co. Coordinator http://www.usgenweb.org/ok OKGenWeb http://www.geocities.com/heartland/flats/6878/ R U an Angel Proud RootsWeb Donor+ "Dedicated to user supported access to genealogical records on the internet"