This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HEALD Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zZB.2ACI/477 Message Board Post: Before the Civil war Heald Berthelett and Co. operated a trading post near Ft Towson. I believe Robert McDonald Jones, an Indian, was a silent partner. I've been told the store's foundation and other structures are being excavated under a grant from the OK Hist Society. Request any information about the status of the project, also where the trading post was located, and any info about the owners, especially John Hobart Heald who is my gggrandfather.