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Alfalfa
County, Oklahoma!
Alfalfa
County is a county located in the U.S. state of
Oklahoma.
Its county seat is Cherokee,
Oklahoma.
Alfalfa County Coordinator
Marty
Myers
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History of Alfalfa County,
Oklahoma
Alfalfa County was formed in 1907 from
Woods County, Oklahoma originally called M County. The
county is named after William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray.
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William Henry Davis"Alfalfa Bill"
Murray,
Probably Oklahoma's most colorful
political figure, William Murray was born November
21,1869, in Collinsville, Texas. At twenty years of age
he graduated from College Hill Institute in Springtown,
Texas. For the next six years he held various jobs,
including day laborer, teacher, editor of a Dallas farm
magazine, and of a Corsicana daily newspaper. Admitted
to the Bar in 1895, he practiced at Fort Worth before
moving to Tishomingo, Indian Territory, in 1898. There
he became legal advisor to the Governor of the Chickasaw
Nation. He was President of the Oklahoma Constitutional
Convention in 1906; Speaker of the House of
Representatives, 1907-1908; Member of the Sixty-third
and Sixty-fourth United States Congresses; and Governor
of the State from January 12, 1931, to January 15, 1935.
At his urging, the Legislature created the Oklahoma Tax
Commission. His ranching interests spread from Oklahoma
to Bolivia, South America, where he established a
colony. He wrote articles and books, mostly dealing with
constitutional rights. He died October 15,
1956
The William H. Murray Collection at
Carl Albert Center. |
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At the
constitutional convention before statehood in 1907 Woods County was divided becoming Alfalfa
County, Major County and Woods County.
Major
Andrew Drumm
helped form the Cherokee Livestock Association. The
Association leased land from the Indians to graze cattle on.
This land was located in what is now Alfalfa County.
Alfalfa county is
located in land the was part of The Cherokee Outlet/Cherkee
Strip . The land was
opened for settlement with the land run Sept. 16th
1893.
More History
on The Cherokee Strip/Outlet Debate
ITGENWEB-The Cherokee
Strip/Outlet
- The Cheokee Strip-Ponca
City News
- http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ok/state/outlet/strip.html
Towns in Alfalfa County still listed on
the 2005 Map of Oklahoma are: Aline, Amorita, Burlington,
Byron, Carmen, Cherokee, Driftwood, Goltry, Helena,
Jet, Ingersol, Lambert, McWillie and
Yewed. |
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Look-ups for Alfalfa County,
Oklahoma
Look Up Page
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Map of Alfalfa
County:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~okgenweb/twpmaps/alfalfa.html
County Formation
Maps
http://www.myoklahomagenealogy.com/ok_maps/ok_cf.htm
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Solf
Family
Oklahoma Resources
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Research
Resources:
Alfalfa County Court
House, City County Library and Alfalfa County Museum
Cherokee City-County
Library
602 South Grand
Avenue Open
Afternoons week days
Cherokee,
Oklahoma 73728 Open All
day Weds. 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Pho.
580-596-2366 Sat. 9
a.m. - 1 p.m.
Research Information: Located in
Library
Microfilm of Alfalfa County Newspapers. Census
on Microfilm New Microfilm Reader/Printer in place
10/1/01
Abstracts from Newspapers.
Alfalfa County History Book Compiled by the Alfalfa County
Historical Society. Printed in 1976
Alfalfa County Cemetery Book Compiled by The Cherokee Volunteer
Strip League Alva, Ok. 1993
Woods County Cemetery Book Compiled by The Cherokee Volunteer Strip
League Alva, Ok. 1983
"Cherokee Early Years" .
Published by the Cherokee Publishing Co. Compiled by
Marty Myers 2001
For more details about the book Contact Marty Myers
Alfalfa
County Courthouse
300 South Grand
Cherokee, Oklahoma 73728-8000
Pho. 580-596-2392
County Court
Clerk Pho. 580-596-3523
Probates, Marriage, Divorce Records. Land
Records
County Commissioners Office
School Census 580-596- 2392
County
Clerk
Pho. 580-596-3158
Land Records
Alfalfa County Museum & Historical
Society
117 W. Main
Cherokee, Ok. 73728
Pho. 580-596-2960
If no answer Pho. 580-596-2739 Marty My cell is
580-884-2009
Hours are subject to
change. Call before you come.
Email Museum
Research information.
Family Histories, Alfalfa County History
Book, Alfalfa County Cemetery Book, Pictures.
The Historical Society has a
Microfilm Reader/Printer located at the museum.
Limited Obituaries of Alfalfa County
Deaths. |
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Ranch Monument
This monument marks the
headquarters of Major Andrew Drumm's 150,000 acre ranch in the
Cherokee Outlet.
Directions:
From Cherokee: 6 miles
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Sod House Museum
At one time thousands of
sod houses dotted the plains region of North America. This
"soddy " built by Marshal McCully in 1894 is the only one
still standing in Oklahoma that was built by a homesteader.
The soddy remains in its original location and a metal
building has been erected around the soddy to preserve it from
the elements. The sod house is open for walk through
observation.
Directions:
From Cleo Springs: 4 1/2 miles north on
State Hwy. 8.
From Aline: 1
mile east, 21/2 miles south on State Highway 8
Admissions: Tuesday-Friday 9 a.m. to
5 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., free.
Phone: 405-463-2441
Website: travelok.com/toDo/attractionsDetail.asp?id=1+5U+7237
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Alfalfa County Cemeteries
Off Site links:
See City of
Alva-Website for Alva Cemetery
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cemetery/oklahoma/counties/alfalfa/alfalfa.html
http://www.okcemeteries.net/alfalfa/alfalfa.htm
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Aline Star Cemetery |
T 23N R 12 W S 1 |
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Apostolic Cemetery |
T 28N R 11 W S 29 |
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Auburn Cemetery |
T 26 N R 12 W S 23 |
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Bethel Cemetery |
T29N R 10W S 26 |
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Byron - Amorita Cemetery
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T28 W R 11W S 7 |
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Carmen Cemetery |
T 24N R 12W S3 |
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Cherokee Municipal Cemetery
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T26N R 11W S12 |
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Cherokee Catholic Cemetery
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T 26N R 11 W S12 |
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Cooprider Cemetery |
T 24N R 11 W S30 |
On line Tombstone Project
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Driftwood Cemetery |
T 28 N R 11 W S26 |
On line Tombstone Project
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Eagle Chief Cemetery |
T 24 N R 12 W S29 |
On line Tombstone Project
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Garrison Cemetery |
T 24 N R 12 W S 6 |
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Good Hope Cemetery |
T 24 N R 10 W S 6 |
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IOOF Cemetery |
T 25N R 12 W S 35 |
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Karoma Cemetery |
T 24 N R 9 W S 26 |
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Keith Cemetery |
T 28 N R 12 W S 35 |
On line Tombstone Project
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Liberty Cemetery |
T 28 N R 12 W S 31 |
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Maple Grove Cemetery |
T 25 N R 11 W S 22 |
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Mennonite - German Springs
Cemetery |
T 29 N R 9 W S 35 |
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Milan Valley Cemetery
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T 25 N R 9 W S 22 |
On line Tombstone Project
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Pleasant Ridge - Aline
Cemetery |
T 23 N R 12 W S 18 |
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Pleasant Ridge -
Carmen Cemetery |
T 25 N R 12 W S27 |
Updated & Added
4.21.2008
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Pleasant View - Jet Cemetery
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T 25 N R 9 W S 5
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On line Tombstone Project
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Riverside - MT. Zion
Cemetery |
T 28 N R 11 W S 34
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Rosedale Cemetery |
T 29 N R 10 W S 23 |
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Rupert Cemetery |
T 24 N R 10 W S 32 |
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Sandlin Cemetery |
T 25N R 10 W S 29 |
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Short Springs Cemetery
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T 27 N R 12 W S 20 |
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Stella Cemetery |
T 27 N R 10 W S 30 |
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ST. Michaels's Cemetery
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T 23 N R 9 W S 10 |
On line Tombstone Project
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Thrall Cemetery |
T 26N R9 W S 35 |
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Timberlake Cemetery |
T25 N R 9 W S 31 |
On line Tombstone Project
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Ware Cemetery |
T 27 N R 9 W S 9 |
On line Tombstone Project
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Small & Single Burial
Plots |
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Boyer |
T 27 N R 12W S 1 |
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Hagen |
T 24 N R 11 W S 7 |
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Polson Graves |
T 24 N R 9 W S 32 |
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Johnnie Potts |
T 24 N R 12 W S 8 |
Potts Grave Moved to Cherokee
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Tyler |
T 29 N R 12 W S 30 |
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Unnamed Cemetery |
T 26 N R 12W S 1 |
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U.S. Soldiers |
T 24 N R 12 W S 8 |
Graves Moved to Cherokee
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New Visitor Counter added
May 2, 2008
Last Updated
Wednesday, 14-May-2008 16:50:32 MDT
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Alfalfa Couny Coordiator
Marty Myers
martymyers@sbcglobal.net
OKGenWeb State Coordiator
Ron Henson
sc@okgenweb.org
Assistant State
Coordinator
Bobbi Dunn okgenwebasc@gmail.com
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