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Terral Indian Territory Founded May 1892 By John Heidelberg Dace Terral Mr. Terral was born August 1st, 1858 in Whitman, Miss. he married Miss Missourie Amanda Dubose in 1876 at Waynesborough, Miss. nine children were born to this union. The family moved to Texas about1881 where Mr. Terral farmed, worked in a cotton gin, taught school and served as missionary to the Indians. In 1891, living a Belcherville, Texas, he heard of the C.R.I.P.R.R.'s plan to run a line from Texas though the Chickasaw Nation Indian Territory. Early in 1892, he moved his family here to and old school building until his home was built in June 1892. Mr. Terral enlisted Hugh Schoolfield of Belcherville to heip survey and lay out the Townsite. He then got this site deeded to him by Mrs. Houston "Emily " Fleetwood and she insisted the town be name Terral as Fleetwood four miles east was already a town. In May 1892, Terral and Schoolfield had to move shocks of oats to lay out Main Street. Hugh bought the first lot, a corner one , for $200 May 15, 1892. R.E. Schoolfield bought the lot west of this lot for $150. These two men erected the first building,the U.S. Post Office was approved July 28, 1892 and officially opened August 8, 1892 with Mr. Terral as Postmaster. Mr. Terral gave right of way to the Railroad line and station in exchange for excursion rates to draw people to Terral. In September 1895 the first train ran through this pioneer town. He made many trips to Washington D.C., Tishomingo, capital of the Chickasaw Nation, surrounding towns and cities to interest people Terral. He built and operated the first hotel here and the first real estate office. Mr. Terral left here in 1899 for western Indian Territory where he helped to found Lone Wolf in 1901 and Cold Spring in 1903. he moved to Colorado in 1911 and helped to build Springfield. He last move the old pioneer was to New Mexico in 1920 where he organized churches in Mills, Roy and Las Vegas. He died October 2, 1922 and was buried there in the Masonic Cemetery. Erected by Terral - Fleetwood Centennial Committee Oct. 1992

Located in Jefferson County, Oklahoma

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

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Oklahoma City bombing

On this day the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, downtown Oklahoma City was bombed. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were the perpetrators of the attack, which killed 168 people, including 19 children. Timothy McVeigh was later sentenced to death by lethal injection, while his partner, Terry Nichols, who was convicted of 161 counts of First Degree Murder received life in prison without the possibility of parole. more...

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Dorothy Jean Orton
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Camp Radziminski
Established Sept. 1858, by four troops of crack 2nd Cav. under Major Earl Van Dorn. Named in memory of Lt. Charles Radzimisnski, a former member of the Regt. E. Kirby Smith. Cornelius Van Camp, Fitzhugh Lee, W. B. Royall all served the ...
University of Oklahoma Birthplace
At this site known as Rock Building, first classes of University of Oklahoma held September 15, 1892. Faculty consisted of David Ross Boyd, President; William N Rice, Languages; Edwin C De Barr, Sciences; French S. E. Amos English and H ...
The City of Norman and the Cleveland County Historical Museum
Constructed in 1895, six years after the 1889 Run, this house, known as the Harry Lindsey Home, has been restored as a classic example of pre-statehood architecture. Sponsored by the Cleveland County Historical Society.

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