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Osage County

Osage County has the same boundaries as the Osage Indian Reservation, it is the home of the federally recognized Osage Nation.

Established: 1907 ^[1]
County Seat: Pawhuska, Oklahoma 74056
Area: 2,251 mi² (5,830 km²)
Population: 45,818 ^[2]
Region: Green Country
Weather: NWS Tulsa
Info: Wikipedia
History: Oklahoma Historical Society

Osage County

Battle of Chustenahlah

This site 3.5 miles N.W. is where Col Jas. McIntosh, 2nd Ark. Mtd. Rifles, routed loyal Union Indian forces, Dec. 26, 1861. The battle opened with ...

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CCC - Osage Mountain

Civilian conservation corps and Osage Hills State Park Pawhuska - Bartlesville Oklahoma This park was created between 1936 and 1939 by members o...

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Chief NE-KAH-WAH-SHE-TUN-KAH

Chief NE-KAH-WAH-SHE-TUN-KAH Born in Osage CO. 1839 Died Aug. 3, 1923 He was Governor of the Osages four times and a member of the Council s...

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Fred Drummond Home

The Drummond Home in Hominy is a three-story Victorian home built by turn-of-the-century business leader and cattleman/rancher Frederick Drummond a...

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Hvteyievlke Band

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James Bigheart

The Osage Chief grave here 1909 when the Osages came to live in Indian Ter. after the Civil War. Bigheart became chief and led in organizing the Os...

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Million Dollar Elm

The discovery of "black gold" in Oklahoma precipitated one of the greatest rushes in the history of the West. One of the most famous oil discoverie...

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Oil in the Osage Indian Nation and the Million Dollar Elm

Symbolic of the impact oil had on the people of the Osage Indian Nation is the so-called "Million Dollar Elm." It was given this name because in it...

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Osage Agency

The Osage agency was established in 1872 to oversee the federal government's relationship with the Osage. Congress allowed the Osage to retain owne...

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Osage Chief Fred Lookout

Fred Lookout was the last hereditary chief of the Osage. After being educated in the East, he returned to the Osage Nation in 1884. He served as th...

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Osage County Museum

The vivid history of the Osage Nation and the surrounding region is recorded in this museum. It preserves intact the heritage of the only Indian re...

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Osage Hills

First settled by the Osage Indians in 1796, the area is now part of the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, a protected remnant of the original North Ameri...

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Osage Hills State Park

The Osage Hills State Park, built by Civilian Conservation Corps Company 895 from 1936 to 1939, is centrally located in the lush, rolling hills and...

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St. Johns School / Osage Indian Boys

St. John's school for Osage indian boys 1888-1913 8 mi n. Est. October 1888 along Hominy Creek by St. Katharine Drexel and the bureau of catholic i...

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St. Louis School for Osage Indian Girls

ST. LOUIS SCHOOL FOR OSAGE INDIAN GIRLS 1887 - 1949 One-half Mi SW. Est. 1887 by St. Katharine Drexel and Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions, Wa...

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The Battle of Wooster Mound

Near this site on August 8, 1903, U.S. Deputy Marshal Wiley G. Haines, Chief of Osage Indian Police Warren Bennett, and Constable Henry Majors ende...

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Thomas Palmer Band

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W. C. Rogers / Skiatook

Skiatook began as many communities did in rural America around the turn of the century -- it started in 1872 as a general store or trading post own...

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White Hair Memorial

The White Hair Memorial Learning Resource Center is located in the 1920s-era home of Lillie Morrell Burkhart, an Osage Indian and descendant of Chi...

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Wynona

Post office was established in 1903 in Wynona, a Sioux word meaning "first-born daughter."

County information from Wikipedia.
Population from U.S. Census Bureau, 2020.