The collection consists of journals, financial documents, account books, correspondence, photographs and maps that document the professional and personal life of George W. Conover. The bulk of the material dates from the turn of the twentieth century,...
Description:
George W. Conover (1848-1936), a native of Philadelphia, was a merchant, rancher and Indian agent in southwestern Oklahoma. From 1870 to 1873 he worked at the Indian commissary at Fort Sill, after which he moved to the area of Andarko to become a ranc...
Subject (Geographic):
Oklahoma., Andarko (Okla.), Caddo County (Okla.), Indian Territory., Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indian Reservation (Okla.), Oklahoma, Wichita Reservation (Okla.), and Indian Territory
Subject (Name):
Conover, George W., 1848- and Conover, Tomasa.
Subject (Topic):
Businessmen, Caddo Indians, Comanche Indians, Delaware Indians, Indian agents, Kiowa Indians, Land settlement, Indians of North America, Ranchers, Statehood (American politics), Wichita Indians, Government relations, Land tenure, Indian reservations, Politics and government, and Social life and customs
The papers consist of correspondence, maps and documents relating to two delegations led by John Coffee to negotiate with the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations. The first delegation (in 1829) was to gather information on a Cherokee and Cr...
Description:
General John Coffee (1772-1833), born in Tennessee, was a delegate of the United States Government in negotiations with Indian nations of the southern states during the Andrew Jackson administration, and was a friend and business partner of President ...
Subject (Geographic):
Southern States., Cherokee Nation, and Creek Nation
Subject (Name):
Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866., Coffee, John, 1772-1833., Eaton, John., Forsyth, John., and Long, George W.
Subject (Topic):
Cherokee Indians, Government relations, Chickasaw Indians, Relocation, Chocktaw Indians, Creek Indians, Indians of North America, Indian Removal, 1813-1903, and Boundaries
The papers consist of correspondence, maps and documents relating to two delegations led by John Coffee to negotiate with the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations. The first delegation (in 1829) was to gather information on a Cherokee and Cr...
Description:
General John Coffee (1772-1833), born in Tennessee, was a delegate of the United States Government in negotiations with Indian nations of the southern states during the Andrew Jackson administration, and was a friend and business partner of President ...
Subject (Geographic):
Southern States., Cherokee Nation, and Creek Nation
Subject (Name):
Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866., Coffee, John, 1772-1833., Eaton, John., Forsyth, John., and Long, George W.
Subject (Topic):
Cherokee Indians, Government relations, Chickasaw Indians, Relocation, Chocktaw Indians, Creek Indians, Indians of North America, Indian Removal, 1813-1903, and Boundaries
