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War Between the States in Indian Territory
Seminar
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Downtown
Grove, Oklahoma
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all who attended!
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The Cowskin Prairie Chapter
of the United Daughters of the Confederacy hosted a genealogical and historical
seminar in Grove, Oklahoma, recently. The War Between the States in Indian Territory Seminar
drew attendees from the four state area.
Omar Reed, historian and
living history re-enactor, from the Ft. Gibson, Oklahoma Military Park, was the
featured speaker during the morning sessions. Dressed as a Confederate slave,
wearing moccasins and carrying his prized leather shoes, he addressed the
group. Reed presented a realistic and entertaining program defining the
hardships of life in the Indian Territory, during the War Between the States. He brought his
powder box, full of historical items of the era and gathered everyone around to
see what medicines, food, etc., the soldier would have had in his possession.
Carrie Ann Cook,
chapter vice president, Fairland, Oklahoma entertained the crowd during lunch
with an interactive dramatization. She addressed the group about her uncle's
magic elixir and praised the wonders of Dr. Lippincott's tonic, offered to sell
her last few bottles of elixir and then sent them down to "that there Sam
Walton's General Store" for more. She answered several questions regarding the
use of the product and the maladies it could treat.
Jeffrey Patrick,
Ranger and Librarian, from the Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, Republic,
Missouri, guided the group through researching their War Between the States ancestors. He
listed numerous sources, their location and how to apply the information to
research of the era. Patrick’s in-depth PowerPoint presentation was quite
useful and informative. He also fielded many questions about such research, as
well as use of the John K. and
Ruth Hulston War Between the States Research Library, at the battlefield park.
Celebrating the Oklahoma Centennial
- 1907-2007!
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