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Antlers is a city in and the county seat of Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, United States. [4] The population was 2,221 as of the 2020 United States census . [ 5 ] The town was named for a kind of tree that becomes festooned with antlers shed by deer, and is taken as a sign of the location of a spring frequented by deer.
Most land disputes were settled without bloodshed, although a few took years to resolve. The passage of the Organic Act of 1890 by the United States Congress , signed by 23rd President Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901, served 1889-1893), incorporated the former western Unassigned Lands into the newly organized federal Oklahoma Territory , (which ...
The Drummond family is an American ranching family from Oklahoma. The family is one of the largest land-owning families in the state of Oklahoma and the United States. In 2017, the family owned 433,000 acres according to The Land Report magazine. In 2022, the family was the largest land-owning family in Osage County, owning about 9% of the county.
The Land Office was created by the Oklahoma Constitution and is responsible for managing and controlling lands and funds granted to the state under the provisions of the Oklahoma Organic Act. These lands and fund are used to support common schools, colleges and universities. The Commissioners of the Land Office distributes over $125 million ...
Corinne is an unincorporated community in southern Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, United States, [1] located 19 miles east of Antlers.Using the Public Land Survey System commonly in use in Oklahoma, the community is located in T22-4S-R19E.
The small scope of the fifth and final land run resulted in numerous lawsuits and land contests. [2] Future land openings were handled by auction or lottery. [2] Many individuals were unable to claim land and Oklahoma Territorial Governor William C. Renfrow opened up an additional 90,000 acres (360 km 2) of school land for lease to give those individuals an opportunity.
Miller is an unincorporated community in southwestern Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, United States. [1] It is 10 miles northwest of Antlers and a short distance west of Moyers.. A United States Post Office was established at Miller, Indian Territory on June 22, 1905 and operated until October 31, 1954.
With 39,000 acres (160 km 2), the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve in north-central Oklahoma is the largest protected area of tallgrass prairie in the world and is part of an ecosystem that encompasses only 10 percent of its former land area, once covering 14 states. [14]