WASHITA CATTLE CO. Bond 1883. Washita County, OK. Great Western Cattle Trail

Description

Washita Cattle Company. Bond issued November 15, 1883. Incorporated in 1883 in the State of Missouri
. Embossed company seal lower left. Certificate
No. 654
. ,000 6% Payable January 1, 1894. Hand signed by company
vice president F. B. York
and
secretary Rolla Wells
. Certificate is about 10.5” x 15.” Two coupons No. 19 and 20 remain attached. Black print (brown print on verso) on cream-colored paper.
Vignette of cattle with various brands and ranchers. Small vignette with a bull, bottom center.
Washita County, Oklahoma is located in the western portion of the state, directly south of Custer County and north of Kiowa County. The Washita River drains most of the county, but the southwestern corner has tributaries that flow into the North Fork of the Red River. Located in the Osage Plains, Washita County's landscape of rolling prairies is ideal for farming and ranching. This region was a hunting ground for many American Indian groups, the area having had abundant bison, deer, antelope, turkey, and other game. In 1869 both the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes arrived in present Oklahoma to reside on their reservation, which included present Washita County. In 1874 John Lytle established the Great Western Cattle Trail that traversed Washita County. Although ranchers had been grazing their cattle on the reservation, illegally or through informal agreements, in 1883 Indian Agent John Miles leased three million acres of Cheyenne and Arapaho land to seven cattlemen. After turmoil ensued between ranchers and portions of the tribes, in 1885 the federal government terminated all leases in the reservation and ordered the removal of stock. During this period John Seger worked for the cattle interests, building a three-hundred-mile fence and overseeing a ranch near present Colony, Oklahoma in Washita County.
Condition:  Very Fine+
, light folds, minor creasing, few very small repaired splits at fold lines, minor signs of wear/handling/toning (see photos),
uncancelled.
Printer:
A. Gast & Co., St. Louis, Missouri.
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