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Book SynopsisTells the story of Montford T Johnson and the first white settlement of Oklahoma. This book describes the work, the ranch parties, cattle rustling, gun fights, tornadoes, the run of 1889, the hard deaths of many along the way, and the rise, fall, and revival of the Chickasaw Nation.
Table of Contents; Contents; Foreword; Gibson; Arrell M.; Preface to the Revised Edition; Kingsley; C. Neil; Preface 1960; Johnson; Neil R.; List of Cattle Brands; 1.; Chickasaws in Mississippi; 2.; Life in the Indian Territory; 3.; Treaty of 1866; 4.; Friends: Jesse Chisholm and Black Beaver; 5.; Wild Indian Raids; 6.; Jack Brown, Montford's First Partner; 7.; Walnut Creek Ranch Trip; 8.; Adelaide Marries Jim Bond; 9.; Chickasaw Renter; 10.; Charley Campbell Becomes Partner; 11.; Boggy Johnson Returns; 12.; Law and Order; 13.; Texas Trail Herds; 14.; Council Grove Ranch and the Boomers; 15.; School in New York; 16.; Snowstorm; 17.; Saving the Silver City Store; 18.; Changing Times in the Chickasaw Nation; 19.; Fort Reno Beef Contract and Chickasaw Politics; 20.; Oklahoma Run; 21.; Pond Creek Ranch, Newcastle; 22.; Wichita Indian Lease; 23.; Half Moon Ranch; 24.; Montford's Death; 25.; E. B. Moves His Family to Norman; 26.; Hat Brand Expands into Texas; Epilogue; Appendix; Index;
