I'm from Catoosa , Ok and the name Catoosa means" town below the hill" in Cherokee. think it's new name is is hill above the Hard Rock Casinio. LOL. There is a county in Georgia by the same name.
Catoosa is the furthest inland port in the USA. Route 66 runs straight through the town. Kind of boring facts........
Legends of K2C: The famous Perryman Ranch in the late 1800's controlled most of the ranch land in and around Catoosa. The Perryman Ranch was head quartered near what is known as Utica Square on 21st and Utica in Tulsa today. The Perryman family refused to sell land to the early railroads at the bend of the river on the Verdigris river. The railroad eventually ended up in Tulsey Town at the bend of the Arkansas river.
Our cemetery is named Dick Duck. He was related to Blue Duck that was married to Belle Starr. Blue Duck was hanged by Judge Parker, the famous Hanging Judge from Fort Smith. Blue Duck became famous from his caricature in the movie "Lonesome Dove".
I live in a valley just a few miles NW on Bird Creek. I'm one mile from a story that E.D. Nix, the first territory Marshall from Oklahoma wrote about in his book.
Basically went like this;
Captured the female accomplish of one said Frank Baker wanted for stealing horses, at the caves on Bird Creek, a couple of miles from Catoosa.. Baker escaped by diving into the creek and leaving said women for capture. He was later involved with a gang in New Mexico headed by Billy the Kid and killed by local law enforcement.
I have more, but what can you tell us about your home town?
Catoosa is the furthest inland port in the USA. Route 66 runs straight through the town. Kind of boring facts........
Legends of K2C: The famous Perryman Ranch in the late 1800's controlled most of the ranch land in and around Catoosa. The Perryman Ranch was head quartered near what is known as Utica Square on 21st and Utica in Tulsa today. The Perryman family refused to sell land to the early railroads at the bend of the river on the Verdigris river. The railroad eventually ended up in Tulsey Town at the bend of the Arkansas river.
Our cemetery is named Dick Duck. He was related to Blue Duck that was married to Belle Starr. Blue Duck was hanged by Judge Parker, the famous Hanging Judge from Fort Smith. Blue Duck became famous from his caricature in the movie "Lonesome Dove".
I live in a valley just a few miles NW on Bird Creek. I'm one mile from a story that E.D. Nix, the first territory Marshall from Oklahoma wrote about in his book.
Basically went like this;
Captured the female accomplish of one said Frank Baker wanted for stealing horses, at the caves on Bird Creek, a couple of miles from Catoosa.. Baker escaped by diving into the creek and leaving said women for capture. He was later involved with a gang in New Mexico headed by Billy the Kid and killed by local law enforcement.
I have more, but what can you tell us about your home town?