Jesse Chisholm - Blaine County, Oklahoma
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gparkes
N 35° 43.571 W 098° 17.414
14S E 564190 N 3953811
The Grave of Jesse Chisholm is nearby this marker. Be sure to take the coordnates and plug them into a GPS to find this location. No address is available and the directional signs are not reliable as there was road construction in the area.
Waymark Code: WM7ZG2
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 12/28/2009
Views: 9
Jesse Chisholm
Born in Tennessee in 1805 of Scottish and Cherokee descent, Jesse Chisholm came to Indian Territory in the 1820's for 40 years he operated trading posts near Asher, Purcell Watonga and Okla. City. Also a guide, freighter, interpreter, salt works owner and peacemaker. Few men in the territories were so well known by the Indian. Due to this part of his freighting route became know as the Chisholm trail. He died on March 4, 1868 after eating bear meat cooked in a copper kettle and was buried near Left Hand Spring Allotment of his old friend Chief Left Hand NE of present Geary the inscription on his grave. No one left his home cold or hungry, is a tribute to the character of this rugged individual.
Oklahoma Historical Society 1976