Jesse Chisholm - Geary, OK
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hamquilter
N 35° 43.573 W 098° 17.447
14S E 564140 N 3953814
Laid to rest near the campsite where he died, Jesse Chisholm was a well-known and respected settler in early Indian Territory.
Waymark Code: WMP3WV
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 06/26/2015
Views: 5
Located about five miles northeast of the town of Geary, you travel out into the countryside, concerned all the time that you must have read the coordinates incorrectly. The site of Jesse Chisholm's grave is located off a country road, and down a grassy hillside. It is a simple stone marker, surrounded by a protective pipe railing.
At the roadside is a granite marker giving a history of this amazing man and the influence he had on the early settlements. Born in Tennessee about 1805, he came to Indian Territory in the 1820's. He was a guide, interpreter and peacemaker in the sometimes shaky relationship between the Indians and the white settlers. He was well known and respected by both sides. He set up trading posts in several areas of the Territory, and forged freight trails to bring goods to the new settlements. One of these trails which came to be known as Chisholm's Trail was later the route used by Texas ranchers to brings huge numbers of cattle through Indian Territory to the rail lines in Kansas.
This grave site is located on the original Indian allotment given to Chief Left Hand of the Arapahoes. Chisholm and Left Hand were good friends and it was at his camp site nearby that Jesse Chisholm died on March 4, 1868. It is suspected that he died of poisoning after eating bear meat cooked in a copper pot.
Description:
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Date of birth: 01/01/1805
Date of death: 03/04/1868
Area of notoriety: Other
Marker Type: Headstone
Setting: Outdoor
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Not listed
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