History of Grant County, Oklahoma: 1811 to 1970

The Grant County Historical Society, 1971. R5 - A hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by Guy P. Webb to previous owner on the front free endpaper in very good condition in fair dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has less than an inch tear on the front top left corner, some scattered scratches, rubbing, scuffing, and stains, significant tanning, and shelf wear. Book lightly bowed, some bumped corners and dents, wrinkling on the spine edges, some light wrinkling and dent on a few last pages, patch light wrinkling on the bottom on two-thirds of the inside pages, and bottom on some inside pages, light discoloration and shelf wear. 9.25"x6.25", 268 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Grant County is a county located on the northern border of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Its county seat is Medford. Originally designated as part of the Cherokee Outlet, it was named County L in Oklahoma Territory at the time of its opening to non-Indian settlement. A county election renamed it for U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant. Grant County was part of the Cherokee Nation's Cherokee Outlet until it was opened to non-Indian settlers in response to public demand on September 16, 1893. Settlers named the county after President Ulysses S. Grant in a general election held November 6, 1894. Congress originally designated this area as County L in Oklahoma Territory, with the county seat at Pond Creek. Medford became the county seat through an election held on May 27, 1908. The Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway (later the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway) built a railroad from northern Kansas through Grant County in 1889 and 1890. In 1897, the Gulf Railroad (later the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, AT&SF) linked Manchester, Wakita, Medford, and Deer Creek. At the start of the 20th century, the Blackwell, Enid and Southwestern Railroad (later the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway) passed through Lamont. Still later, the Denver, Enid and Gulf Railroad (later the AT&SF) reached Nash (Nashville). The railroads gave the county access to markets in the northern and eastern U.S., helping turn the county into a major agriculture and cattle producer. At statehood, the principal crops were wheat, corn, oats, alfalfa, and forage sorghum. The county also had more than fourteen thousand each of hogs and cattle as well as almost thirteen thousand horses. Bethel was the site of a post office in Grant County that existed from March 12, 1895, until November 2, 1895. Florence was the site of a post office in Grant Co. that existed prior to 1908 but ceased to exist circa 1920, after the post office closed, per information acquired in researching an ancestor, Isaac Arnold, who was postmaster in Florence from August 1908 to 1920. . Signed by Author. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.