Photograph, Reunion of Judge Parker's Deputies

 
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Photograph, Reunion of Judge Parker's Deputies
Photograph, Reunion of Judge Parker's Deputies
Photograph, Reunion of Judge Parker's Deputies
Photograph, Reunion of Judge Parker's Deputies

Photograph, Reunion of Judge Parker's Deputies

Object number2011.026.04
Date1908
Mediumpaper
Dimensions7 7/8 x 28 3/8 in. (20 x 72.1 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum collection
DescriptionPanoramic photographic print of the last reunion of Judge Parker's Deputies in 1908. Cal Whitson, 14th from left, is the basis for Rooster Cogburn, a character in the Charles Portis novel, True Grit. Under the image: "Last reunion of Indian Territory Deputy U.S. Marshals in 1908 at Fort Smith, Ark., at which time a memorial service was held for our 65 slain comrades. These are the men who prepared Indian Territory for Oklahoma statehood. The building in the rear was a famous U.S. jail from which one hundred men were taken and hanged."

Printed by Star Printery of Muskogee, Oklahoma.
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