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In last week’s Tribune we identified Zulema Ramirez as a former Wetumka police officer. Her position with the Wetumka Police Department was as a jailer.
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An African American, Crawford “Cherokee Bill” Goldsby became one of the most famous outlaws in the history of the Indian Territory. Goldsby was born in Fort Concho, Texas. His father was George Goldsby, a first sergeant of the Tenth Cavalry, and his mother was a Cherokee freedwoman named Ellen Beck, an official laundress for the Tenth Cavalry at the fort. Racial problems at San Angelo, the civilian community adjacent to Fort Concho, caused George Goldsby to go AWOL from the army. Ellen moved her family back to her home at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory. By the time he reached his teenage years, Goldsby had developed a bad attitude, associated with unsavory characters, drank whiskey, and rebelled against authority. His foster father put him out of the house, and he fell in with young men who had criminal designs.
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On July 31, 2021, the children of Lawrence and Marguerite French met at the Clearview “Old School Gym” Community Center for a gathering of those far and near for their annual family reunion. Of the ten remaining members of the eighteen (18) children of Lawrence and Mack, nine children were present plus their descendants and significant others. They spent the day playing game, eating, listening to the family histories, and honoring those who passed away. The oldest member present was Viola French West, daughter of Lawrence and Mack and youngest member (Kapri) daughter of Kim Myers Gordon, daughter of Margaret French and Joel Myers.
Read moreThis afternoon they hung that young Negro Goldsby boy.
Read moreJoin in on a day of celebration at the Old School Gym and the Dollie Golden Pavilion on August 7, 2021 beginning at 11:00 a.m for games and food. Bring your lawn chairs and conversion and appetite. The town will have fish sandwiches, hot dogs, snow cones, popcorn, soda pop, water, and gatorade available for sale.
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Katherine Dawn Brown passed away at her home north of Holdenville, Oklahoma on Saturday, July 31, 2021, at the age of 35 years.
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Michaele Renee Alvarez-Ward passed away on Friday, July 30, 2021, at her home in Prague Oklahoma at the age of 52. Michaele was born January 20, 1969 in Topeka, Kansas to Fernando Alvarez and Ruth Hupp Alvarez.
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