Thank you for this video and all the comments that added more of the history. Restoration of the cemetery was a personal passion for Chincie Cochran Ross. Her contributions, as well as those of the Tuttle family and others, are the reason there is fencing, a parking lot and the signs at the cemetery. The Public Works Department of the City of Tuttle was also instrumental in restoration and ongoing maintenance of the cemetery. Our community is very proud that we are honoring our history. The twin Bonner girls are buried inside that dilapidated fencing. The cowboy William Ward is in the northeast corner.
Thank you for filling us in on some more of the history of the cemetery. I know a couple people were curious on both of those you mentioned. Everyone who has pitched in has done a wonderful job with the cemetery and it is an example that others can follow, and hopefully they will! I loved visiting this cemetery and it is certainly a gem for the area!
Gorgeous cemetery! It's really nice to see one every now and then that's actually been maintained through the years! I love how you included the photos too -- that definitely brought history to life! Have a great weekend!
This one is extremely nice and you're about it being nice to walk through and see. I do love how they have embraced the history in the cemetery. Thank you for watching and I hope you have a great weekend as well Val!
That was awesome Rhetty, thank you as always. I love how you respectfully say each name on each grave marker. Doing so I think they are not really forgotten if someone speaks their name out loud. Very happy that you do so. Looking forward to the next video as always. God bless, Godspeed on your travels.
Thank you for watching Jeannine! I think you are right about speaking the names. That's one of goals of doing that as well as showing them. I love seeing cemeteries such as this one where they are not only well maintained but they have put in the effort to embrace the history.
It is such a pristine little cemetery, nice to see one that is so loved. The old fencing around graves also fascinates me, so many different types, and styles. Some have makers marks, and where they were made. I really enjoyed this little tour, thanks Rhetty.
Thank you for doing this and sharing. Rosa Fryrear was my great great grandmother and her second husband was SB Fryrear. Unfortunately the pictures you have over laid is not them. That picture is of Rosa’s son Charlie Pettenridge by her first husband John Pettenridge and his wife Sophia Amanda Pikey Pettenridge. The baby is my great Aunt Rose their oldest child. My great great grandfather John Pettenridge was murdered by John T Echols in 1886 when Rosa was 14 and pregnant with their child my Great grandfather Charlie Pettenridge. Rosa then married SB Fryrear and they had six additional children. Again thank you for doing this story I love going to this cemetery and glad it is so well maintained. Don’t remember if you mentioned but the town of Silver City moved to Minco when the railroad went in.
Thank you for adding in some of the history and I apologize for getting the photo incorrect on him. Sounds like John Pettenridge has his own story to tell. Does John Pettingridge have a final resting place anywhere? Also do you have any idea why Echols would do that? I did not know that Silver City moved to Minco. I just sort of figured it would be a case of the railroad taking away the Chisholm trail ways and people moved on to Tuttle and Minco. Do you by chance know if there is any history of Silver City in Minco? Old artifacts from the town displayed anywhere or structures?
I really loved seeing this cemetery and they have went above and beyond for the cemetery. It's not often you see one this nice. Thank you for watching Brenda!
Thanks for the video. The picture in the historical marker was the Chickasaw Rancher W.T. Johnson. His sister was Adelaide Bond. They came here from New York. He married a Chickasaw women which gave him land rights. He leased the rest and put together the largest ranch in the Territory before the land runs. The original property his wife got was from the Braums dairy to east of Norman, most of what is now Oklahoma University. He lost most of it in the land runs the leases at Statehood. His great grand children only recently sold the last of the property in Norman. My wife's 2x great-grandfather was one the homesteaders at Norman. He was a doctor, we put flowers on his grave every Memorial Day.
Thank you so much for watching and filling us all in on a little more of the history. That is really fascinating to think about. He definitely did have a large ranch to go from Braums to OU. I passed that Braums but I never would have thought of that being part of a ranch that went as far as OU. Seems almost sad that the great grand children sold the land recently.
Rhetty that was such a nice cemetery and it is so refreshing to see a cemetery that old so impressively maintained and the extras of all that very nice outer fence and the steps and the grave fences looked like they were painted silver if I am not mistaken. You must have been on cloud nine with all the beautiful iron fencing.
Yes you know me Janis! I love to see fencing like that and even better when the cemetery is so well maintained. it's not often you see one of that caliber and I love that they have embraced the history in this cemetery. I wish more could follow their lead. Thank you for watching!
Just love all the info at the gate of this cemetery. The town layout is really interesting. Need a BIGGER like button on this one. Such a beautiful cemetery. Thanks as always.
It really is beautiful there as well as very peaceful. They picked a great location for a cemetery in 1876 and I love how they have embraced the history for all of us to experience.. Thank you for watching Susie!
Rhett, I really enjoyed this video of the Silver City cemetery particularly because of it's Old West roots. It definitely is a very well maintained cemetery and a very peaceful looking atmosphere, as well. I'm always fascinated how much information you can find out about people visiting cemeteries. Great investigating, as always. Take care 🐎
Thank you for watching Brenda and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Cemeteries like this one are pretty rare. It's not often that you see one well maintained and the history embraced. Especially if it is out away from big cities.
Rhett, great research on the names to get the pictures. Those marker are beautiful, with the elaborate stone work, not to mention the grave fence with those corner pieces. I know you love metal work like that. Now they're made by machine. It's become a lost art. Beautiful cemetery. Thank you for the walk through.
You are right. So much of everything in a cemetery is machine made rather than by hand. I really love the skill that some of these older tradesman had on memorials and fence work. Thank you for watching my friend!
So I went to this Cemetery 2 weeks ago. I live in Alabama, but my brother lives in Mustang OK. I went to visit and My sister-in-law knows I like these old cemeteries. and mentioned this one , And I had remembered you doing a video here , so it was a little familiar to me. Anyway , I did a got some video while I was there and will be uploading it to my channel sometime in the next week. Anyway. great spot. More off the beaten path than I thought. It was a great place to visit. And since imitation is the most sincere form of flattery , please take it as a compliment. Thanks for what you do.
Since these were everyday people I thought it would be nice to include them in do something a little different in this old cemetery. Thank you for watching!
*** Been around cattle all my life...never heard of a "cattle fence"!!?? Cattle guard yes...pipe bridge you drive over. Barbed wire fence to keep out and keep in all types of critters. You know I'm just messin´ with you . Great video as always.
You're right I meant to say cattle guard. Thinking one thing and seeing another with the nice iron fencing led to a mishap of words! Thank you for watching!
Most of the people who are in this cemetery are young. Had to have been a rough life. James Bond, who knew. Nice cemetery, shows they have pride in the area and their heritage.
For today standards, they were young but back then, life was rough, that was life expectancy, 40, 50,60. Here on our community (still active) cemetery, graves from that period are about same age, older then 60 was exception, lot of younger womans, my guess is they died at giving a birth or in afterwards, back then there was nor medical aid, high death rate among infants and mothers.
It would have been very challenging trying to make a living in a new rough territory like that. They have done an excellent job at preserving the history of this cemetery. Thank you for watching Dan!
Yes I believe you are right on that Igor. That is what was special about seeing the Granny living from 1800-1900. Just think about all the history she lived through. Moving to this new territory would have been rough for anyone but especially so for someone her age. She must have been a tough old woman. Thank you for watching!
Here I am, on my second video of yours and going backwards to watch as many as I can. That was great 👍 and I loved seeing the photos of the actual people, makes it so much more personal. Subscribed 😊
The Great thing about the videos is they are all independent and don't have to be watched in order. I'm happy to hear you are enjoying the videos. Thank you do much for watching!
@@nanaof7preciousgrands115, That is an adorable baby!! If the grandparents do not spoil the grandchild they should. Feel free to tell them I said to spoil their grandchild. I have 4 myself and have become an expert at spoiling grandchildren. LOL
Hi Rhetty, My name is Linda..We want to Thank You for the Silver City Cemetery video. I am related to many of the people buried here. The first named headstone you mentioned, Sally Campbell Minter is my Great Grandmother, her husband, my Great Grandfather, was C. L. Campbell. Edwin G. Campbell was one of their children. Mary E. Johnson was C.L.Campbells sister, she was Montfort T. Johnsons first wife. Adelaide Johnson, the second wife of Montfort T. Johnson was the daughter of C. L. and Sally Campbell. C. L. Campbell and Montfort T. Johnson were partners in cattle ranching in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. In fact, Montford T. Johnson's sister Adelaide Campbell Bond was married to Michael Campbell (C. L Campbell's brother) who started Montford in the cattle business. Montford T. Johnson started the Silver City Cemetary when he buried a young boy who was killed in a tragic event. The boy's name was Muggs McLish.
Thank you so much for watching and sharing more on the on this cemetery. It's fascinating to learn how they are related and associated with one another. There is a lot of history in that cemetery and I'm glad that efforts have been made to preserve that for others like me to enjoy. It truly is an incredible one to see and experience. Everyone who has made that possible should certainly be commended. I curious if you know what the tragic event was that killed Muggs?
@@RhettyforHistory Muggs lived with Montford T Johnson and Mary Elizabeth.Muggs brother Henery came to visit and they were playing bank robber and Henry was sheriff carrying and old rifle. As Muggs was the fleeing bandit. Henry told him to halt and when he didn't, Henry raised the old gun and pulled the trigger...it went off killing young Muggs. Mary Elizabeth, Montfords wife took Muggs to the house, a coffin was built and Muggs was taken in it to the west of the house on the high knoll overlooking the river Montford later designated this the burying ground for Silver City where many of the Johnsons, Campbells, Bondsand Tuttles are buried.
I use too live in Oklahoma miss him but I'm not too far from home 🏡 Oklahoma is beautiful ❤️ country I miss it love, it you don't know how much you miss home untill you leave it 💁
Very interesting! I especially liked the pictures that you included for some of the graves. Seeing the young age of some of those women makes me wonder if they died in child birth. Very sad.
Really enjoy those historical cemeteries. 1800-1900 the things she lived through. Interesting you were able to find some photos of the people. Ads more of a human touch to be able to put a face to the name.
She really saw some history in her lifetime and what an age to move to a rough territory. I wonder if she came alone or with someone else. Thank you for watching Paul!
Yes, in fact I passed Braums on the way into this one. They have a lot of land though. Thank you for sharing a little more on the Tuttle family. I appreciate you watching too.
We both have a love for history. Just watched your video on Pat Hennessy and it was great. I lived in Hennessy for a few years and as a matter of fact, my oldest daughter is a teacher in Hennessy. She teaches at the same school she went to growing up. I worked at the old and now gone Eckroat Feed and Seed elevator then Astro Well Service and Kirkpatrick Oil Supply before becoming a pumper for Beard Oil Co. in Dover. Moved to Crescent and worked for Kerr/McGee Nuclear Corp. until it was shut down. I have history all over Oklahoma since my family was there since the mid 1800’s. Hennessy has sure changed since I left there in the mid 1970’s. If you get back in that area you should check out the old Eden Baptist Church outside of Hennessy. My first wife and I were married there and as were preparing the church, we discovered an American flag with only 47 stars in the union. Not sure if it’s still standing but it was one of the first churches in the area. It is out in the country and was, maybe still is owned by the First Baptist Church of Hennessy. I enjoy your videos and wish I had come across them sooner. Been trying to catch up. I flipped a piece of property a few years ago and as I was cleaning and clearing some of the acreage, I discovered an abandoned cemetery. I spent time on research and found out it was abandoned because it was an old slave cemetery. I worked with a group of Boy Scouts, made a sizable contribution to them to maintain the cemetery. After selling the property I went back a year or so later and found the cemetery neglected once again. After talking to the scout group, I was told that the new owner refused to let them back on the property. He didn’t think the cemetery was worth saving. I tried to buy the plot of land just to preserve the cemetery and was denied. Sorry so long. God bless and keep doing what you do.
That is sad on that cemetery. I wish people would respect cemeteries more than they do. The Native Americans banded together in the 90s because their cemeteries were being destroyed and they had a law passed to protect their burial grounds. There other cemeteries that are in danger of being destroyed or already have been and they are from different races. I've seen it happen to some black ones for sure. I wish we could get laws to protect all of them on the federal level. Just because a person doesn't know anyone in it or they don't believe in burials doesn't mean that they should destroy it. I'm glad you helped that one out but how could you have ever known the next person would do that?
@@RhettyforHistory The problem today is a lack of respect and in some cases just pure meanness. Down around Allen, Oklahoma is an old cemetery filled with spirit boxes. I first visited it in the 60’s with my uncle who had family in the cemetery. My uncle was Chickasaw/Seminole. He had Indian land and built a home on it . As he was doing bulldozer work in prep for the house, he dozed off some Indian tombstones into a creek bed. His mother, we called her Miss Fanny, she was born Fanny Harjo. Her mother was named Tennessee Alexander Harjo. She has a whole other story. Miss Fanny told Uncle James that he would be struck with great sickness for moving the tombstones and within a year he began having severe seizures. He was diagnosed with Epelepsy. He suffered with it until his death in 2002. Also on his land was an old ceremonial grounds where the tribe would hold spiritual dances and drink whiskey. Allen is actually a tribal owned town. That’s also where they make or made in the past, Idle Time campers. Looking forward to your next video.
Yeah I don't think we have ever truly respected cemeteries like we should. You can see a lot of instances where people have moved cemeteries or degraded them etc. It happened 100 years ago and just carried over into today. It's really sad.
Hallo Greetings from Germany ❤️❤️❤️to Oklahoma ❤️❤️❤️ I like you videos and the history of the old story's from the wild west 😍 Sorry my English is not so nice I was ten years old!!!
I am honestly impressed that a woman born in 1800 passed away at 100 years old in 1900. Especially considering all the diseases and accidents that took so many lives so young. That is a huge accomplishment back then to live to be that old!
@@RhettyforHistory Being from Tuttle, I had an opportunity to visit this cemetery as a group. We were fortunate to meet with Mr. Holmes Tuttle (born at Silver City) and family around the late 1980's. He had lots of stories to tell. The story of the cowboy and his horse was also mentioned to us by him. He pointed over in the area of where the entrance gate and Robert Tuttle bench was located (just a few yards inside the fence) was where the grave was. He said that is why there are no other graves in that area. The Tuttle cemetery board has worked wonders on this cemetery. It had gotten very run down and falling apart. I noticed that the entrance gate had been moved. It originally was located on the south side but has been moved to the east. On the north side outside the fence where it goes downhill, there use to be an old dugout where someone lived. By the way, Robert Tuttle is the son of Holmes Tuttle and was present that day with his father. Robert was also the Ambassador to the United Kingdom at one time.
Thank you so much for watching and filling us in more on the cemeteries history. They have done a wonderful job on the restoration. That is interesting how they moved the gate like you said. You certainly had a unique tour of the cemetery at the right time. Looks like a lot has changed there. That dugout sounds interesting.
It makes me laugh when I see you wearing that San Jose Sharks hat. You see I grew up out there and never thought ice hockey would be a success in baseball and 49ers territory! I WAS WRONG! Anyway I really enjoy your videos on historic cemeteries!!!! Always interesting!
In a lot of the cemeteries in Oklahoma where my family was from you see markers with dates within just days and weeks of each other, sometimes entire families. My dad told me they had constant cholera outbreaks back in the early days of Oklahoma, some so bad entire towns were almost wiped out. So if you see something like that it could a disease outbreak.
I really like this old Cemetery. I will have to check it out. Was the story about the cattlemen being buried with his saddle and gun true or was it just an old campfire tale? If true I have a reason they might have left both his saddle and gun. By 1876 the Oklahoma Territory had some pretty good U.S. Deputy Marshalls. Most people marked their saddle in some way or their family members could identify it by some markings from wear and tear. By 1876 the Colt Peacemaker,or SAA which had been released in 1873 in .45 caliber to the United States army was released to the civilian market. If in fact he was carrying a Colt Peacemaker the serial number would have been registered. Colt kept a very good record of who bought their guns. If the outlaws were caught with money nothing could be proved concretely but the saddle or gun could hang them. I am sure there were those who believed they could stay one step ahead of the law and would have taken both the saddle and the gun. In that time period a group of rough men spending gold pieces freely would send up a red flag and draw the unwanted interest on the Marshall's.
I'm not sure if it is a real story or just a tale. But the man who was buried first in the cemetery in 1876 is the one that it is referring to. It's quite the story but now that you are explaining everything I bet you are right on that. Somehow there must have been something identifiable on the saddle or the pistol like you are mentioning. Thank you for watching and bringing that up.
@@RhettyforHistory Back then it was not uncommon for a man to custom order a Colt with hand engraving, nickle plating, ivory or pearl.handles. This would cost extra and would signify that person was of means. However Colt kept very good records and you can still research who a Peacemaker was originally sold to. Back in the 1980's black powder shooting became popular and Italian clones flooded the market. These Italian makers such as Antonio Zoli who started Navy Arms company and Uberti and other have been making clones for movies since the 1950's. Ubert makes all the Colt clones for Clint Eastwood and most other films. The guns are very close to the original and are made with skill and fire live rounds very well. Back in the 1980's Colt and Remington the two largest producers of handguns during the Civil War started producing new percussion pistols. Remington produced the famous 1858 model.that Clint Eastwood used in the movie Pale Rider. Users of both handguns would load four or five extra cylinders. On the Colt Army model 1860 in .44 caliber and the Colt Navy 1851 in .36 caliber the pin had to be pulled and the barrel had to be removed to replace the empty cylinder. The Remington Army 1858 was much faster and the plunger was dropped and a pin pulled to replace the empty cylinder. You can see Clint Eastwood doing this very thing in Pale Rider at the last when he kills his nemesis and his deputies using a Remington Army 1858 clone. Most likely it was a Uberti clone. Both of these gun companies went back to the serial numbers they left off on in the 19th Century and the guns were numbered from the last one made. Wal-Mart in Anadarko sold a real Colt Army model 1860 for just over 400 dollars. The Remington Army model 1858 brushed nickle plated sold for around the same. The last time I looked at Bass Pro Shop they had the Colt Army 1860 for 12,00.00 dollars. I will always wish I had bought the Colt Army 1860 back then but it shows how good they kept their records.
I wonder if the records could be searched with just a name and an approximate date? Makes me curious on that William Ward because that would answer some questions.
@@RhettyforHistory It might be worth checking out. Unless he carried another brand gun or bought the gun second hand. My hunch is it was a Peacemaker and he ordered it new because he needed a gun that would work and the Peacemaker was the best.
The name Tuttle.....we have Tuttles back in our family, but they were from back East. I am wondering if there is a connection, when I get a chance I would like to look into that. Retty I love your videos, I am a history nut. I live in Texas now and hope you do some videos around here, (Gainesville, Texas)
I do have some plans to do some cemeteries in Gainesville at some point this year. It would be interesting to know if you have a connection to the Tuttle's here in Oklahoma. If so there is a town named in your family's honor. Let me know if you find out something. I'm curious now. Thank you for watching Sandi!
@@RhettyforHistory when you come to Gainesville Texas, if you are there on a weekday, you need to stop by Taco Bell, I work there Monday through Friday 10 am to 5 pm. I do front register and take care of the dining room. I love 💘 it there. Was retired and had too much energy, so I went back to work.
Silver City was a gathering spot for settlers entering the Run of 1889... We believe the actual crossing of the South Canadian happened where current I 44 crosses the river.
@@RhettyforHistory Yep a new fancy gun or guns a a newer moderate fancy saddle and a really good horse would be hard to hide and later sale. Get the money and don't be greedy. Smart robbers/ murderers. I always enjoy your videos and look forward to them. I have often thought about moving from SC to Ok or Texas so I find it interesting
@@RhettyforHistory Yep my house is next to an area used by the Swamp Fox Francis Marion. I live with in 10 miles of 2 Revolutionary War Battlefields. I was born in VA and we had tons of history there also
I'm really not sure on that to be truthful. I tried to do q quick Google search for Tuttle and Billy the Kid or Regulators and I didn't get anything. If you find out anything let me know.
I drive a truck in the Oklahoma oilfield. One of the wells I load at I found an old cemetery. It doesn't look near as nice as this place. It looks like when it gets mowed someone takes a tractor & brush hog thru it. I'm not sure but it seems like there was a couple markers from the 1800's. Also it's right by the Washita river.
@@RhettyforHistory The cemetery is on a dead end dirt road near Mannsville. Its called Earl cemetery. I stop there for my lunch break when I have to haul from a well not far from it. It seems like every time I will find a marker that I missed the the time before. If it wasn.t so far from my house I would mow it . But it would be about an 80 mile drive each way for me.
Thanks for telling me the name. I was just looking at it on findagrave and it is a ways from me as well. There are certainly quite a few graves from the late 1800s in there. I'll have to go and check out that cemetery some time.
There is another cemetery that is kept up and owned by the Ok. historical society at Hugo. The Jones Cemetery where the Plantation House of the largest plantation owner and slave holder in the territory is buried.
Thank you for watching and telling me about that one. I don't believe I knew about that one. The only cemetery I have been in down there is where Lane Frost is buried along with the circus folks. I'll have to look into that other one.
Another interesting video Rhetty. I had never heard the story of that cowboy before. For some reason I couldn't help but think of Billy the kid, he for awhile made money by stealing saddles off of horses and then reselling them. I was wondering if you might could help me out with something? I would like to do a family tree on my family and my grandmother was born on March 9th 1921 here in Oklahoma at a place called The Seven Devils Mountain. It was a logging camp from what I have been able to find. But I'm trying to find out where this mountain is at. And I was wondering if you have ever heard of these mountains before?
I have never heard of that mountain before but with a quick google search it appears that it is in Eastern Oklahoma in Haskell County. It also appears that it is part of McCurtain. I am not sure but perhaps that little town or county historical society may be able to help you. I'm not for sure but that could be getting into Choctaw country so they may have some records as well. Ancestry,com is also a great source and with that year you should see some good census records for her. I'm not sure if that helps but I hope you are able to find out more on her. She is definitely in some researchable years.
@@RhettyforHistory thank you Rhetty. I live in Mccurtain county but I was sure where these mountains were. My great grandfather moved the family around quite a bit during the depression for work.
This piece of history is amazing such ❤ care this is no doubt on the register of historic sites and be cared fore. A sharp contrast to the forgotten. I am going to look this place up. The videos you offer have not been done to death and a fresh new batch of information comes our way. A smile I have right now because they honor those that have gone home 🏡. The robbery you told us I bet the robbers were after quick 💰 money and too much trouble to take the saddle and guns. Thosr items would have stuck out like a sore thumb. And perhaps would have put too much heat on them. Just my opinion. This is a beautiful resting place the iron fencing is a special treat for me. I admire the iron fencing and you will not see any Jerks come in there and scribble graffiti there that place is watched. Well done as usual. I never heard of this cemetery so being interested in cemeteries I will be looking this one up. I would like to know why the town died out
Thank you so much for watching Harolyn, I bet you are right about the saddle and gun drawing too much attention and then they probably would have been hanged. This really is a well maintained cemetery and I love that they have embraced the history. I believe the town just disappeared with the statehood and people forming larger towns in Tuttle and Minco. That is just a guess though. Sometimes things like that change when trails are no longer used. We have seen that with trains and even route 66 in Oklahoma. It is sort of sad to see it happen though. Those abandoned areas were once places of happiness filled with livliness.
@@RhettyforHistory i am just guessing at the Robbery but to take the guns and saddles raises too much attention and a hot 🥔 potato to have to deal with. I wonder why the city was abandoned
@@RhettyforHistory the city where it was was not suitable for farming and they were a farming city. The towns people virtually moved the buildings to Mico ok. Rebuilt there and resumed farming. I am so glad that the deceased were not disintered. And the townspeople though they moved buildings they came back to tend the cemetery. This has continued to the present day.
@@RhettyforHistory i Google up silver city i typed in a specific question. In this case I asked what happened to silvercity and was specific in state and last known location. I found the answer. But silver city got more prosperous after they moved. I do a lot of research for quite a few channels on the net. I can't afford to be wrong the channels I research for trust me. And me not knowing the answer I learn right along with everyone else. I love to learn. I had no clue till I checked on this one
Well, the story should be out on this one by now. Montfort Thomas Johnson was a prominent Chickasaw rancher who settled the area during great adversity. His sister was Adelia Johnson married the Bond family. Netflix has a movie out about the family. Montfort Chickasaw Rancher.
Yes, you're right on that. The movie came out on November 1st and they did a pretty good job of sticking to the facts. I have a newer video on the him explaining more in detail. It was just a few videos back. Thank you for watching Hugh!
It's a shame some of these towns are gone. I wouldn't mind seeing the Chisum , back in the day, but I don't think I would want to be a part of it especially not the drag.
I'm not aware of silver ever in this area. No one was named that in the cemetery either. Don't quote me on this but it could have just been a name used to entice people to stop there. Maybe spend their silver money. Seems like a name that would make you stop just to see what was going on. Especially in the middle of nowhere. Thank you for watching.
Fencing around the graves were the stopping of grave robbers. It would have a lock attached to all that metal. Sad times then when they robbed the dead of everything or stole their bodies
Most of the fencing is usually just for decorative purposes but some of it does have a purpose here in Oklahoma in that it is a defense to keep cattle out. Helps sort of provide and extra barrier for the markers to keep them from getting damaged. They aren't cheap to buy and install though. Thank you for watching!
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The very first burial in this cemetery was William Ward in 1876 and he was the cowboy that was killed in a gunfight.
oh good you found out
Really need to do Central City. Wood headstone, miners and others. Found a good headstone to..
Where is Central City?
@@RhettyforHistory Colorado. Rich history, beautiful area. If ever out, give you a good tour..
Wish I could send you a couple pics
This cemetary is so well cared for. Such a contrast to the last two cemeteries you have visited that were neglected and abandoned.
Yes you are right about that and it is refreshing to see. This cemetery is extremely nice. Thank you for watching Terry!
So nice to see a old Cemetery looking so well kept & always so interesting. Thank you Rhett. 😊🐘
You are very welcome Yvonne! It is nice to see like this. They have done a fantastic job maintaining it as well as embracing the history.
Thank you for this video and all the comments that added more of the history. Restoration of the cemetery was a personal passion for Chincie Cochran Ross. Her contributions, as well as those of the Tuttle family and others, are the reason there is fencing, a parking lot and the signs at the cemetery. The Public Works Department of the City of Tuttle was also instrumental in restoration and ongoing maintenance of the cemetery. Our community is very proud that we are honoring our history. The twin Bonner girls are buried inside that dilapidated fencing. The cowboy William Ward is in the northeast corner.
Thank you for filling us in on some more of the history of the cemetery. I know a couple people were curious on both of those you mentioned. Everyone who has pitched in has done a wonderful job with the cemetery and it is an example that others can follow, and hopefully they will! I loved visiting this cemetery and it is certainly a gem for the area!
This is a remarkable cemetery .I like how you put up the pictures also .Thank you
Thank you for watching Jody and you're right about this cemetery. It's not often you see one with the level of care they have given.
Gorgeous cemetery! It's really nice to see one every now and then that's actually been maintained through the years!
I love how you included the photos too -- that definitely brought history to life!
Have a great weekend!
This one is extremely nice and you're about it being nice to walk through and see. I do love how they have embraced the history in the cemetery. Thank you for watching and I hope you have a great weekend as well Val!
Thank you enjoyed this after 13 hours after a shift at the hospital.
You really had a long day! Thank you for watching!
That was awesome Rhetty, thank you as always. I love how you respectfully say each name on each grave marker. Doing so I think they are not really forgotten if someone speaks their name out loud. Very happy that you do so. Looking forward to the next video as always. God bless, Godspeed on your travels.
Thank you for watching Jeannine! I think you are right about speaking the names. That's one of goals of doing that as well as showing them. I love seeing cemeteries such as this one where they are not only well maintained but they have put in the effort to embrace the history.
WOW ! Now that is a exemplary pioneer cemetery ! Beautiful and serene.
Yes it is. I love what they have done with the cemetery. Thank you for watching!
It is such a pristine little cemetery, nice to see one that is so loved. The old fencing around graves also fascinates me, so many different types, and styles. Some have makers marks, and where they were made. I really enjoyed this little tour, thanks Rhetty.
I'm glad you enjoyed the cemetery tour and thank you so much for watching! You are right about it being pristine. I don't see many like this one.
Lived here all my life and never heard of Silver City. Thanks for more interesting Oklahoma history.
You're welcome and thank you for watching! I am glad you learned something new!
Thank you for doing this and sharing. Rosa Fryrear was my great great grandmother and her second husband was SB Fryrear. Unfortunately the pictures you have over laid is not them. That picture is of Rosa’s son Charlie Pettenridge by her first husband John Pettenridge and his wife Sophia Amanda Pikey Pettenridge. The baby is my great Aunt Rose their oldest child. My great great grandfather John Pettenridge was murdered by John T Echols in 1886 when Rosa was 14 and pregnant with their child my Great grandfather Charlie Pettenridge. Rosa then married SB Fryrear and they had six additional children. Again thank you for doing this story I love going to this cemetery and glad it is so well maintained. Don’t remember if you mentioned but the town of Silver City moved to Minco when the railroad went in.
Thank you for adding in some of the history and I apologize for getting the photo incorrect on him. Sounds like John Pettenridge has his own story to tell. Does John Pettingridge have a final resting place anywhere? Also do you have any idea why Echols would do that? I did not know that Silver City moved to Minco. I just sort of figured it would be a case of the railroad taking away the Chisholm trail ways and people moved on to Tuttle and Minco. Do you by chance know if there is any history of Silver City in Minco? Old artifacts from the town displayed anywhere or structures?
Beautiful place easier than the last 2 to walk in, forsure. Peaceful place to rest in peace ♥️🙏lord bless them.
You're right this was a pleasure to walk thru after the last two overgrown cemeteries. Thank you for watching Rebecca!
You're spoiling us with all these great videos!! Thank you very much💟💜🪦🪦🪦 Those fences and memorials are extraordinary💞
I really loved seeing this cemetery and they have went above and beyond for the cemetery. It's not often you see one this nice. Thank you for watching Brenda!
@@RhettyforHistory I'd love to walk through there sometime
It's certainly worth a visit if you ever get the opportunity!
@@RhettyforHistory I'm in Texas so Oklahoma might be a possibility sometime
Certainly plenty to see in Texas those! I don't think I will ever see everything I could ever want there!
Neat video! I didn't know Oklahoma had a Silver City. It's so nice to see the care given to the cemetery.
They really have done a superb job with this cemetery! Thank you for watching!
Thx for sharing this moment in history and beautiful cemetery.
You're welcome and thank you so much for watching Nancy!
I love that people are willing to put money into a cemetery and preserve those peoples history. Everyone deserves to be remembered.
You're right on that and I believe what you just said about everyone deserving to be remembered. Thank you for watching!
Mighty nice of you to put up the pictures. I like that. Great job.
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Looks so nice. And such a wonderful story and history. Thanks so much.
You're welcome and thank you so much for watching!
Thanks for the video. The picture in the historical marker was the Chickasaw Rancher W.T. Johnson. His sister was Adelaide Bond. They came here from New York. He married a Chickasaw women which gave him land rights. He leased the rest and put together the largest ranch in the Territory before the land runs. The original property his wife got was from the Braums dairy to east of Norman, most of what is now Oklahoma University. He lost most of it in the land runs the leases at Statehood. His great grand children only recently sold the last of the property in Norman. My wife's 2x great-grandfather was one the homesteaders at Norman. He was a doctor, we put flowers on his grave every Memorial Day.
Thank you so much for watching and filling us all in on a little more of the history. That is really fascinating to think about. He definitely did have a large ranch to go from Braums to OU. I passed that Braums but I never would have thought of that being part of a ranch that went as far as OU. Seems almost sad that the great grand children sold the land recently.
Maybe Mr. Johnson lost his land in Norman to some Sooners during the land rush. Maybe that is how OU got the name Sooners.
Rhetty that was such a nice cemetery and it is so refreshing to see a cemetery that old so impressively maintained and the extras of all that very nice outer fence and the steps and the grave fences looked like they were painted silver if I am not mistaken. You must have been on cloud nine with all the beautiful iron fencing.
Yes you know me Janis! I love to see fencing like that and even better when the cemetery is so well maintained. it's not often you see one of that caliber and I love that they have embraced the history in this cemetery. I wish more could follow their lead. Thank you for watching!
Just love all the info at the gate of this cemetery. The town layout is really interesting. Need a BIGGER like button on this one. Such a beautiful cemetery. Thanks as always.
It really is beautiful there as well as very peaceful. They picked a great location for a cemetery in 1876 and I love how they have embraced the history for all of us to experience.. Thank you for watching Susie!
Rhett, I really enjoyed this video of the Silver City cemetery particularly because of it's Old West roots. It definitely is a very well maintained cemetery and a very peaceful looking atmosphere, as well. I'm always fascinated how much information you can find out about people visiting cemeteries. Great investigating, as always. Take care 🐎
Thank you for watching Brenda and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Cemeteries like this one are pretty rare. It's not often that you see one well maintained and the history embraced. Especially if it is out away from big cities.
Rhett, great research on the names to get the pictures.
Those marker are beautiful, with the elaborate stone work, not to mention the grave fence with those corner pieces.
I know you love metal work like that. Now they're made by machine. It's become a lost art.
Beautiful cemetery.
Thank you for the walk through.
You are right. So much of everything in a cemetery is machine made rather than by hand. I really love the skill that some of these older tradesman had on memorials and fence work. Thank you for watching my friend!
So I went to this Cemetery 2 weeks ago. I live in Alabama, but my brother lives in Mustang OK. I went to visit and My sister-in-law knows I like these old cemeteries. and mentioned this one , And I had remembered you doing a video here , so it was a little familiar to me. Anyway , I did a got some video while I was there and will be uploading it to my channel sometime in the next week. Anyway. great spot. More off the beaten path than I thought. It was a great place to visit. And since imitation is the most sincere form of flattery , please take it as a compliment. Thanks for what you do.
Thank you for watching and I'm glad you got to pay this cemetery a visit. It really is a nicely kept cemetery and I loved the history in it.
Hey Rhett!! You did a very nice job on this one😊 I especially enjoyed seeing the pictures to go with the graves.
Since these were everyday people I thought it would be nice to include them in do something a little different in this old cemetery. Thank you for watching!
*** Been around cattle all my life...never heard of a "cattle fence"!!?? Cattle guard yes...pipe bridge you drive over. Barbed wire fence to keep out and keep in all types of critters. You know I'm just messin´ with you . Great video as always.
You're right I meant to say cattle guard. Thinking one thing and seeing another with the nice iron fencing led to a mishap of words! Thank you for watching!
Most of the people who are in this cemetery are young. Had to have been a rough life. James Bond, who knew. Nice cemetery, shows they have pride in the area and their heritage.
For today standards, they were young but back then, life was rough, that was life expectancy, 40, 50,60. Here on our community (still active) cemetery, graves from that period are about same age, older then 60 was exception, lot of younger womans, my guess is they died at giving a birth or in afterwards, back then there was nor medical aid, high death rate among infants and mothers.
It would have been very challenging trying to make a living in a new rough territory like that. They have done an excellent job at preserving the history of this cemetery. Thank you for watching Dan!
Yes I believe you are right on that Igor. That is what was special about seeing the Granny living from 1800-1900. Just think about all the history she lived through. Moving to this new territory would have been rough for anyone but especially so for someone her age. She must have been a tough old woman. Thank you for watching!
Enjoyed the video. I've been to Tuttle and didn't know that was there.
If you ever go back this just north of Tuttle. Thank you for watching!
Here I am, on my second video of yours and going backwards to watch as many as I can. That was great 👍 and I loved seeing the photos of the actual people, makes it so much more personal. Subscribed 😊
The Great thing about the videos is they are all independent and don't have to be watched in order. I'm happy to hear you are enjoying the videos. Thank you do much for watching!
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Thanks for sharing this beautiful cemetary.
You're welcome and thank you so much for watching Monika!
@@RhettyforHistory you're welcome
Granny 1800 - 1900, You know granny was one tough woman not to be trifled with. LOL
I bet you are right on that. It does make me wonder why she came to the territory and if she was alone. Thank you for watching!
Amazing if you think how short the lives were then and the stories she could tell for history
@@nanaof7preciousgrands115, That is an adorable baby!! If the grandparents do not spoil the grandchild they should. Feel free to tell them I said to spoil their grandchild. I have 4 myself and have become an expert at spoiling grandchildren. LOL
Great history spot. Wonderful story telling.
Thank you for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed this one!
Amazing, just incredible video,I love Cemeteries.
I do too and it is very enjoyable to see exceptional cemeteries like this one. Thank you for watching Sherron!
I love your videos, love the history, all the hard work you do for your videos shows in each one, don't ever quit
Thank you so much for watching and I have no plans of ever quitting!
Will done 👍 I do enjoy your presentation on all the different places you go 🙂
Thank you very much and I'm glad you enjoy all the places I visit!
What a beautiful little cemetery I would have loved to been there to walk it with you. Thank you for the video of it.
You're welcome and you are right about it being beautiful there and it was also very peaceful! Thank you for watching and coming along on the journey!
My wife is from Tuttle. Her family is still in the area. We visit there about once or twice per year.
It's a nice little city and the schools looks really nice too! Thank you for watching Jay!
Beautiful Place!
It really is! Thank you for watching Susan!
Hi Rhetty, My name is Linda..We want to Thank You for the Silver City Cemetery video. I am related to many of the people buried here. The first named headstone you mentioned, Sally Campbell Minter is my Great Grandmother, her husband, my Great Grandfather, was C. L. Campbell. Edwin G. Campbell was one of their children. Mary E. Johnson was C.L.Campbells sister, she was Montfort T. Johnsons first wife. Adelaide Johnson, the second wife of Montfort T. Johnson was the daughter of C. L. and Sally Campbell. C. L. Campbell and Montfort T. Johnson were partners in cattle ranching in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. In fact, Montford T. Johnson's sister Adelaide Campbell Bond was married to Michael Campbell (C. L Campbell's brother) who started Montford in the cattle business. Montford T. Johnson started the Silver City Cemetary when he buried a young boy who was killed in a tragic event. The boy's name was Muggs McLish.
Thank you so much for watching and sharing more on the on this cemetery. It's fascinating to learn how they are related and associated with one another. There is a lot of history in that cemetery and I'm glad that efforts have been made to preserve that for others like me to enjoy. It truly is an incredible one to see and experience. Everyone who has made that possible should certainly be commended. I curious if you know what the tragic event was that killed Muggs?
@@RhettyforHistory Muggs lived with Montford T Johnson and Mary Elizabeth.Muggs brother Henery came to visit and they were playing bank robber and Henry was sheriff carrying and old rifle. As Muggs was the fleeing bandit. Henry told him to halt and when he didn't, Henry raised the old gun and pulled the trigger...it went off killing young Muggs. Mary Elizabeth, Montfords wife took Muggs to the house, a coffin was built and Muggs was taken in it to the west of the house on the high knoll overlooking the river Montford later designated this the burying ground for Silver City where many of the Johnsons, Campbells, Bondsand Tuttles are buried.
That is such a sad and tragic story. What an awful thing to experience for everyone around. Thank you for telling me what happened.
I LOVED this video! Great old headstones and fences, thanks!
I'm glad you enjoyed it and thank you so much for watching!
Great Video. Thank you. Nicely kept.
Yes the cemetery really is incredible. Thank you for watching Harry!
Awesome video. Thank you for sharing this with us.
You're welcome and thank you so much for watching my friend!
What a gorges place !🤗🤗🤗
I loved this little cemetery. They have done a wonderful job preserving it. Thank you for watching!
Fantastic cemetery, better maintained then some modern ones.
Yes it is. They've done an incredible job. Thank you for watching!
Great video Rhetty Thanks mate
You're welcome and thank you for watching Lindsay!
When family still exists and they have some money it's nice to see what can be done with these places.
Yes it is and their family is pretty well known in the area with a city named in their honor. Thank you for watching Bill!
I use too live in Oklahoma miss him but I'm not too far from home 🏡 Oklahoma is beautiful ❤️ country I miss it love, it you don't know how much you miss home untill you leave it 💁
I understand what you mean by that! Thank you for watching Melodie!
Interesting and wonderful video thanks
Thank you for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Very interesting! I especially liked the pictures that you included for some of the graves. Seeing the young age of some of those women makes me wonder if they died in child birth. Very sad.
I would bet they did. It is definitely sad to think about that happening. Thank you for watching Ramona!
Really enjoy those historical cemeteries. 1800-1900 the things she lived through. Interesting you were able to find some photos of the people. Ads more of a human touch to be able to put a face to the name.
She really saw some history in her lifetime and what an age to move to a rough territory. I wonder if she came alone or with someone else. Thank you for watching Paul!
@@RhettyforHistory Boy I wonder. That’s a good question. That’s right it was definitely a rough country then.
She had to be one tough lady!
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Love your videos. U are awesome.
Thank you so much and I am glad you are enjoying the videos!
Love this!🤍🤍🦋🦋🦋🦋
Thank you for watching!
Home of Braum’s Dairy. My cousin was Miss Tuttle back in the 60’s and twirled flaming Batons. Later she had a beauty salon in Tuttle
Yes, in fact I passed Braums on the way into this one. They have a lot of land though. Thank you for sharing a little more on the Tuttle family. I appreciate you watching too.
We both have a love for history. Just watched your video on Pat Hennessy and it was great. I lived in Hennessy for a few years and as a matter of fact, my oldest daughter is a teacher in Hennessy. She teaches at the same school she went to growing up. I worked at the old and now gone Eckroat Feed and Seed elevator then Astro Well Service and Kirkpatrick Oil Supply before becoming a pumper for Beard Oil Co. in Dover. Moved to Crescent and worked for Kerr/McGee Nuclear Corp. until it was shut down. I have history all over Oklahoma since my family was there since the mid 1800’s. Hennessy has sure changed since I left there in the mid 1970’s. If you get back in that area you should check out the old Eden Baptist Church outside of Hennessy. My first wife and I were married there and as were preparing the church, we discovered an American flag with only 47 stars in the union.
Not sure if it’s still standing but it was one of the first churches in the area. It is out in the country and was, maybe still is owned by the First Baptist Church of Hennessy. I enjoy your videos and wish I had come across them sooner. Been trying to catch up. I flipped a piece of property a few years ago and as I was cleaning and clearing some of the acreage, I discovered an abandoned cemetery. I spent time on research and found out it was abandoned because it was an old slave cemetery. I worked with a group of Boy Scouts, made a sizable contribution to them to maintain the cemetery. After selling the property I went back a year or so later and found the cemetery neglected once again. After talking to the scout group, I was told that the new owner refused to let them back on the property. He didn’t think the cemetery was worth saving. I tried to buy the plot of land just to preserve the cemetery and was denied. Sorry so long. God bless and keep doing what you do.
That is sad on that cemetery. I wish people would respect cemeteries more than they do. The Native Americans banded together in the 90s because their cemeteries were being destroyed and they had a law passed to protect their burial grounds. There other cemeteries that are in danger of being destroyed or already have been and they are from different races. I've seen it happen to some black ones for sure. I wish we could get laws to protect all of them on the federal level. Just because a person doesn't know anyone in it or they don't believe in burials doesn't mean that they should destroy it. I'm glad you helped that one out but how could you have ever known the next person would do that?
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The problem today is a lack of respect and in some cases just pure meanness. Down around Allen, Oklahoma is an old cemetery filled with spirit boxes. I first visited it in the 60’s with my uncle who had family in the cemetery. My uncle was Chickasaw/Seminole. He had Indian land and built a home on it . As he was doing bulldozer work in prep for the house, he dozed off some Indian tombstones into a creek bed. His mother, we called her Miss Fanny, she was born Fanny Harjo. Her mother was named Tennessee Alexander Harjo. She has a whole other story. Miss Fanny told Uncle James that he would be struck with great sickness for moving the tombstones and within a year he began having severe seizures. He was diagnosed with Epelepsy. He suffered with it until his death in 2002. Also on his land was an old ceremonial grounds where the tribe would hold spiritual dances and drink whiskey. Allen is actually a tribal owned town. That’s also where they make or made in the past, Idle Time campers. Looking forward to your next video.
Yeah I don't think we have ever truly respected cemeteries like we should. You can see a lot of instances where people have moved cemeteries or degraded them etc. It happened 100 years ago and just carried over into today. It's really sad.
It's a beautiful cemetery, shame all old cemetery are not like this xx
That would be great if they were like this one! Thank you for watching!
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Greetings from Germany ❤️❤️❤️to Oklahoma ❤️❤️❤️
I like you videos and the history of the old story's from the wild west 😍
Sorry my English is not so nice
I was ten years old!!!
I'm glad you are enjoying the cemetery visits as well as the old west. Thank you so much for watching from Germany!
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I am honestly impressed that a woman born in 1800 passed away at 100 years old in 1900. Especially considering all the diseases and accidents that took so many lives so young. That is a huge accomplishment back then to live to be that old!
Could the broken down iron fencing in that one spot be where the cowboy and his horse were buried? Looks big enough.
I'm not sure. I don't know if the historical society knows the location or not. It's quite a story though. Thank you for watching Michele!
I was thinking that
@@RhettyforHistory Being from Tuttle, I had an opportunity to visit this cemetery as a group. We were fortunate to meet with Mr. Holmes Tuttle (born at Silver City) and family around the late 1980's. He had lots of stories to tell. The story of the cowboy and his horse was also mentioned to us by him. He pointed over in the area of where the entrance gate and Robert Tuttle bench was located (just a few yards inside the fence) was where the grave was. He said that is why there are no other graves in that area. The Tuttle cemetery board has worked wonders on this cemetery. It had gotten very run down and falling apart. I noticed that the entrance gate had been moved. It originally was located on the south side but has been moved to the east. On the north side outside the fence where it goes downhill, there use to be an old dugout where someone lived. By the way, Robert Tuttle is the son of Holmes Tuttle and was present that day with his father. Robert was also the Ambassador to the United Kingdom at one time.
Thank you so much for watching and filling us in more on the cemeteries history. They have done a wonderful job on the restoration. That is interesting how they moved the gate like you said. You certainly had a unique tour of the cemetery at the right time. Looks like a lot has changed there. That dugout sounds interesting.
It makes me laugh when I see you wearing that San Jose Sharks hat. You see I grew up out there and never thought ice hockey would be a success in baseball and 49ers territory! I WAS WRONG!
Anyway I really enjoy your videos on historic cemeteries!!!! Always interesting!
Sad story but interesting
Thank you for watching Debra!
Granny Vicy Herman was 100. That is so totally awesome. You just know she was a wicked cool ole lady.
Montford Johnson.. I just watched a great movie about him!
They did an excellent job on that movie. I have a video that is just on him. Thank you for watching Laura!
Nice video 👍👍
Thank you for watching!
In a lot of the cemeteries in Oklahoma where my family was from you see markers with dates within just days and weeks of each other, sometimes entire families. My dad told me they had constant cholera outbreaks back in the early days of Oklahoma, some so bad entire towns were almost wiped out. So if you see something like that it could a disease outbreak.
Yes I do believe you are right on that. Not only that disease but also others. Thank you for watching!
I really like this old Cemetery. I will have to check it out. Was the story about the cattlemen being buried with his saddle and gun true or was it just an old campfire tale? If true I have a reason they might have left both his saddle and gun. By 1876 the Oklahoma Territory had some pretty good U.S. Deputy Marshalls. Most people marked their saddle in some way or their family members could identify it by some markings from wear and tear. By 1876 the Colt Peacemaker,or SAA which had been released in 1873 in .45 caliber to the United States army was released to the civilian market. If in fact he was carrying a Colt Peacemaker the serial number would have been registered. Colt kept a very good record of who bought their guns. If the outlaws were caught with money nothing could be proved concretely but the saddle or gun could hang them. I am sure there were those who believed they could stay one step ahead of the law and would have taken both the saddle and the gun. In that time period a group of rough men spending gold pieces freely would send up a red flag and draw the unwanted interest on the Marshall's.
I'm not sure if it is a real story or just a tale. But the man who was buried first in the cemetery in 1876 is the one that it is referring to. It's quite the story but now that you are explaining everything I bet you are right on that. Somehow there must have been something identifiable on the saddle or the pistol like you are mentioning. Thank you for watching and bringing that up.
@@RhettyforHistory Back then it was not uncommon for a man to custom order a Colt with hand engraving, nickle plating, ivory or pearl.handles. This would cost extra and would signify that person was of means. However Colt kept very good records and you can still research who a Peacemaker was originally sold to. Back in the 1980's black powder shooting became popular and Italian clones flooded the market. These Italian makers such as Antonio Zoli who started Navy Arms company and Uberti and other have been making clones for movies since the 1950's. Ubert makes all the Colt clones for Clint Eastwood and most other films. The guns are very close to the original and are made with skill and fire live rounds very well. Back in the 1980's Colt and Remington the two largest producers of handguns during the Civil War started producing new percussion pistols. Remington produced the famous 1858 model.that Clint Eastwood used in the movie Pale Rider. Users of both handguns would load four or five extra cylinders. On the Colt Army model 1860 in .44 caliber and the Colt Navy 1851 in .36 caliber the pin had to be pulled and the barrel had to be removed to replace the empty cylinder. The Remington Army 1858 was much faster and the plunger was dropped and a pin pulled to replace the empty cylinder. You can see Clint Eastwood doing this very thing in Pale Rider at the last when he kills his nemesis and his deputies using a Remington Army 1858 clone. Most likely it was a Uberti clone. Both of these gun companies went back to the serial numbers they left off on in the 19th Century and the guns were numbered from the last one made. Wal-Mart in Anadarko sold a real Colt Army model 1860 for just over 400 dollars. The Remington Army model 1858 brushed nickle plated sold for around the same. The last time I looked at Bass Pro Shop they had the Colt Army 1860 for 12,00.00 dollars. I will always wish I had bought the Colt Army 1860 back then but it shows how good they kept their records.
I wonder if the records could be searched with just a name and an approximate date? Makes me curious on that William Ward because that would answer some questions.
@@RhettyforHistory It might be worth checking out. Unless he carried another brand gun or bought the gun second hand. My hunch is it was a Peacemaker and he ordered it new because he needed a gun that would work and the Peacemaker was the best.
Montfort Johnson is the Chickasaw Rancher from the movie -good movie-good history
It’s on netflix
Yes it is. The Chickasaw did an excellent job sticking to the facts on this movie. Thank you for watching.
Nice video.. ty!
You're welcome and thank you for watching Coral!
The name Tuttle.....we have Tuttles back in our family, but they were from back East. I am wondering if there is a connection, when I get a chance I would like to look into that.
Retty I love your videos, I am a history nut. I live in Texas now and hope you do some videos around here, (Gainesville, Texas)
I do have some plans to do some cemeteries in Gainesville at some point this year. It would be interesting to know if you have a connection to the Tuttle's here in Oklahoma. If so there is a town named in your family's honor. Let me know if you find out something. I'm curious now. Thank you for watching Sandi!
@@RhettyforHistory when you come to Gainesville Texas, if you are there on a weekday, you need to stop by Taco Bell, I work there Monday through Friday 10 am to 5 pm. I do front register and take care of the dining room. I love 💘 it there. Was retired and had too much energy, so I went back to work.
Silver City was a gathering spot for settlers entering the Run of 1889... We believe the actual crossing of the South Canadian happened where current I 44 crosses the river.
Definitely interesting to know that the very spot of the crossing is still being used. Thank you for sharing that little tid bit of history.
The horse saddle and gun may have been to identifiable. Great video.
You could be right on that Kirk. Especially on that trail. Thank you for watching!
@@RhettyforHistory Yep a new fancy gun or guns a a newer moderate fancy saddle and a really good horse would be hard to hide and later sale. Get the money and don't be greedy. Smart robbers/ murderers.
I always enjoy your videos and look forward to them. I have often thought about moving from SC to Ok or Texas so I find it interesting
There is a lot of old west history here as well as Prohibition history. I know SC has some interesting history of it's own though.
@@RhettyforHistory Yep my house is next to an area used by the Swamp Fox Francis Marion. I live with in 10 miles of 2 Revolutionary War Battlefields. I was born in VA and we had tons of history there also
I used to live in VA. I always enjoyed all the history that is out in that area and I never got bored with it. I've been back many times.
Tuttle - Isnt that the name of the guy involved in the Billy The Kid?Regulators thing. Johnson County War, I think that is what its called.
I'm really not sure on that to be truthful. I tried to do q quick Google search for Tuttle and Billy the Kid or Regulators and I didn't get anything. If you find out anything let me know.
I drive a truck in the Oklahoma oilfield. One of the wells I load at I found an old cemetery. It doesn't look near as nice as this place. It looks like when it gets mowed someone takes a tractor & brush hog thru it. I'm not sure but it seems like there was a couple markers from the 1800's. Also it's right by the Washita river.
That's interesting and sad that it is brush hugged like that. It would actually be better off not being mowed. So I this more on private propery?
@@RhettyforHistory The cemetery is on a dead end dirt road near Mannsville. Its called Earl cemetery. I stop there for my lunch break when I have to haul from a well not far from it. It seems like every time I will find a marker that I missed the the time before. If it wasn.t so far from my house I would mow it . But it would be about an 80 mile drive each way for me.
Thanks for telling me the name. I was just looking at it on findagrave and it is a ways from me as well. There are certainly quite a few graves from the late 1800s in there. I'll have to go and check out that cemetery some time.
There is another cemetery that is kept up and owned by the Ok. historical society at Hugo. The Jones Cemetery where the Plantation House of the largest plantation owner and slave holder in the territory is buried.
Thank you for watching and telling me about that one. I don't believe I knew about that one. The only cemetery I have been in down there is where Lane Frost is buried along with the circus folks. I'll have to look into that other one.
there is a movie coming out about Montford Johnson. He was a big rancher in the area.
That movie came out on November 1st and is the one that I am referring to in the newer video Montford The Chickasaw Rancher.
Sometimes you can take a flashlight and Shine the flashlight on the tombstone and read it better
Yes that works really great and not damaging to the headstone. Thank you for watching!
Montford Johnson is the man in the picture. Chickasaw Rancher. Famous Oklahoman / Man of Indian Territory.
Another interesting video Rhetty. I had never heard the story of that cowboy before. For some reason I couldn't help but think of Billy the kid, he for awhile made money by stealing saddles off of horses and then reselling them. I was wondering if you might could help me out with something? I would like to do a family tree on my family and my grandmother was born on March 9th 1921 here in Oklahoma at a place called The Seven Devils Mountain. It was a logging camp from what I have been able to find. But I'm trying to find out where this mountain is at. And I was wondering if you have ever heard of these mountains before?
I have never heard of that mountain before but with a quick google search it appears that it is in Eastern Oklahoma in Haskell County. It also appears that it is part of McCurtain. I am not sure but perhaps that little town or county historical society may be able to help you. I'm not for sure but that could be getting into Choctaw country so they may have some records as well. Ancestry,com is also a great source and with that year you should see some good census records for her. I'm not sure if that helps but I hope you are able to find out more on her. She is definitely in some researchable years.
@@RhettyforHistory thank you Rhetty. I live in Mccurtain county but I was sure where these mountains were. My great grandfather moved the family around quite a bit during the depression for work.
I saw a topographical map that showed the location. Pretty interesting.
This piece of history is amazing such ❤ care this is no doubt on the register of historic sites and be cared fore. A sharp contrast to the forgotten. I am going to look this place up. The videos you offer have not been done to death and a fresh new batch of information comes our way. A smile I have right now because they honor those that have gone home 🏡. The robbery you told us I bet the robbers were after quick 💰 money and too much trouble to take the saddle and guns. Thosr items would have stuck out like a sore thumb. And perhaps would have put too much heat on them. Just my opinion. This is a beautiful resting place the iron fencing is a special treat for me. I admire the iron fencing and you will not see any Jerks come in there and scribble graffiti there that place is watched. Well done as usual. I never heard of this cemetery so being interested in cemeteries I will be looking this one up. I would like to know why the town died out
Thank you so much for watching Harolyn, I bet you are right about the saddle and gun drawing too much attention and then they probably would have been hanged. This really is a well maintained cemetery and I love that they have embraced the history. I believe the town just disappeared with the statehood and people forming larger towns in Tuttle and Minco. That is just a guess though. Sometimes things like that change when trails are no longer used. We have seen that with trains and even route 66 in Oklahoma. It is sort of sad to see it happen though. Those abandoned areas were once places of happiness filled with livliness.
@@RhettyforHistory i am just guessing at the Robbery but to take the guns and saddles raises too much attention and a hot 🥔 potato to have to deal with. I wonder why the city was abandoned
@@RhettyforHistory the city where it was was not suitable for farming and they were a farming city. The towns people virtually moved the buildings to Mico ok. Rebuilt there and resumed farming. I am so glad that the deceased were not disintered. And the townspeople though they moved buildings they came back to tend the cemetery. This has continued to the present day.
@@RhettyforHistory i Google up silver city i typed in a specific question. In this case I asked what happened to silvercity and was specific in state and last known location. I found the answer. But silver city got more prosperous after they moved. I do a lot of research for quite a few channels on the net. I can't afford to be wrong the channels I research for trust me. And me not knowing the answer I learn right along with everyone else. I love to learn. I had no clue till I checked on this one
You're right these people are lucky that they have not been forgotten. That's what I love about this cemetery and everyone who has made that happen.
Well, the story should be out on this one by now. Montfort Thomas Johnson was a prominent Chickasaw rancher who settled the area during great adversity.
His sister was Adelia Johnson married the Bond family.
Netflix has a movie out about the family.
Montfort Chickasaw Rancher.
Yes, you're right on that. The movie came out on November 1st and they did a pretty good job of sticking to the facts. I have a newer video on the him explaining more in detail. It was just a few videos back. Thank you for watching Hugh!
Montford Thomas “Chickasaw Rancher” Johnson is the photo by the map.
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Thank you for watching!
It's a shame some of these towns are gone. I wouldn't mind seeing the Chisum , back in the day, but I don't think I would want to be a part of it especially not the drag.
Some of those old towns were probably pretty rough. But I agree it is sad to see them disappear. Thank you for watching!
Awesome 👍 video,,,Shame on the dislike,,,
Thank you for watching Victoria! I don't get the dislike. Must be a troll. It's an incredible looking cemetery!
@@RhettyforHistory I for one love your videos,,and your a great story teller to,,troll be home! Lol
@@RhettyforHistory I meant GONE
Was there silver in the area?
I'm not aware of silver ever in this area. No one was named that in the cemetery either. Don't quote me on this but it could have just been a name used to entice people to stop there. Maybe spend their silver money. Seems like a name that would make you stop just to see what was going on. Especially in the middle of nowhere. Thank you for watching.
The tree is a catalpa
Fencing around the graves were the stopping of grave robbers. It would have a lock attached to all that metal. Sad times then when they robbed the dead of everything or stole their bodies
The fencing that looked like a bed frame that surrounded the graves shape
Most of the fencing is usually just for decorative purposes but some of it does have a purpose here in Oklahoma in that it is a defense to keep cattle out. Helps sort of provide and extra barrier for the markers to keep them from getting damaged. They aren't cheap to buy and install though. Thank you for watching!
Maybe he was a Tuttle.
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No I do not. I do have Instagram though. Rhetty for History.
They spent thousands getting the cemetery right.
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I'd think William ward, because they don't list a birth date, old saying dead men don't talk
You are correct Troy it was Mr. Ward. I found that out after I got home and did some research. Thank you for watching!
To well maintained. Boring. I prefer the wild overgrown forgotten cemeteries nature is trying to claim back. Way more beautiful.
Those are everywhere but this one is rare.