the reason most refer only to the French because France was the first to encourage settlement because they wanted a population as a buffer to the Spanish territories and they didn't want the British taking their territories because they didn't have enuff troops to defend against the British. After US bought the land from the French, the eastern part of Oklahoma was in the Upper Louisiana Territory and then it became the Missouri Territory before becoming the Oklahoma Territory & Indian Territory. In the early 19th century US borders were very fluid and changing with even Canada having area which is now the USA. So to identify what location a person lived within one most know the history of the area in question. Remember family history came first and they make up the general history one studies in school. Richard
> From: mike...@iafrica.com > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] pre Oklahoma > Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 11:55:27 +0200 > > On 2010/08/02 04:11, Mark Wilson wrote: > > On 01 Aug 2010 06:17 PM, Dennis Sutton wrote: > >> How does one input pre Oklahoma, i.e; Indian Territory or the area > >> that was once called Northwest Territory (before it was broken down into > >> States)? > >> > >> Dennis > > Here's a short Oklahoma history lesson: > > > > First, France owned the territory. Then skipping ahead after the > > Louisiana Purchase... > > > > Surely the French weren't there in the beginning :-) > > -- > Regards, > Mike Fry > Johannesburg > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
