1902 Townsite Act approved by Cherokee Nation of Indians
1908? (from)
Cherokee Nation (Assume the 1908 date is post-statehood
paper work for earlier transaction ... and not sure how this matches the City
on Thad Morris allotment?)--Ted
(to) Thomas W. Howell
($614 for lots 18-19-20 in block 49) (Ted Note: T.W. Howell died 1932??)
1906 (from)
Thomas W. Howell and Ollie B. Howell (his wife)
(to) Mark K. Farmer
($500 for lot 19 in block 49) (Ted Note: Oct 6, 1904 News - Farmer new
to town)
Mar 15, 1911 (from)
Mark K. Farmer and Nora E. Farmer (his wife)
(to) Chauncey D. Evans
($1000 for lot 19 in block 49)
Chauncy Duane Evans -- Coal & Cattleman ... Rogers County
Commissioner
Feb 20, 1912 (from)
Chauncey D. Evans and Mary J. Evans (his wife)
(to) W. L. Wright ($1500
for lot 19 in block 49)
William Lincoln (W. L.) Wright -- Original Editor of "The
Collinsville News"
... moved News here from block
48 / lot 15 ... there from ~1900 to ~1911
...wife Minnie Ruth Wright
... they lived in one of Collinsville's earliest houses : 1302 Spring ...
moved from original townsite ~1900
Sept 3, 1918 (from) Rogers County (all of Collinsville) ( to) Tulsa County
1923 (from)
Probate following death of W.L. Wright in July 1923
1/3rd (to) Minnie R.
Wright (wife of W.L.)
2/9ths (to) Claude H.
Wright (son of W.L.& editor of the News at that time)
2/9ths (to) Francis
A. Wright (son of W.L. & former editor & Collinsville city clerk)
2/9ths (to) Martha Vivian
Wright (daughter of W.L.)
Claude Henderson (C. H.) Wright ... Editor
John Phillip (J. P.) Wright ... Editor
...wife Betty K. Wright (owners 1950s -- 2004)
Ted W. Wright (owner Jan. 2005) Newspaper Museum
