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Brinton Darlington

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Brinton Darlington

Birth
Death
1 May 1872 (aged 67)
Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Concho, Canadian County, Oklahoma, USA GPS-Latitude: 35.599774, Longitude: -97.996796
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Indian Agent appointed by President Grant over the Cheyenne and Arapaho in 1869.

---Darlington, Canadian County, OK - "A beautiful, tree-shaded spot beside the North Canadian River, where Darlington Agency was established by the government in 1869 to care for the Cheyennes and Arapahoes, then occupying a vast reservation that stretched west and north across present Oklahoma to the Texas border. Brinton Darlington, a Quaker, was appointed the first Indian agent. He was greatly loved by the Indians, and his grave is in a small cemetery at nearby Concho."

Published in the Oklahoma Travel Handbook by Kent Ruth, OU Press, Norman, 1977.
Indian Agent appointed by President Grant over the Cheyenne and Arapaho in 1869.

---Darlington, Canadian County, OK - "A beautiful, tree-shaded spot beside the North Canadian River, where Darlington Agency was established by the government in 1869 to care for the Cheyennes and Arapahoes, then occupying a vast reservation that stretched west and north across present Oklahoma to the Texas border. Brinton Darlington, a Quaker, was appointed the first Indian agent. He was greatly loved by the Indians, and his grave is in a small cemetery at nearby Concho."

Published in the Oklahoma Travel Handbook by Kent Ruth, OU Press, Norman, 1977.


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