The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-17
HISTORIC TOWN
HAS COMEBACK
Ingalls,, Frontier Village
In Payne County, Gets
Postoffice Again
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Special to Tho World
STlLLWATER, Okla, July lG .
ingalls,. II frontier village OF Payne
county whose greatest claim tu rumc
is the fact that It was tho batch,
ground for tho cirst open fight ho.
tween u bandit gang and officorH
of the law IN the old territorial days
is about 20 como back. Tho, pustot
flee there ~ tu Ne ro-ostdhIishVd.
but It is not e. be- called ingalls,.
The fourth assistant postmaster
general has dccrccd that the official
namc shall he Signct
There is. naturally much diaup.
pointmcnt at Ugalls the name viii
porsis'--ovcr this decree. The p,u.
pie there object to "A chistcuing iu
which they had no voice But 'hc
pustoffiCe department romans deaf
to their protests.
when the settlement was cs'1h-
liShed at that point in Payne cluu-
~ II miles cast Of Sullw1i"r. IL
was named IN honor OF Senator John
j. ingalls, OF Kansas, then az the
height Of his fame. Henry Beat
whose daughtcr, Matte Ncal, tnnw
Mrs Charles Payne OF btwtou'.
drew claim 40 ] when the kipWu.
, Comanch" country was opened. was
one Of the founders and ia said tu
have chosen tho name. Tho early
day settlement has borne 1t through
many Ncissitudcs
There was time when the town
OF Ingalls, was n thriving village
the equal, NJ lcast, Of any othct
/ I'm the county. Rut It was an inland
| town. as they all were NJ frat nud
/ when tho railroad came 10 Sullwat or
| to Perkins, TO Cushing. 10 Ripley
| and TO Glencoe. ingalls, was over
| looked by the bundcrs II remained
/ n good trading point and n convon
/ fence for nearby farmers, hut there
was. at that time at least, no pros.
/ pcct Of commercial future, aud
/ the town dwindled. Not q few OF thC
| buildings were moved to saltwater
/ Until about three years ago. at t2'
Main street, stood as dwollinr
/ house what formerly had been tn,
/ Globe hotel NJ ingalls,.
1t was through tho shingl"d ROOT
Of that huilding that 'Arfausa'
. Tom" Jones, son of n Texas preach
or nokcd his rifle and got the arEl'
OF fire in combat with the posse o
/ United states deputy marshals a
the time of the famous raid ON th'
| DOolin gang Of outlaws, Sep'omhcl
I, 1898 Three officers were ktllc'
and only Jones. of the outlaws TAX
on. For the killing Of Deputy Dici
Speed Of Perkins. Jones was trio'
in saltwater and sentcncod TO ~
years In tho pcnitcntiarv, but late
was parolcd. then pardoned, owe
the protests of the people OF the In
gals community
After Ingalls, had shrunk 70 tn
proportions of blacksmith shor
n couple of stores and half dozo'
dwellings, II lost Its postoffice and
for the past ten yrnrs. resident
there have been getting their maj
, ON "routc I, saltwater" GoorE
Donahoo was the last postmaster.
The discovery OF oil has cause
the ingalls, ravival, Despite IN
present depression In oil, develop
mont there has huilt up the tow
10 near It's promotions the time q
the outlaw battle 28 years ago.
So, an application for roinstatc
mcnt Of the postoffico thorc ha
been granted and J. w. Porter ha
been named as postmaster. tn
, nostcffice department, however. 90
, ioctod 10 tho name of ingalls, he
cause ~ possible conflict with mmi
lar names in neighboring states
Porter was aei,ed 70 submit nam
eupgcstionl "Siguct" was one OF tfs
halr dozen suggested
Signet Payne county, Oklahoma
will bc unique. There Is mono othc
such name in tho list OF American
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