Box, O.T.
Subtitle: the history of a community and its people
By: Mae Davenport Cox
Publisher: [M.D. Cox]
Published: 2011
Place of publication: [Ardmore, Okla.?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
Subjects: Abstracts; History; Local History; Leader (Lexington, Okla.)
Other titles: Box, Oklahoma Territory; Leader (Lexington, Okla.)
Description: "The story of Box, Oklahoma Territory, a small community in southern Cleveland County, from the 1890s through early 1900s."
Notes: "November 2011."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Section 1. History of the community of Box, O.T. The history of Cleveland County, O.T. ; Staking a claim in the Box area ; Box becomes a bustling community ; Churches and cemeteries ; Box's Red Springs School District 61 ; Box lodges, clubs, and organizations ; Life at Box, O.T.; title: Section 2. Settling into life in the Box community. Homes of the pioneers ; Taxation begins for settlers ; The lay of the land in southern Cleveland County ; Earning a living ; Natural disasters faced by settlers; title: Section 3. Settlers to Box, O.T.: pioneer families who migrated to the Box area of southern Cleveland County. Census records name Box-area residents ; Pioneer families who settled the Box area; title: Section 4. Box community newspaper articles, 1889-1913.