James Bigheart - Barnsdall, OK
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An Oklahoma Historical Marker for Chief Bigheart is located outside the Bigheart Cemetery, on Highway 11 just west of OK 123.
Waymark Code: WM154NF
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 10/15/2021
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This marker for Chief James Bigheart is in Osage County. A statue for the Chief is to the west, in Pawhuska, at: N 36 40.140, W 096 20.266.
The marker is accessible by a dirt pull-off in front of the cemetery.
The Bigheart Cemetery is small, completely fenced off, with approximately 30 graves.
Text on marker:
James Bigheart
The Osage Chief, grave here, 1908. When the Osages came to live in Indian Ter. after the Civil War, Bigheart became the Chief and led in organizing the Osage Nation under a written constitution. He had a trading post at Bigheart, now Barnsdall, and led in saving for The Osages by Act of Congress in 1906, all mineral rights that brought them wealth in oil.
Oklahoma Historical Society
166-1995
County: Osage
Record Address::
North side Highway 11, west of OK 123.
Barnsdall, OK USA
74002
Web site if available: [Web Link]
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Date Erected: 1995
Sponsor (Who put it there): Oklahoma Historical Society
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