National Register Record for JESSE CHISHOLM GRAVE SITE

Historic Name: JESSE CHISHOLM GRAVE SITE
Current Name: LEFT HAND (RAVEN) SPRING
Address: 248TH STREET NORTHWEST/E0890 ROAD
City: GEARY VIC.            County: BLAINE
Section: SW1/4 OF 32           Township: 15N           Range: 10W          
Description of significance: FINAL RESTING PLACE FOR JESSE CHISOLM, FAMED INDIAN TRADER, FOR WHOM THE CHISOLM TRAIL IS NAMED. HE DIED IN 1868 AT A NEARBY ENCAMPMENT. CHISOLM WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ESTABLISHING PEACEFUL TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN WHITES, THE EASTERN INDIANS, AND THE PLAINS INDIANS. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 12/16/71.

Type: SITE
Historic Function: GRAVES/ BURIALS
Current Function: GRAVES/ BURIALS
Area of Significance 1: COMMERCE
Area of Significance 2: SOCIAL HISTORY
Architectural Style: None
Architect: None
Year Built: None            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: GIBSON, ARRELL N., "A HISTORY OF FIVE CENTURIES", P. 190, 235, 251; MCREYNOLDS, EDWIN D., "OKLAHOMA: A HISTORY OF THE SOONER STATE", P. 73; RUTH, KENT, "OKLAHOMA: A GUIDE TO THE SOONER STATE", P. 364; TAYLOR, T.A., "THE CHISHOLM TRAIL AND OTHER ROUTES";
Date Prepared: JANUARY 1971