Historic Name: BLACK BEAVERS GRAVE
Current Name: SAME
Address: NORTH SIDE OF ANADARKO
City: ANADARKO VIC.
County: CADDO Section: W1/2, NW1/4, SW1/4 OF 15
Township: 7N
Range: 10W
Description of significance: BLACK BEAVER WAS BORN INTO THE DELAWARE TRIBE AROUND 1806. HE SERVED AS AN INTERPRETER AND AS ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED INDIAN SCOUTS IN SERVICE TO THE US ARMY. UPON RETIREMENT, HE SETTLED WITH THE NEWLY-RELOCATED DELAWARE TRIBE NEAR ANADARKO WHERE HE DIED IN 1880. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 5/11/73. (REMAINS SUBSEQUENTLY REMOVED TO FORT SILL CEMETERY.) REMOVED FROM NATIONAL REGISTER 09/01/1975.
Type: SITE
Historic Function: GRAVES/BURIALS
Current Function: VACANT/NOT IN USE
Area of Significance 1: ETHNIC HERITAGE: NATIVE AMERICAN
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: None
Architect: None
Year Built: IN/A
Original Site: YES
Condition: None
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: MARCY, CAPTAIN R.B.,"THE PRAIRIE TRAVELER", 1863, PP. 124-130; FOREMAN, CAROLYN, "BLACK BEAVER", THE CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, VOL. 24, PP. 269-292; FOREMAN, GRANT, "ADVANCING THE FRONTIER", 1933, PP. 275-288.
Date Prepared: FEBRUARY 1973