The railroad, which was built north to south through the mountains and virgin timberlands of the Choctaw Nation of the Indian Territory, brought civilization to the wilderness—three passenger trains operated daily in each direction, plus two freight trains, making for a total of ten trains per day.
Hitchcock County, with Hugo as its county seat, was proposed, in general, to take the place of Kiamitia County (Kiamichi County), Choctaw Nation, which would be abolished with the advent of Sequoyah statehood.
Mayhew, Indian Territory, located two miles north of present-day Boswell, Oklahoma, was the seat of government of the Pushmataha District of the Choctaw Nation, in the Indian Territory.
Sulphur Springs was a Choctaw Indian community formerly existing in the Choctaw Nation of Indian Territory.
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A member of the Choctaw Nation, he is the brother of former U.S. District Court Judge Michael Burrage, and the uncle of State Senator Sean Burrage.