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3 unusual facts about Thomas Gilcrease


Thomas Gilcrease

Gilcrease's father ran a cotton gin in the nearby community of Mounds, Oklahoma.

The collection contained twenty-seven bronzes and forty-six paintings by Charles Russell, seventeen bronzes and twelve paintings by Frederic Remington, photographs by Edward Curtis, and documents and correspondence of well known figures in the American West.

Wealaka, Indian Territory

W. L. Gilcrease, father of oilman Thomas Gilcrease, co-owner of a store and a cotton gin, platted the town and chose the name Wealaka.



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