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Neighboring Counties
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| Hemphill County TX | ROGER MILLS | Custer County |
| Wheeler County TX | Beckham County | Washita County |
Roger Mills County and its Neighbors
Roger Mills County, Oklahoma is located in the western portion of the state. It borders Beckham, Ellis, Dewey, Washita, and Custer counties in Oklahoma as well as Wheeler, Hemphill and Lipscomb Counties in the Texas panhandle. The county is bound by the 100th Meridian on the west and the Canadian River on the north. The county was originally part of the Cheyenne-Arapaho reservation. The reservation was opened for white settlement by a land run on 19 April 1892. The resulting county was named "F" by the U. S. Government. A county seat was laid out and named Cheyenne. An election that November resulted in the county name being chosen in honor of a popular Texas congressman named Roger Mills.
Who was Roger Mills?
Roger Quarles MILLS was the son of Charles Henley and Tabitha (DANIEL) MILLS. He was born in Todd County, KY on 30 March 1832. Later MILLS moved to Jefferson, Texas and then to Palestine, where he studied law. He was an engrossing clerk for the Fourth Texas Legislature. After being admitted to the Texas bar in 1852, he began his law practice in Corsicana, Texas. Later he represented Navarro County in the House of the Seventh Texas Legislature.
From1873 until his resignation in 1892, MILLS represented Texas in the U. S. House of Representatives. In 1887, he became chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. He wrote the Mills Tariff Bill in 1888. MILLS, against Prohibition and free sliver, was defeated fir the Speakership in the Fifty-Second Congress. In 1892 MILLS was elected to the U. S. Senate to fill a vacancy and was re-elected the next year. He retired at the end of his term in 1899 and returned to Corsicana .
On January 7, 1858, Roger MILLS married Caroline R. JONES. They became the parents of five children. MILLS wrote various essays including "The Speakership" and "The Gladstone and Blaine Controversy." Washington and Lee University gave him an honorary LL.D. degree in 1894. He died on 2 September 1911 and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Austin, Texas.
Biography from "A 100-Year History of Cheyenne and Roger Mills County, Oklahoma". Used with permission.
Cheyenne
- The townsite of Cheyenne was laid out by U.S. Government surveyors as the county seat for "F" County. It was opened for white settlement on 19 April 1892. By nightfall of that day, the new town had a population of 50. The town was incorporated after an election on 15 December 1908. The present courthouse is the third one, having been finished in September 1986. The town is also home to the Black Kettle Museum.
Other Communities
- Other communities (past and present) include Angora, Berlin, Carpenter, Crawford, Cuthbert, Dempsey, Durham, Grimes, Hammon, Herring, Kirby Store, Mathiason's Store, Meridian, Midway, Rankin, Reydon, Roll, Rome, Rosehill, Strong City, Sweetwater, Sunny Point, Square Top, Spitzer's Corner, Texmo, Three Corners. There are probably others that have been overlooked.
Information from "A 100-Year History of Cheyenne and Roger Mills County, Oklahoma". Used with permission.
Links
- Cheyenne Star Obits
- Oklahoma All Counties
- Oklahoma Resources
- Maps-N-More
- Native American Research Project
- Oklahoma Cemeteries
- Oklahoma Birth Certificate Form
- Oklahoma Death Certificate Form
- Oklahoma Funeral Homes
- OkGenWeb Archives
- OkGenWeb Clickable Map--showing counties/Indian Nations
- Oklahoma Land Openings
- Oklahoma Lawmen & Outlaws
- Oklahoma Marriages
- Roger Mills
- Roger Mills County
- Roger Mills County, 1895
- Roger Mills County Genealogy Association
- Roger Mills County Ghost Town Map
- Roger Mills County Population Info
- Roger Mills County Surnames
- Roger Mills County: Lineages' Genealogy Site
- Roger Mills Pioneers, Land Run, April 19, 1892
- Southwestern Oklahoma Genealogical Society
- Strong City
- Western Oklahoma Newspaper Research
Addresses
Roger Mills County Courthouse, Broadway & L.L. Males Boulevard, Cheyenne, OK 73628; Phone: 580-497/3366
Roger Mills County Vital Records Office, Roger Mills County Clerk, P.O. Box 708, Cheyenne, OK 73628; (580) 497-3366
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