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counties in
Oklahoma. Certain shifts were made: the town of Albion was given to the new Pushmataha County, and Wilburton was given to the new Le Flore County instead of Pittsburg County. (The Sequoyah framework had called for Wilburton to be placed in the same county as Hartshorne, and Albion to be
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framing the south side of the river valley, south of
Tuskahoma and Albion. Wade County served as an election district for members of the National Council, and as a unit of local administration. Constitutional officers, all of whom served for two-year terms and were elected by the voters, included the
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Oklahoma's statehood approached, its leading citizens, who were gathered for the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention, realized in laying out the future state's counties that, while logically designed, the Choctaw Nation's counties could not exist as economically viable political subdivisions. In
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most the county seat existed generally for holding county court and not as a population center. This was true of Lenox, too. While Wade County contained more sizeable towns than most, it would have to be dismantled in order to accommodate changes required by the region as a whole.
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Wade County's boundaries were established and designated according to easily recognizable natural landmarks, as were the boundaries of all
Choctaw Nation counties. As example, the confluence of Jack's Fork Creek with the Kiamichi River—just outside present-day
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108:, and a ranger. The judge's duties included oversight of overall county administration. The sheriff collected taxes, monitored unlawful intrusion by intruders (usually white Americans from the United States), and conducted the
57:—Wade was among the national leaders who traveled to Washington to negotiate with the American government to secure peace, achieved at great cost via the Treaty of 1866. Wade lived six miles east of
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The territory formerly comprising Wade County now falls primarily within Le Flore and
Pushmataha counties. Wade County ceased to exist upon Oklahoma's statehood on November 16, 1907.
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Oklahoma's framers, who largely adopted the proposed boundaries or concepts of these counties for the future
131:. The Sequoyah Constitutional Convention also proposed a county structure that abolished the Choctaw counties. Wade County is divided principally into the proposed
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216:Constitution and Laws of the Choctaw Nation,
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233:The Rise and Fall of the Choctaw Republic
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183:The Rise and Fall of the Choctaw Republic
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220:Historical Atlas of Oklahoma
16:Former political subdivision
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264:Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
74:United States Post Office
37:The county was named for
85:Choctaw Capitol Building
32:Apukshunnubbee District
187:Chronicles of Oklahoma
181:, p. 215; Angie Debo,
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200:Oklahoma Place Names
189:, June 1939, p. 192.
179:Oklahoma Place Names
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47:American Civil War
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