John Chouteau Rites in Vinita Will Be Today
 

    VINITA, July 6—Services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday in the Luginbuel chapel for John Chouteau, 89-year-old Vinita pioneer who died Friday night in a Tulsa hospital. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery.
    The life of the aged Shawnee Indian was a history of Vinita since he came to this vicinity from Chouteau Station, Kan., in 1869 before either the M-K-T or Frisco railroads entered the state.
    He had lived here since that time until he was taken to Tulsa a few months ago for treatment.
    Chouteau was a great-grandson of Maj. Jean Pierre Chouteau, who established the first white settlement in what is now Oklahoma at Salina in 1796.
    Old-timers say Chouteau was a “veritable storehouse of knowledge” on the history and activities of his fore bearers in Oklahoma and the middle west. So extensive was his information that he could recite by the hour incidents and anecdotes that came down direct from Maj. Chouteau in connection with the formation of Oklahoma.
    Chouteau is survived by two daughters, Mrs. T.J. Arrington, Vinita, and Mrs. Tom Walker, Midland, Texas.
 

From The Oklahoma, 7/7/1949

Donated by: Emily Jordan

07-13-2007


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