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
