Tillman County History
On August 6, 1901, at Lawton a land lottery was held. About 200,000 people registered, either at Fort Sill or El Reno, in person or by proxy, the number being more than fifteen times as many as there were available places. The land to be drawn for included what is now Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Kiowa, and Tillman Counties. Roughly, there were 13,000 tracts of 160 acres each available. There was more land than this, but what was supposed to be the most choice lands had been reserved for the Indians. The largest of these, about 440,000 acres, was the Big Pasture. There were three other smaller areas also set aside for the Indians.
Tillman County was named after the Honorable Benjamin R Tillman, United States senator from South Carolina.
Wichita-Caddo
Kiowa, Comanche-Apache [off site link]
Big Pasture [off site link]
1915 Tillman County
Tillman County Towns in History
Frederick
Davidson
Grandfield
Hollister
Loveland
Manitou
Tipton
Indian & Pioneer Histories
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digital.libraries.ou.edu/whc/pioneer/ [off site link]
Tillman County Neighbors
| Jackson
(northwest) |
Kiowa
(north) |
Comanche
(northeast) |
|
Wilbarger (southwest) |
Wichita
(south) |
Cotton (east) |
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