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3 B&KER,.'.V. M. INTILRVIEY/ BIOGRAPHY FORM S PROGHli&s'MINISTRATION Indian-Pioneer History Project for Oklahoma Form A-fe-149) 7386 Field Worker's nerne Mary ^> Dprward This report made on (date) Name 7 ~~ 2. Post Office Address,IU Baker 3. Residence a/dress (or location) 4. DATE OF R^RTH: Month _ 5. Place of birth Staunton, Va. Tal3a t oath Oklahoma Yearcl Name of Father Plafce of birth Other information about father 7. Najie of kother Ploce of birth Ot-ier infornation about mother te~ or complete narrative by the field junker dealing with the life and [story of tl^e person interviewed. Refer to Lamia:, for su? este$ Subjects. me..uestiunso Continue gn blank sheets if necessary and attach, fiiiniy to ;his f)k... Nur.ber of sheets attacked m _ ^ r... r.

4 , «V. M. INTEHVlEvV. ' 7386 Mary D. Dorward, Field Worker Indian-Pioneer History S»1 *u$ust 30, 1937 tf. M. BAKER * biographic sketch From a personal interview with the subject 1624 South ieston,?ulsa, Oklahoma) W.M. Baker served as disbursing agent for the Indian. Agency at ulaskogee from 1905 until 1909, under the adminisj -tration ef George Yfright, Indian ixgent. ^isburaeraents consisted ef payments for oil leases, timber, sale of lands, royalties and rentals* 3aker came to Indian i-erritory about 1892, after marryjr ing the daughter of benjamin rank4in Colbert. -olbert was a member of the ^hicicasaw tribe of Indians who came to Indian territory from /di>sissip.pi about 184>0^ at a very early age* 3efure allotment ^oldert had 1,800, acres under fence along the ited River north of Denison, -exas, as well as tv,o large f^rms near ^hickasha. His allotment and those of his children.were from the tivofc along tue

5 BAKK4,?/. ".1. INI'iBVIiJW Colbert operated the ferry across the iied Hiver along what ia new j. s. highway 7b-. ta built the first tell bridge at aoout the sans point. x 'he first oridge naving been wqahed oat he built a second one-which was also washed oat* he then interested other capital and built a third bridge which is still standing, all three being on the sive -of the old ferry*,.f. wolbert died in 1893,at the u t >- of o7. The town of Colbert, first station north o ^enisqn on the!j.k.&t.,is named for him..,v/hen the Katy was opened the officials.gave Colbert a jass for him and his wife to riue on ti.e first passenger train to ran from St. Louis to Dallas. A son of Colberl, Holmes F. ^olbert, now living at Calera, a few miles aorth of j^arant, is the dnly surviving signer of the ^.toka agreement resulting in, the allotment of Indian lands. Holmes ^olbert alsa represented the Chickasaw Nation in Washington, B.C., before statehood. '?Lr. 3aker was cashier in the office of the Superintendent for the Fire Civilized Tribes, not wording under i^. j. George aright who was head of the old Dawes Commission after the resignation of Ixt Tarns Bixby. Sd.