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Nathaniel Pryor

Mayes County
Location: on US-64, four miles south of Pryor
Topics: Indian and Frontier Trade; Military; Ranching; Social/Cultural

Born in Virginia about 1783, Nathaniel Pryor was related to family of Jefferson Davis and a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1803. He re-entered the army in 1813 as a 1st Lieutenant and discharged as Captain in 1815. Pryor entered into Indian trade at Three Forks on the Verdigris and soon became one of the most noted figures of early Oklahoma history. He was the first to bring fine Kentucky horses to Oklahoma.

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