Monogrammed Brick Stories
Brick: Boudinot, William Penn, Etha
Contributed by Catherine Boudinot Spradling
Elias Watie b. near Rome, GA, in 1802. He was full blood Cherokee. His Indian name was Galagina meaning male deer and he was called Buck. His full brother was Stand Watie. Buck was sent to Foreign Mission School in Cornwall, CT, and spent a night With Dr. Elias Boudinot of NJ. Dr. Boudinot chose Buck as student to bestow gifts and he adopted the name Elias Boudinot. Elias married Miss Harriet Gold. Boudinot was assassinated in 1839.
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In 2012 the Oklahoma Historical Society invited those who purchased one of the monogrammed bricks paving the Red River Journey at the Oklahoma History Center to share about the person or group their brick honors. Below is a list of those who submitted stories and the message shown on their brick. Use the links below to read the contributed story.
This project was made possible by a generous donation from Catherine B. Wootten.
