[OKGIS] Barren Fork or Baron Fork?

[wtackett at fd9ns01.okladot.state.ok.us]

I just examined the hand-written notes from the 1897 GLO Survey.  It shows 
the community of Baron as having a "small station".  In the summary of the 
township, it describes the railroad station at Baron, and says that the 
community has a population of about 50 people.  Throughout the survey 
notes, where they crossed the watercourse, 7 or 8 times, the spelling is 
"Barren".  However, it is apparent in each instance of the word that it 
had been "gone over again with the pen".  That is, it was originally 
written as "Baron" and then later changed to "Barren".  This confirms that 
there was some confusion about the name of the watercourse, presumably due 
to the similarly named community.-------------- next part --------------
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