Joseph Vann, a/k/a "Rich Joe" Vann, was among the thousands of Cherokee emigrants forced from Georgia during Indian Removal. According to the Webbers Falls Historical Museum, this is the second-oldest town in the former Indian Territory. In the late 1830s and 1840, the mass of thousands of Cherokee from the Southeast were forcibly moved into Indian Territory as a result of the US policy of Indian Removal. They finally agreed that year, in exchange for an increased amount of land and annuities. The Western Cherokee resisted sharing their territory with immigrants to be resettled from the Southeast, as the US government proposed in 1834. Webber was among the early leaders of the Cherokee in this area, one of their representatives when meeting with US agents and going to Washington, DC for meetings. In the early years when Webber was in the territory, there was considerable conflict with the Osage people, who were forced by the United States government to give up some of their territory to the Cherokee, in a Treaty of 1828. Webber also built a salt works, leasing the land for the latter from the Cherokee government, which held it communally as a tribe. When English-speaking visitors came, one of their African-American slaves and domestic servants would translate. They had adopted many American ways and outfitted their house in European-American style. Of mixed-race Cherokee-European descent, Webber was married to a full-blood Cherokee. Having acquired a small fleet of keelboats, he was able to stock the post with goods from other parts of the United States, so he opened a trading post and a portage service, as well as building a house. I-40 and Highway 64 remained closed Thursday morning due to the incident.Webber had settled here with some of the first Cherokee to go to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River it was then considered part of Arkansas Territory. ODOT closed I-40 and Highway 64 Wednesday due to fears that the barges would break through the dam on the Arkansas River and cause catastrophic flooding. The force of the rushing watch caused the second barge to give way and sink as well.įortunately, it looks as though the integrity of the dam is still intact. The two barges struck the dam, which caused one of the barges to immediately sink. on Thursday, the barges were seen heading straight for the dam near Webbers Falls. However, the barges somehow broke loose from the rocks as crews tried to secure them on Thursday. They were still tied together and were stuck on a rock jetty. Initially, the Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Office confirmed on Facebook that the barges were located several miles upstream from Webbers Falls Lock and Dam 16. Officials became worried that the barges would hit the dam, which was already under strain from the flood waters. The situation became even worse when authorities learned that the flooding caused two barges on the Arkansas River to become unsecured. If you choose to stay you are doing so at your own risk,” officials wrote on Facebook. “Residents in the Town of Webbers Falls need to evacuate immediately. On Wednesday afternoon, emergency management officials in eastern Oklahoma asked residents to completely evacuate the town due to dangers associated with flooding, according to KFOR.
Webber falls ok barges free#
– Two barges that broke free along the Arkansas River have struck the dam near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma.
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