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In January 1839, Going Snake arrived in the Cherokee Nation West and settled near Ward Branch, about two miles south of present Ballard in Adair County, Oklahoma, and about five miles north of present Westville. At that location he built his home. READ MORE. Board of Directors. The Messenger.
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In January 1839, Going Snake arrived in the Cherokee Nation...
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Westville was within the Going Snake District of the Cherokee Nation. The original plat for the town included 175 acres. Expansion came soon with the development of the William D. Williams Addition and the Pat Dore Addition.
Goingsnake (c. 1758 – March 1, 1840), also spelled Going Snake; in Cherokee, I-na-du-na-i, ᎢᎾᏚᎾᎢ) (Cherokee) was a respected warrior, gifted orator, and prominent political leader of his people.
In January 1839, Going Snake arrived in the Cherokee Nation West and settled near Ward Branch, about two miles south of present Ballard in Adair County, Oklahoma, and about five miles north of present Westville. At that location he built his home.
Before statehood, Westville was a community in the Goingsnake District of the Cherokee Nation. The town was founded in 1895, when the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad (later acquired by the Kansas City Southern Railroad ) was constructing a rail line from Kansas City to the Gulf Coast.
At the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention in 1906 Adair County was created from the Going Snake and Flint districts of the Cherokee Nation. The county received its name from the influential mixed-blood Cherokee Adair family.
Mar 14, 2017 · WESTVILLE, Okla. -- In Indian Territory, before Oklahoma statehood, the Cherokee Nation was divided into the Canadian, Cooweescoowee, Delaware, Flint, Goingsnake, Illinois, Saline, Sequoyah and Tahlequah districts.
