- Augustus Captain (taken abt. 1875) (40 KB)
From left to right; Black Dog, Augustus Captain, Joseph Paw-ne-no-pashe, John N. Florer.
- Julia A. Captain (61 KB)
The daughter of Augustus and Jane Captain, Julia was born November 7, 1855, baptized November 25, 1855 by Father Ponziglione, and died May 22, 1877. She married Cyrus Francis Ririe on May 15, 1876. Julia died three months after the birth of their only son and was the first burial in the Captain Cemetery.
- Rosa Captain Hoots with children (taken abt. 1897) (28 KB)
Rosa pictured with her daughter, Agnes, and son Leo. Rosa was born November 20, 1868, daughter of Augustus and Jane Captain, and died April 24, 1938. She married Alfred Worth Hoots on February 11, 1886. Agnes was born August 27, 1895 and died March 11, 1936. Agnes married Waldo Freeman on February 24, 1917. Leo died in his first year of birth.
- First Osage Delegation to Lawrence, Kansas, 1873 (80 KB)
Left to right, front row: Augustus Captain, Strike Ax, Mo-shon-ok-she, Lame Doctor. Middle row: Ta-wan-ge-he, Ke-neu-in-ka, Kun-se-ah-ie, Ne-kah-ke-pah-ne, George Beaver. Back row: Sam Bevenue, White Hair, Saucy Chief, No-pa-wal-la, Supt. Hoag, Che-to-pa, Big Elk, I. T. Gibson - U. S. Indian Agent.
- Rosa Hoots at the Kentucky Derby (15 KB)
Rosa Hoots (far right) and her jocky (center) accepting the trophy for winning the 1924 Kentucky Derby.
- Green, Isabella and Estella Marie Yeargain (18 KB)
Green J. Yeargain with his wife, Isabella Captain, and their first child, Estella Marie.
- Augustine and Francis Trumbly (52 KB)
Augustine Captain was born Aug. 13, 1854 and died Mar. 4, 1892. She is the daughter of Joseph Captain, Jr and Susan Lambert. She married Francis Trumbly July 17, 1873 at Osage Mission, KS. He was born Dec. 12, 1848 and died 1882.
- Postcard from Agnes Hoots to her mother Rosa (26 KB)
Dear momma, I arrived safely am having a good time from Agnes Hoots. P.S. it is very cool up here it was 112 in the shade yesterday. Tell Daddy hello. [mailed Aug 17, 1909 from Skiatook]
- Susanna J. Captain (30 KB)
Born June 2, 1849, baptized June 17, 1849,died August 12, 1902. Daughter of Augustus and Jane Captain. Susanna had four children with her first husband, Cyprian Tayrien, six children with her second husband, Shadrach Marion Whiles, and one child with Riley Sweeney. Her fourth marriage was to Charles Jennings.
- Rosalie Captain (44 KB)
Rosalie, sister to Augustus Captain and wife of Edward Chouteau, was the only female to serve as an Osage chief. Known as Mother Chouteau, she served as chief of the Beaver Band of Osages.
- Isabella Sloan letter - Page 1 of 4 (212 KB)
Letter dated July 1, 1886 from Isabella Captain Sloan to an attorney in Ohio concerning a $2 inheritance from the mother of her first husband, George Newman.
- Aunt Jane Appleby (25 KB)
America Jane Moore was born February 11, 1825, probably in Ohio, and died November 11, 1917. She was married to Peter Augustus "Ogeese" Captain until his death in 1877. She later married Luther Appleby and became known as Aunt Jane Appleby, the Cattle Queen of Oklahoma.
- Isabella Sloan letter - Page 2 of 4 (223 KB)
Isabella describes Osage customs and laws concerning guardianship of minors.
- Drawing of Augustus Ogeese Captain (13 KB)
Photograph of a charcoal drawing that was owned by Jane Appleby. Artist and date unknown.
- Isabella Sloan letter - Page 3 of 4 (223 KB)
Isabella is apparently unwilling to sign some papers that were sent to her.
- J. N. Florer's Trading House Osage Agency I.T. (33 KB)
Date estimated 1876. Ogeese Captain is standing in front of the open door wearing a black hat.
- Captain Cemetery - Established 1877 (52 KB)
Located west of Skiatook, Osage Co., OK. The sign left of the gate reads "As you are, I was. As I am, you will be."
- Isabella Sloan letter - Page 4 of 4 (174 KB)
Isabella closes by mentioning their health and the crops. She was 8 months pregnant with a set of twins at the time she wrote this letter. Her husband, Dan Sloan, died 6 months later and both twins died before they reached 10 months old. Isabella later married Green Yeargain.
- Earl Wesley Park (31 KB)
Born September 18, 1911, and died March 29, 2005. He is pictured here with his six children during his 90th birthday celebration.
- Green Jeremiah Yeargain (16 KB)
Born June 3, 1856 and died February 9, 1949. He married Isabella Captain in 1887 at Pawhuska, I.T., and married Nora Ogden in 1897 after Isabella's death. Green was a pony express rider when the Tulsa post office was first opened.
- Alice Elizabeth Crumrine (80 KB)
Born May 19, 1907, died September 1, 1986. Married Dennis Ervin Myers on December 26, 1926.
- Just one of me. (77 KB)
- Tombstone of Peter Augustus Captain (24 KB)
Captain Cemetery, Osage County, OK
- Tombstone of Aunt Jane Appleby (38 KB)
Captain Cemetery, Osage County, OK
- Marriage Record - G. H. Newman & Isabella Captain (15 KB)
December 17, 1874 marriage record in Osage Mission, Kansas for G. H. [George] Newman and Isabella Captain certified by John Shoemaker. The certificate is recorded in a family bible that was owned by Jane Captain Appleby and is housed at the Skiatook Museum.
- Haskell Indian Institute (42 KB)
Postcard, postmarked 1907, of the school attended by Estella Yeargain.
- Alfred Hoots Family - Early 1900's (20 KB)
Alfred Worth Hoots (front), Rosa Captain Hoots (right), Agnes Hoots (left) and Alfred Augustus Hoots (rear).
- Black Gold (46 KB)
United Press photo of Black Gold and jockey John D. Mooney taken the day he won the Golden Jubilee Kentucky Derby in 1924.
- Martha Ann Payne (39 KB)
Martha Payne was born Oct. 27, 1883 and died Oct. 27, 1961. She first married Sam S. Moore and later married George Henry Newman, Jr.
- Peter "Whack" Captain and friend, Ethel Stamper (47 KB)
Peter "Whack" Captain was born Apr. 17, 1860 and died Apr. 28, 1938. He was the only son of Augustus and Jane Captain. Peter suffered from typhoid fever around the age of 5 which left him mentally impaired. The final division of Whack's sizable estate was evenutally settled by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in 1941.
- Osage Camp (69 KB)
Postcard Photo of Osage Camp, Oklahoma (postmarked 1907)
- Verlie Mae Moore and her best friend Edna Stamper (48 KB)
Verlie Mae Moore was born Nov. 4, 1909 and died Mar. 2, 1977. She married Earl Wesley Park on Nov. 17, 1932. Photo taken about 1920 on the banks of Hominy creek.
- Osage Tribal Leaders (80 KB)
From left to right, Hard Rope, Black Dog, Old Medicine Man, Joseph Paw-ne-no-pashe, Big Chief, Augustus Captain.
- Peter "Whack" Captain and dog (30 KB)
Photo taken around 1920.
- John Park III (1735 - 1816) (28 KB)
John Park III (my 5th great-grandfather), was born and died in Hampshire County, West Virginia. John was married to Susanna Elrod.
- Ellie "Ella" Moore (55 KB)
Daughter of Martha Ann Payne and Sam S. Moore. Ella had one sister, Verlie Mae, and two brothers, Sterling and Howard Doyle.
- Augustus "Ogeese" Captain (63 KB)
Born about 1815 and died August 8, 1877. Augustus married America Jane Moore around 1840. A. T. Dickerman, who once met Ogeese, described him as being "a giant in stature, being fully six feet six inches tall, with monstrous long arms, great big hands, and although he had no extra flesh he weighed 250 pounds."
- Howard Doyle Moore and Edna Stamper (19 KB)
Howard was the son of Martha Ann Payne and Sam S. Moore. Howard had one brother, Sterling, and two sisters, Ellie and Verlie Mae. Photo taken about 1919.
- Black Gold - New Orleans, LA January 8, 1923 (259 KB)
Owner and breeder: Rosa M. Hoots. In 1924 Churchill Downs added the derby's first prep race in celebration of the 50th running of the Kentucky Derby. Black Gold won the Trial and came back four days later to win the Derby. Black Gold claimed a $50,000 prize as well as the first 14k gold trophy to be presented to a Kentucky Derby winner (the trophy was later stolen). It would be another 24 years before a Derby Trial winner would also win the Derby. Due to her Osage heritage, Matt Winn, the Derby's vice-president and general manager, referred to Rosa as a "simple aboriginal woman." Black Gold ran his last race on January 18, 1928 when he finished the Salome Purse with a broken leg. He was buried the next day at the Fair Grounds infield in New Orleans. Black Gold was inducted into the National Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame in 1989.
- Black Gold #5 (170 KB)
Photo taken at Louisville, KY., May 14, 1923.
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