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Avoca was a small town in Avoca Township, located in southeastern Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma Territory. The post office was established in 1894 and closed permanently in 1906.
Orel Busby (1890-1965) was born in Batesville, Arkansas on February 6, 1890. who came to the Indian Territory communities of Allen and Ada with his parents when he was about 10 years old, and finally settled in the community of Konawa, Oklahoma. His parents were G. C. Busby and E.C.. The father was reportedly a native of Alabama and a very successful farmer and rancher after moving to Indian Territory in 1901. He later quit farming and ranching to open a mercantile business at Allen. Harlow wrote that Orel Busby was born in Batesville, Arkansas, and that he lived in Allen from 1901-1906 and in Konowa from 1906-1912.
Butner is a populated place in Seminole County, Oklahoma at an elevation of 925 feet. It is about 6 miles south of Cromwell, Oklahoma on Oklahoma State Highway 56. It had a post office from June 1, 1903, to November 30, 1906. It was named for one Thomas Butner, an early settler.
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- ↑ Kennedy, Authur Ward (1995). They Came from Everywhere and Settled Here. Konawa, OK: Kennedy Library of Konawa. pp. 56, 213.
- ↑ Kennedy, Authur Ward (1995). They Came from Everywhere and Settled Here. Konawa, OK: Kennedy Library of Konawa. p. 150.
- ↑ Kennedy, Authur Ward (1995). They Came from Everywhere and Settled Here. Konawa, OK: Kennedy Library of Konawa. pp. 130, 131.
- ↑ Kennedy, Authur Ward (1995). They Came from Everywhere and Settled Here. Konawa, OK: Kennedy Library of Konawa. pp. 773–775.