In 2017, the family owned 433,000-acre (175,000 ha) according to The Land Report magazine. established families the Drummond name grew and then grew again with the "The perpetrators were allowed by local and state authorities to basically get away with it. (The deaths of some alleged victims who lacked discernable wounds were simply . After talking with Bill Randolph, I think I can almost remember it. I'm sure there might be a little bit of Hollywood in it. Leo and Marty are literally one block down the road filming this second. Hale's goal was to gain the headrights and wealth of several tribe members, including his nephew's Osage wife, the last survivor of her family. "A look at the Osage Indian murders", Ewen, Alexander and Jeffrey Wollock. The Drummonds acquisition of Osage royalties and land was and s both illegal and immoral. In the early 1920s, the western U.S. was shaken by the reported murders of eighteen Osage and three non-natives in Osage County within a short period of time. Interview with Frederick Drummond Cleveland Bank, Drummond Family History, 3/17/2011 Interviewer: Michael J. Hightower Audio taped at F. Drummond's office in Pawhuska and transcribed by MJH . The Drummonds donated for the creation of a new high school football stadium for Pawhuska High School and for the building of an animal shelter in town. Most of the murders were never prosecuted, but some men were convicted and sentenced including William Hale, who ordered the murders of his nephew's wife and other members of her family, to gain control of their oil rights. Copyright to all of these materials is protected under United States and International law. There were three waves of them, and by the time the third wave came along I was down on the floor trying to dig into the fibers and saying prayers. Largely Forgotten Osage Murders Reveal A Conspiracy Against - NPR Most of u people need to get a life. Subsequently, Ramsey changed his story, claiming that the actual killer was Curly Johnson. The following morning, Gustave Dominici, a son of the nearest family that lived in the area . A Food Network star, Drummond has been lensing her show "The Pioneer Woman". To try to prevent further criminality and to protect the Osage, in 1925 Congress passed a law prohibiting non-Osage from inheriting headrights from Osage who had half or more Native American ancestry.[13][23]. As the years went by and the boys grew up into strong and healthy, Jodys health slowly and steadily declined. [11][a] Brown was divorced, so probate awarded her estate to her mother, Lizzie Q. [12] Kelsie Morrison, a petty criminal, later admitted to murdering Brown and testified that William Hale, a prominent local cattleman, had asked him to do so. : Newsfoto Publishing, 1981). These stories include Bill Hale who was otherwise known as the The director seemed touched by the food and gifts he received at the pre-COVID-19 gathering, she said. An Osage man who is found murdered by gunshot in the middle of May of 1921, just days before Anna Brown 's body is discovered. He says he thought he was in shock; he thinks he kept himself in that state so if something were to happen, it wouldnt be so bad. [11] Two of his accomplices had died before the BOI investigation was completed. I think because of that Im more tolerantthat I know something I didnt know before. not only you my loyal readers but also They too have hired hands but they ALL work pretty much 24/7/365. Nothing. born boy emigrated to America at the age of 16 after his father died. I come from a ranching family around Pawhuska, grew up around the Drummonds and anyone who thinks they havent had their share of tragedy and heartache are misinformed.