On New Years Day 1893 my paternal second Great-Uncle Sherman married Martha Garoutte in or near Tulsa, Indian Territory.
Sherman had posted a $100 marriage bond with storekeeper Tom Archer. Tom was soon to suffer a fatal accident. So they named a street after him. Tom was later immortalized in Bob Wills' song "Take Me Back To Tulsa." Before the chorus, I'm Too Young To Marry, is the line: "Let me off at Archer, I'll walk down to Greenwood."
Please hear Wills himself sing it:
(This link updated in March 2020, as a previous link expired from youtube)
Miss Martha was the daughter of David and Louisa Garoutte of Missouri. Dad would come visit his daughter via the "Katy." The nickname for the MKT railway (Missouri, Kansas, Texas) would later be called the Union Pacific Railroad. It was at the Frisco train station in Tulsa one day in 1906 that David Garoutte met writer/historian, S.C. Turnbo.
http://198.209.8.180/lochist/turnbo/index.html
Daniel Estefano was good enough to share a photo of the young Civil War soldier Garoutte. I won't steal the photo but instead ask that you see it here:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=garoutte&GSfn=david&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1910&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=11048366&df=all&
David Garoutte talked long with S.C. Turnbo, and Turnbo took notes. Two stories are:
1. WAS HUNG FORTHWITH - http://thelibrary.org/lochist/turnbo/v2/st040.html
2. MORE RECOLLECTIONS OF EARLY DAYS - http://thelibrary.org/lochist/turnbo/V18/ST553.html