Notes

Part I. Formation

3. The Blalock Mexico Colony Stock Corporation

2. Blalock Mexico Colony Articles of Incorporation (Mangum, Oklahoma Territory, October 25, 1902).

3. Mangum Sun-Monitor, October 30, 1902. See note 1 above.

4. Guthrie was founded in 1889 and was one of the Federal Land Offices for filing land claims duing the Land Run. In 1890 when Oklahoma became a Territory, Guthrie became the capitol.

5. Blalock Mexico Colony, “Petecion protocolicense con el Acta de Incorporacion y los Estatutos de la Blalock Mexico Colony para existencia legal en la Republica y para cumplir con lo dispuesto en el articulo 24 del Codigo de Comercio”, Ante el Juez Segundo del Civil Licenciado Grancisco Diaz Lombardo, Trece de Febrero, 1904, Mexico, Distrito Federal, Apendice O. No. 124.

6. Blalock Mexico Colony Charter, trans. George P. Taylor (Gutherie, Oklahoma Territory, October 31, 1902).

7. Colony's by-laws,” Mangum Sun-Monitor, November 20, 1902, vol.12:1, No. 47.

8. Mangum Sun-Monitor, November 20, 1902. See note 7 above.

9. Blalock Mexico Colony By-Laws, trans. George P. Taylor and Elizabeth G. Newcomb (November 20, 1902).

10. Petecion protocolicense con el Acta de Incorporacion y los Estatutos de la Blalock Mexico Colony. See note 5 above.

11. Mangum Sun-Monitor, November 20, 1902. See note 7 above.

4. Emigration Preparations

1. “Mexico Colony,” Mangum Star, November 27, 1902, vol. 15, No. 21.

2. Letter from Uncle Talley,” Mangum Sun-Monitor, December 11, 1902, vol.12: No. 50.