The first train stopped in Waurika in January 1902 after the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway superintendent designated the town as a flag station. Just as the 98th meridian represents a demarcation where the landscape changes, the 98th Meridian Foundation represents a new frontier of thinking about how to solve the problems surrounding these issues in bold, innovative ways. Waurika was established when the reservation was opened for settlement on August 6, 1901. Waurika isthe only county seat on the 98th Meridian inOklahoma. Includes the ability to log visits, view logs, save and filter offline Waymarks and use beautiful offline maps! Sharp, Search It makes sense that warmer temperatures would contribute to more rapid evaporation thus encouraging the aridity moving eastward. http://javascript.internet.com --> IP, the nearest point available to me on public land. It is what was sought when first coming to this hemisphere. At this fault the ways of life and of living changed. El Reno is the county seat of Canadian County, located due west of Oklahoma City on Historic Route 66 and U.S. But he is confident that aridity will perceptibly move eastward during the 21st century, and eventually effect large-scale changes. Because of the close nexus of these issues, we must examine how potential solutions affect land, water and energy production individually and collectively. As one contrasts the civilization of the Great Plains with that of the eastern timberland, one sees what may be called an institutional fault (comparable to a geological fault) running from middle Texas to Illinois or Dakota, roughly following the ninety-eighth meridian. They say also that the line appears to be slowly moving eastward, due toclimate change, and that it will probably continueshifting in coming decades, expanding the arid climate of the westernplainsinto what we think of as theMidwest. As far as the aridity appearing narrower in North Dakota. Scary thought no room for garden greens or veggies. What is more correct to say is the boundary is is moving east of the historical value which was the 100th meridian. If you have a web site you would This study is rigorously and for the most part correctly done. Living in Iowa I noticed we had bi-annual shifts in weather direction. Moneka was the post office, established 1895, on east side of line, in Pickens Co., Chickasaw N. Waurika post office opened June 28, 1902. I suggest that the continuing uplift of the Pacific coastal ranges may also be playing a part. from the surveyor's, field notes is: We dont have that in Kansas. 1901. In 1920 Waurika's population peaked at 3,204 and then declined. We must attack problems and find freedom affirming solutions that will maintain water, energy and land as the backbone strengths of Texas existence. The climate in this area is changing to a semi arid one. Prior to the town's founding, the 98th Meridian separated the Chickasaw Nation from the Comanche, Kiowa, and Apache Reservation. Stephens County takes it's name from John Stephens, a congressman from because Ft. Arbuckle was a convenient and well know location. then after 1760, co2 levels kept climging with the global population. As provided in treaties between the U.S. government and the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations in 1866, Indian land east of the 98th meridian was surveyed according to the public land survey system of the U.S. General Land Office. For many years the railroad was important to the community, transporting cattle, hay, and cotton to market. Running south to north, the meridian cutsthrougheasternMexico,Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas,andtheCanadian province of Manitoba on its way to the pole. And unless farmers turn to irrigation or otherwise adapt, they will have to switch from corn to wheat or some other more suitable crop. suggestions to Tammy former Chickasaw Nation. No personal / identifying information is stored. Subscribe Now. My personal experience (altho anecdotal) shows that the line between wet/dry for our weather & climate has indeed shifted farther east. That stops in Nebraska for sureperhaps even S Dakota. LAND OPENINGS, ISAAC McCOY, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, SETTLEMENT PATTERNS.