Cherokee County has always been pretty woolly.
My Mother and Father are both from Tahlequah.
My Grandfather told me about the time he was standing outside a hardware store in Tahlequah talking to the sheriff.
He said a car pulled up and a man got out and went into the store.
He came back out ,got in the car and they drove away.
Grandfather asked sheriff if he knew who the man was.
Sheriff answered yes he knew, and there were 3 men in the car with guns pointed at him and my Grandfather.
The man was Pretty Boy Floyd.
Probably Thompsons and BAR’s.
Fascinating vignette. Wild ass country in eastern OK.