▁became ▁clear ▁that ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁the ▁Se qu oy ah ▁Constitution al ▁Convention ▁had ▁been ▁ground bre aking : ▁the ▁Gut hr ie ▁meeting ▁essentially ▁adopted ▁nearly ▁the ▁same ▁boundaries ▁for ▁P ush m ata ha ▁County , ▁Oklahoma ▁as ▁were ▁proposed ▁earlier ▁for ▁it ▁in ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁Se qu oy ah , ▁again ▁ident ifying ▁Ant lers ▁as ▁county ▁seat . ▁ ▁Since ▁state hood ▁▁ ▁P ush m ata ha ▁County ▁at ▁state hood ▁was ▁considered ▁an ▁agricult ural ▁parad ise . ▁ ▁Local ▁residents ▁believed ▁the ▁soil ▁to ▁be ▁fert ile ▁and ▁the ▁weather ▁envi able ▁and ▁moder ate ; ▁it ▁seemed ▁that ▁almost ▁any ▁fruit ▁or ▁veget able ▁could ▁be ▁grown . ▁ ▁Most ▁residents ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁were ▁far mers ▁who ▁lived ▁off ▁their ▁land . ▁ ▁Cot ton ▁was ▁king ▁for ▁the ▁county ’ s ▁first ▁few ▁dec ades . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁grown ▁throughout ▁the ▁K iam ichi ▁River ▁valley . ▁ ▁G row ers ▁ha u led ▁it ▁into ▁Ant lers , ▁Clay ton , ▁Alb ion , ▁and ▁other ▁rail road ▁towns ▁to ▁be ▁we ighed ▁and ▁sh ipped ▁to ▁distant ▁mark ets ▁on ▁the ▁F ris co ▁Rail road . ▁▁▁ ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁far mers ▁or ▁h ired ▁hands ▁were ▁African ▁Americans , ▁descend ants ▁of ▁slaves ▁of ▁the ▁Cho ct aw . ▁After ▁being ▁em an cip ated ▁following ▁the ▁American ▁Civil ▁War ▁under ▁an ▁ 1 8 6 6 ▁treat ies ▁that ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁made ▁with ▁each