Gray Horse, Oklahoma
Gray Horse is an unincorporated community in Osage County, Oklahoma, United States. The post office was established May 5, 1890, and discontinued December 31, 1931. It was named for Gray Horse (Ko-wah-hos-tsa), an Osage medicine man.
Gray Horse | |
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  Gray Horse Location within the state of Oklahoma  Gray Horse Gray Horse (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 36°32′59″N 96°38′52″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Osage |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Gray Horse and the surrounding towns of Fairfax and Pawhuska feature prominently in the Osage Murders, which took place in the early 1920s. The towns had grown exceedingly wealthy due to the discovery and drilling of nearby oil fields, and the resident Osage tribe members began to live lifestyles that befitted their newly acquired economic status. This time period and the circumstances and effects of the murders on the community of Gray Horse have been documented in David Grann's book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (Doubleday, 2017).
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Municipalities and communities of Osage County, Oklahoma, United States | ||
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| Cities |  Osage County map | |
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| Unincorporated communities | ||
| Indian reservation | ||
| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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