Frederick M. Woods, a 46-year-old male deputy constable in Eufaula, Oklahoma, stepped into the summer of 1908 as a local peace officer at the center of a political storm. He worked for the small town’s police force at a time when McIntosh County was bitterly divided over which community—Eufaula or nearby Checotah—would claim the lucrative and prestigious title of county seat. In early June, Woods confronted the consequences of that rivalry when armed men arrived with the intention of takin
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