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This spirit of optimism was but a reflection of the miraculous growth of the new country of which Greer County , though owned by Texas , felt itself , in a sense , an integral part . Eight years before , Indian Territory was the hunting-ground of the Indian , and whosoever attempted to settle within its limits was driven forth by the soldiers . It was then a land of dim twilight , full of mystery and wildness , with vast stretches of thirsty plains and bleak mountains around which the storms , unbroken by forests , shrieked in the `` straight winds '' of many days , or whined the threat of the deadly tornado . And suddenly it became a land of high noon , garish and crude , but wide-awake and striving with all the tireless energy of young blood . Scarcely had the Oklahoma country been taken possession of before the settlers began agitating the question of an organized territory , and too impatient to wait for Congress to act , held their own convention at Guthrie and divided the land into counties . Congress made them wait five months -- an age in the new country -- before approving the Organic Act . The district , which a short time before had been the Unassigned Lands , became the counties of Logan , Oklahoma , Cleveland , Canadian , Kingfisher and Payne .