Killers of the Flower Moon Locations

24 October 2023By Brett

Killers of the Flower Moon Locations

The Osage Reservation

Osage County is also the same as the Osage Nation and it’s coincidental with the same geographic area. There are several Osage Nation Heritage Markers along the main road through the county and you can learn about the history of the Osage on these roadside stops. There are also several small towns throughout the reservation that are traditional native areas like Fairfax and Gray Horse. North of Pawhuska is the main campus for all the Osage Nation including housing and government buildings. The capitol is in downtown Pawhuska.

Gray Horse Cemetery

  • a brown stone gravestone for Mollie Cobb from Killers of the Flower Moon
    Mollie’s grave in Gray Horse Cemetery in Osage Nation Oklahoma.
  • Lizzie Ne Kah Es Sey grave in Gray Horse Osage Nation Oklahoma Cemetery died july 17 1921 age 76
    Lizzie’s grave in the Gray Horse Cemetery in Osage County Oklahoma.
  • Minnie Smith grave in Gray Horse cemetery in oklahoma died sep 22 1918 27 years old
    Minnie Smith’s grave in Oklahoma.
  • Edward and Rosa Bigheart's grave in gray horse oklahoma
    Edward and Rosa’s grave in Gray Horse Oklahoma.
  • Anna Kyle's tombstone in grey horse cemetery oklahoma died may 21 1921 age 36
    Anna Kyle’s tombstone at Grey Horse Cemetery on the Osage Reservation in Oklahoma.

I visited the Gray Horse Cemetery which is the final resting place for several of the people from the book “Killers of the Flower Moon”. Mollie, Lizzie, and Anna are several of the main people from the book and endured some of the worst treatment from their family and friends trying to take their resources and inheritance. Gray Horse was home to some of the original settlers after the Osage were forced to Oklahoma. There is even a roundhouse and meeting building in this small hamlet for their summer meetup.

Whizbang Oklahoma

a black and white photo of old western buildings, dirt road, and oil derricks in Osage County Oklahoma's whizbang
Whizbang Oklahoma from the early 20th Century.

Whizbang Oklahoma was a boomtown which was a dark and rowdy place where many of the oil workers and locals visited to get the vice fix after a long day of work. It was known for all types of vices like gambling, prostitution, and gunfights. The town is now just foundations and fields. The city started and, within just a few years, it disappeared as people moved on from the Osage oil wells. It is now a ghost town with only foundations and trash around. It’s also part of the Killers of the Flower Moon story. Anna was found dead near here after a night on the town of probably drinking and gambling.

Pawhuska Oklahoma

Pawhuska is the county seat and the biggest town. It’s near the center of the region and is also the Osage capital. It is also home to Ree Drummond’s Mercantile which is full of home decor and cooking items. Her family lives a few miles west of the town on a large ranch. Downtown Pawhuska is quaint and still has many of its old buildings lining

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