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Osage

For the American Indian tribe, see Osage Nation.
:For the mulberry tree (Maclura pomifera) of Arkansas and Texas, see Osage-orange.'' The Osage tribe used the wood of that tree to make bows, leading to its alternative name, bowwood.

The tribe once lived along the Osage River in Missouri.
:That river runs through Osage County, Missouri.
:The town of Osage Beach, Missouri lies along the same river (but outside the county).

Their first reservation was in Osage County, Kansas. Osage State Fishing Lake lies in that county.
:For a town in that county, see Osage City, Kansas.

They now live in Osage County, Oklahoma, coterminous with the Osage Indian Reservation. Osage Hills State Park lies in the reservation county.
:The small town of Osage, Oklahoma, also known as Osage City, lies within this reservation county.
:The Osage Indian murders of 1921-1923 occurred on their reservation.

The seat of Mitchell County is Osage, Iowa.
:There is an Osage Township, Minnesota.
:There also is a small village called Osage, Wyoming.

Daniel Boone settled on a Spanish grant in the Femme Osage valley of Missouri in 1799.
:The United States army built Fort Osage in 1808 in Independence, Missouri, a suburb of Kansas City.

Osage is also the name of an unincorporated village in northeast West Virginia, northeast of Morgantown, West Virginia.''

There's a street name called Osage Avenue located between Manchester and La Tijera in Westchester, Los Angeles, California.


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