The Perryman Ranch was established before Oklahoma statehood and is the Creek allotment of Mose S. Perryman, son of Tulsa's "First Family," George and Rachel Perryman. The ranch is a working ranch owned by Monetta Trepp, granddaughter of Mose Perryman. As a child, Monetta spent summers at the ranch with her grandmother, Lulu Perryman, widow of Mose. Tulsa's first post office is located at the ranch house.

Driving around the greater Tulsa area, one cannot help but notice the Perryman name attached to various points of interest and historic areas. A ranch, cemetery, a memorial highway and granite marker indicating the location of the city’s first official post office all carry the Perryman name.

Legus Choteau Perryman, born in March of 1838, served as the Principal Chief of the Creek Nation from 1887 to 1895. On March 25, 1879, Legus’ brother Josiah Chouteau Perryman oversaw the beginning of official postal service in Tulsa, serving as postmaster for the 200 or-so residents in brother George Beecher Perryman’s house, just north of present day East 41st Street in Tulsa. The family’s many achievements ultimately helped shape not only the great city of Tulsa, but the neighboring Muskogee (Creek) Nation as well.

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