I found it!

[BC1969]

For a long time I have been searching for the location of a camp with a vibrant and strong history.
From when the railway was being built and before as Indian trading post.

For all my years of detecting and researching history, I forgot the one thing that hindered my ability to find the site.
When finding an old homesite, you may have a field stone foundation or just a scattering of rocks.
What important thing that I forgot when those are not present are depressions in the surrounding land.
Typically square for a home.
My mind was stuck on a small square depression, not a HUGE one!
So that's how I discovered it, by using late fall ( no foliage ) photos from my quadcopter.
I guess I just didn't equate an area that size with a camp.

Time for the dozer.
Just imagine if you could go to your best Park and strip off that top layer of modern trash..
Yep.

 

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[crashbandicoot]

I like the way you think!

 

[BC1969]

I was being sarcastic.
I seen a video a long time ago of someone ripping through some of the most beautiful flow blue pottery that I have ever seen intact.
They didn't care, it was a construction site.

 

[RGINN]

You know BC1969 one thing I can tell you about lookin for old homesites is always look at the plants. In SW OK, lilac bushes, irises, and mimosa trees among other plants were sure indicators of a homesite, even if nothin else was around.

 

[BC1969]

That's how I put two and two together on this one.
Too many European native plants to NOT be a settled area.

One of the better past hunts I had was a church congregation area and the only remaining sign of human interference was a massive old lilac surrounded by some kind of flowering ivy that I can't remember the name of.

Thanks for replying!