[1] When Scott arrived in Oklahoma Territory,an ongoing feud with the Boomers, then led by William Couch, and the settlers who followed the rules of the Land Run was reaching a fever pitch.
This caused instantaneous disputes between the heavily armed Boomers and the legal settlers of Oklahoma Territory which started on the evening of April 22nd, 1889.
Scott paid several young boys to run around with bells attached to their belts gaining the attention of settlers and leading them toward a town meeting.
[2] President Benjamin Harrison officially appointed Scott to a board in charge of settling land disputes in 1890.
[1] After his initial peace keeper days, Scott turned his focus to his law firm, hotel, and the newspaper he founded with his brother, The Oklahoma Times.
In 1893, Governor Abraham J. Seay appointed him as Oklahoma's executive commissioner to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
[4] His wife, Lola, was a key figure in the university's early history as she established the music department and other social clubs.
He returned to his law practice in Oklahoma City which is where the modern-day headquarters of the petroleum company Continental Resources now stands.
[1] After serving in that post for ten years, Scott returned to Oklahoma City University to chair the English department until he retired in 1931.