He moved to St. Louis in 1884 and to Pawhuska, Oklahoma (then part of the Osage Nation in Indian Territory) in 1887.

[2] During this time he obtained a license to trade on the Osage Nation and started ranching near Ponca City.

[10] The last territorial governor, Frank Frantz, appointed him to attend the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress in 1907.

Some families sold their allotments to the Drummonds to cover the costs of their debt to the Hominy Trading Company.

[3] Frederick would marry his wife, Addie Gentner of Coffeyville, Kansas on July 6, 1890.