A Cheyenne Indian woman whose name translated from Cheyenne to English as “Red Wheat” selected a parcel of land along Turtle Creek as her allotment in 1892. The term “Red Wheat” is not of the Cheyenne culture, but is associated with Mennonite immigrants from Russia who introduced Red Turkey Winter Wheat to Oklahoma. The Mennonites, who were among the first to do educational work with the Cheyenne and Arapaho people, were translating the Indian names to English when the allotments were recorded. The Cheyenne woman Red Wheat generously deeded 20 acres of her allotment to establish the Koinonia Mennonite Church, dedicated in 1898. Red Wheat’s allotment was later partitioned for the route of a railroad and for one of the nation’s principal east-west highways, Route 66.