Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 67, Number 1, Spring 1989
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"Die Stillen in Lande:" Mennonites in the Oklahoma Land Rushes (Article)
Article relays the movement and history of Mennonite communities that took root in Western Oklahoma with the opening of the Unassigned Lands in 1889 as well as the Cherokee Outlet in 1893. Marvin E. Kroeker describes the motivations of these homesteaders and the lives of the prominent Mennonite families that founded these communities.
"Die Stillen in Lande:" Mennonites in the Oklahoma Land Rushes - ark:/67531/metadc2031604
Fight for Survival: The Indian Response to the Boomer Movement (Article)
Article describes the history of intrusion of white settlers in Indian Territory and the court case surrounding the Boomer movement of David L. Payne, who attempted to force the opening of the Unassigned Lands of Oklahoma in the late 1800s. Mary Jane Warde highlights the suffering of the Indian tribes living in the area whose rights were being challenged.
Fight for Survival: The Indian Response to the Boomer Movement - ark:/67531/metadc2031602
Voices from the Land Run of 1889 (Article)
Article describes the opening of Unassigned Lands in Oklahoma by the federal government, and the land run that followed in 1889 by pioneers hoping to score land to homestead. Brad Agnew includes documentation of personal accounts from those who participated or observed the event, and provides historical context for the motivations of settlers.
Voices from the Land Run of 1889 - ark:/67531/metadc2031601
Registers, Receivers, and Entrymen: U.S. Land Office Administration in Oklahoma Territory, 1889-1907 (Article)
Article explains the details behind the many land openings, land disputes, and attempts to obtain private land by Oklahoma settlers and the history of the agency that navigated the land business, the General Land Office of the United States.
Registers, Receivers, and Entrymen: U.S. Land Office Administration in Oklahoma Territory, 1889-1907 - ark:/67531/metadc2031603
For the Record, Spring 1989 (Article)
For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 26, 1988.
For the Record, Spring 1989 - ark:/67531/metadc2031605
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Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 67, Number 1, Spring 1989, periodical, Spring 1989; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1827533/: accessed June 8, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.