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Address of Hon. Charles N. Haskell

Description: Article is a speech made by the Honorable Charles N. Haskell that was delivered to the Oklahoma Historical Society during the 25th Anniversary celebration for the state. Haskell was the first governor of Oklahoma.
Date: Winter 1932
Creator: Haskell, Charles N.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Salt Works in Early Oklahoma

Description: Article explains the significance of salt springs as modes of transportation throughout the Oklahoma Territory and as a valuable resource for those residing within the region.
Date: Winter 1932
Creator: Foreman, Grant
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

John Rollin Ridge

Description: Article chronicles the life of John Rollin Ridge, a Cherokee poet, scholar, journalist, and adventurer. Included are excerpts from his poetry books and correspondences between Ridge and his cousin, Stand Watie.
Date: Winter 1926
Creator: Dale, Edward Everett
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Mississippi Choctaws

Description: Article details the laws enacted to remove the Choctaw tribe from Mississippi in an effort to acquire the land for the United States.
Date: Summer 1932
Creator: Davis, Edward
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Editorial: Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 11, Number 1, March 1933

Description: Article consists of editorials regarding updates to the Chronicles. Included is a note on the type of submissions patrons can make to the magazine and a note on the three acts of Congress that opening the Oklahoma territories for settlement.
Date: Spring 1933
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Journal of a Tour in the Indian Territory

Description: Article narrates the encounters and experiences the author had while participating in a boat ride to the Great Raft, one of the biggest water highways into Indian Territory, aboard the Belle of the Red River.
Date: Summer 1932
Creator: Harris, N. Sayre & Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Brief Review of the Life of Doctor Eliphalet Nott Wright

Description: Article chronicles the life of Doctor Eliphalet Nott Wright, a doctor who worked within Old Boggy Depot. The doctor's family's homestead was one of the last surviving structures with the trade post.
Date: Summer 1932
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Lee Cruz: Resoultion

Description: Article memorials the second governor of Oklahoma, Lee Cruce, through a resolution made by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Spring 1933
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Homes of Distinguished Cherokee Indians

Description: Article details the author's experiences as he visits the homes of five notable Cherokee men: Elias Boudinot, Chief Joseph Vann, John Martin, Chief David McNair, and Chief Peter Hildebrand.
Date: Autumn 1933
Creator: Beeson, Leola Selman
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Chouteaus: Their Contributions to the History of the West, Part II

Description: Article outlines the diplomatic and social relationships of the Chouteau family and how these dynamics were significant to the history of the American west. The Chouteau family created a legendary fur trade business.
Date: Autumn 1933
Creator: Westbrook, Harriette Johnson
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Chouteaus

Description: Article is a letter from a member of the Chouteau family disproving statements made by the Oklahoma Historical Society regarding Madame Marie Therese Chouteau's relationship with Pierre Laclede Liguest.
Date: Summer 1934
Creator: Demenil, Alexander N.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Tribute to the Pioneer

Description: Article explains the events and resolutions passed by the Oklahoma Historical Society that honor the buildings and people who lived during the state's pioneer days.
Date: Summer 1934
Creator: Hobble, H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Story of the Telephone in Oklahoma

Description: Article chronicles how E. D. Hicks brought the telephone to the Cherokee Nation and its impact on the community.
Date: Autumn 1934
Creator: Fullerton, Eula E.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Murder on Turkey Creek

Description: Article describes the investigation of a murder of Richard Wannamaker by Dick Simpson as they traveled in a small caravan from Medicine Lodge, Kansas into Texas.
Date: Autumn 1934
Creator: Buntin, Martha
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Indians' Friend John H. Seger: Continued from June

Description: Article continues to chronicle the life and accomplishments of John H, Seger by explaining his contributions to the running of Fort Reno and helping migrating Cheyenne tribesmen. Segar was the principal and owner of the Seger Indian Trading School where he managed the education and training of Cheyenne and Arapaho youths.
Date: Autumn 1933
Creator: Peery, Dan W.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Rev. Thomas Bertholf, 1810-1867

Description: Article chronicles the life and accomplishments of Reverend Thomas Bertholf, a leader within the Methodist Church who worked extensively within the Indian Territory.
Date: Winter 1933
Creator: Freeman, Charles R.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Father Murrow: Civil War Period

Description: Article chronicles the life of Father Joseph Samuel Murrow as he worked as a Baptist missionary within the Indian Territory.
Date: Spring 1934
Creator: Mackey, Alice Hurley
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Christian Missions to the Overhill Cherokees

Description: Article describes the missions created to convert the Cherokee people into Christians during the early 18th century.
Date: Spring 1934
Creator: Williams, Sam'l C.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Survey of a Wagon Road from Fort Smith to the Colorado River

Description: Article explains the purpose of bridges that connected San Boise to Little River through a report made by a surveyor. These bridges were meant to establish a route from Fort Smith to California, but were destroyed during the Civil War.
Date: Spring 1934
Creator: Beale, Edward F. & Foreman, Grant
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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