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A Military Burial at Lake Altus (open access)

A Military Burial at Lake Altus

Article provides a detailed account of the discovery and excavation of a military burial at Lake Altus. James B. Shaeffer explores the investigation of artifacts and remains that determined the skeleton to belong to a United States army soldier, and how that investigation is ongoning.
Date: Winter 1958
Creator: Shaeffer, James B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Fall 1958 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Fall 1958

Notes and Documents column including documents about the restoration of the Old Garland Plantation Cemetery by the OHS, Brig. Gen. Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, historic sties and history of the Ada region, additional notes about the Saddle Mountain Mission Church, seminars and dedications related to the American Indian Hall of Fame at Anadarko, the new constitution of the OHS, and a list of recent accessions to the OHS library.
Date: Autumn 1958
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975; Wright, J. B.; Morris, Alton & Mitchell, Edith
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History