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Stand Watie and the Killing of James Foreman
Article illustrates the events of May 14, 1942, when Stand Watie killed James Foreman after accusing him of killing his uncle. Richard Zellner explores how this act of violence was just a step in the growing friction between white frontier settlers and the Cherokee Indians who had been relocated there, friction that would eventually lead to large-scale conflict.
Date:
Summer 1981
Creator:
Zellner, Richard
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Jim Thorpe Family: Part II
Article continues to explore the historical background of the Jim Thorpe Family after the article's first part in Volume 59, Number 1, Spring 1981. Along with further description of the Sac and Fox and Potawatomi settlement in Indian Territory, Grace Thorpe highlights the lives of individuals in the Thorpe family including Jim Thorpe himself.
Date:
Summer 1981
Creator:
Thorpe, Grace F.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Winter 1981-82
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 July 29, 1981. It also includes a list honoring the donors who gave gifts to the OHS in the second quarter of 1981 and lists of new annual and new life members of the OHS from April 30 to July 29 of 1981.
Date:
Winter 1981
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Jim Thorpe Family: From Wisconsin to Indian Territory, Part I
Article describes the ancestors and roots of Jim Thorpe's family. Jim Thorpe's sister, Grace F. Thorpe, examines the history of the Thorpe family in Indian Territory and their connections to the Sac, Fox and Potawatomi tribes.
Date:
Spring 1981
Creator:
Thorpe, Grace F.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Gold in Oklahoma: The Last Great Gold Excitement in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1889-1918
Article discusses the hunt for gold and other minerals in the Wichita Mountains of Oklahoma. Duane K. Hale uncovers the history of mining in southwestern Oklahoma from the last half of the nineteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth, including the discovery of ancient mines and dig sites left by earlier prospectors.
Date:
Autumn 1981
Creator:
Hale, Duane K.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Black Men Who Wore the "Star"
Article explores the accomplishments of black men who became deputy marshals to enforce the law on the frontier of Indian Territory. Nudie E. Williams focuses on the lives and motivations of three men in particular: Bass Reeves, Zeke Miller, and Grant Johnson.
Date:
Spring 1981
Creator:
Williams, Nudie E.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Crisis on a Black Campus: Langston University and Its Struggle for Survival
Article explores the discourse about the existence of black universities in Oklahoma after desegregation, and examines the history of one of the most prominent institutions in Oklahoma, Langston University.
Date:
Winter 1981
Creator:
Spivey, Donald
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Fall 1981
Notes and Documents column including an amended version of Oklahoma Historical Society constitution that was adopted on March 13, 1981.
Date:
Autumn 1981
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
No Time to Quibble: The Jones Conspiracy Trial of 1917
Article examines the Jones Family trial that took place in 1917, when violent backlash to any kind of antiwar sentiment was common throughout the United States. The Jones Family was thought to be working with other draft dissenters who caused the Green Corn Rebellion, such as the Working Class Union (WCU).
Date:
Summer 1981
Creator:
Morton, Michael
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cherokee Allotments in the Outlet
Article describes the history of Cherokee settlement in the Cherokee Outlet, the subsequent selling of those lands, and the process of land allotment that occurred afterwards.
Date:
Winter 1981
Creator:
Chapman, Berlin B.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Osage Oxonian: The Heritage of John Joseph Mathews
Article describes the heritage, life, and career of John Joseph Matthews. Terry P. Wilson begins by providing historical context about the Osage Tribe, then narrows focus to Matthews and his own mixed heritage, education, and literary works.
Date:
Summer 1981
Creator:
Wilson, Terry Paul
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History