Notes and Documents column including a note about the historic site of Webbers Falls, a history of the railroad being built through this site, and a list of books catalogued by the library of the Oklahoma Historical Society.

Article documents the life of Jack Montgomery and recalls his service with the Forty-fifth Infantry Division in World War II, where he received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the war.

Notes and Documents column including an account of the dedication of the new community center at Bethaba Temple in Muskogee and a description and list of the pioneer missionary enterprises of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita reservations.

Article explores the success and failure of two American Indian institutions of higher education; Bacone College and Oklahoma Presbyterian College. While Bacone still serves students in the twenty-first century, Oklahoma Presbyterian closed in the 1960s. This article identifies the reasons why Bacone survived, and Oklahoma Presbyterian College did not.

Article traces the life and genealogy of S. R. Walkingstick to show the ways in which one Cherokee family contributed to the tribal and state community.

Article outlines the travails of the first Creek emigrants to the trans-Mississippi region that is now Oklahoma, whose journey preceded the removal of the Creek Nation.

Notes and Documents column including a document describing the efforts of the Oklahoma Historical Society's Division of Museums and Sites to amass historical documents related to the construction of Fort Gibson for their Fort Gibson Research Project.

Article details the life and career of Bessie Huff, English and journalism instructor and dean at Muskogee Junior College, and pays tribute to her dedication to the people she taught and their education through stories told by former students.

This article is the second part of a two-part article on the Grand River Dam Authority. In this part, the author analyzes the state agency's history after World War II. Only one-third complete in 1945, the GRDA operated only Pensacola Dam. Over the next three decades Senators Elmer Thomas and Robert S. Kerr guided the federal legislation that would allow the Authority to complete its flood control dams and power generation/distribution facilities in the watershed of the Grand River.

Article traces A. J. Smitherman's tumultuous career in the Oklahoma press defending African American causes.

Notes and Documents column including a history of the establishment of the "4-D" school in the Cherokee Strip, an account of a fire that destroyed the Spaulding Institute, and a letter detailing the life of a Creek boy while attending school at the Kowetah Mission.

Article recounts the military career of General William Goldsmith Belknap as he commanded troops in Fort Gibson, Fort Washita and Fort Smith.

The second part of this two-part article continues the evaluation of the problems in Indian healthcare and the campaign led by Senators Fred Harris and Dewey Bartlett to correct a record of neglect. The healthcare problem after 1970 was linked to a new federal policy of tribal self-determination.

Article chronicles the success of the first Indian International Fair. Included within the article is an introduction to the fair followed by notes by Will R. Robinson who attended the fair during his childhood. Also included is a list of items offered throughout the fair's exhibits with rules and regulations.

Article transcribes the eulogy delivered by General William S. Key, President of the Oklahoma Historical Society, at First Presbyterian Church on behalf of Dr. Grant Foreman. Key recognizes Foreman's efforts to record the history of American Indian tribes and of Oklahoma, and pays tribute to the man.

Article narrates the life and accomplishments of Captain James Lowes Dawson as told through correspondences made between his close associates, family members, and the federal government while he worked in Fort Gibson.

Notes and Documents column including a transcript of an interview with Harry H. Adams recounting his time in the traveling Brush Court and an explanation of the appointment of General John Nicks being appointed vice president for Independence Day at Fort Gibson.

Notes and Documents column including a list of books acquired by the Oklahoma Historical Society and the minutes of the society's annual meeting held on April 19, 1934.

Article chronicles how four men and their families traded with the Cherokees shortly after the Civil War, at a time where most Cherokees in the Indian Territories were still rebuilding their homes and livelihood. The article shows the hardships faced by both the Native Indians and the settlers.

Article explores Muscogee Indian Alexander Posey's role as a speculator and member of one of the Dawes Commission enrollment parties.

Article examining Oklahoma's first woman representative in the United States Congress, Alice Mary Robertson. In this article Robertson's attitudes toward suffrage, feminism, and women at home and in politics, are explored.

Article provides historical context for the fortification of Fort Gibson, previously named Fort Blunt by Union soldiers, through examination of archaeological evidence from the Civil War era.

Article describes the history of Twin Territories: The Indian Magazine, as well as its 18-year old part Cherokee editor, Ora Eddleman Reed. Daryl Morrison provides a fascinating look at the life of the driving force behind the magazine, the upbringing that prepared her for success, and the creativity that led her to continue to tackle new projects later in her life.