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Houston's Politics and the Cherokees, 1829-1833
Article chronicles Sam Houston's attempts to lobby Congress for better rations and resources for the Cherokee people after their relocation during President Andrew Jackson's administration. Houston was a long time friend of the tribe and was angered by the conditions in which they lived during this time.
Date:
Winter 1968
Creator:
Jones, Robert L. & Jones, Pauline H.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Some New Light on Houston's Life Among the Cherokee Indians
Article chronicles the interactions between Sam Houston and the Cherokee tribes. This information was gathered from the author's collection of manuscripts written by the famous general.
Date:
Summer 1931
Creator:
Foreman, Grant
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
New Light on an Old Enigma: Sam Houston and the Grand Saline
Article attempts to chronicle how Sam Houston acquired the Grand Saline, land originally held by Auguste Pierre Chouteau within Arkansas Territory.
Date:
Autumn 1973
Creator:
Hall, Kermit L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Oklahoma National Guard on the Mexican Border, 1916
Article illustrates the conflict that arose when raids on the Mexican border spurred the Oklahoma National Guard into action and preceded joint training by the Army and the National Guard.
Date:
Winter 1975
Creator:
Houston, Donald E.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Diana, Tiana, or Talihina? The Myth and Mystery of Sam Houston's Cherokee Wife
Article examines the identity of Sam Houston's part-Cherokee wife, who has been attributed several different names in historical documentation related to her existence. Stan Hoig investigates the women who might have possibly been confused with Diana, Tiana, or Talahina Houston, as well as how this confusion left its mark on a grave.
Date:
Summer 1986
Creator:
Hoig, Stan
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Summer 1953
Notes and Documents column including documents about reports from Fort Gibson in the nineteenth century, a correction for the article "The March of the First Dragoons from Jefferson Barracks," notes about the legacy of Sam Houston, and plans announced by William E. Bittle to conduct a linguistic survey of American Indian languages in Oklahoma.
Date:
Summer 1953
Creator:
Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967 & Bittle, William E.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, Fall 1959
Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including pioneer Isabelle Rebecca Colbert Yarborough and Cherokee public official Houston Benge Tehee.
Date:
Autumn 1959
Creator:
Hatchett, Ruth M. & Wadley, Marle L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, June 1928
Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Peter P. Pitchlynn, chief of the Choctaws; Albert G. Cochran, a teacher; Ambers Lafayette Bennett, a service man and politician; Joel B. Mayes, a teacher; Emory David Brownlee, a county judge and state senator; George McQuaid, a newspaper man; Robert M. Harris, governor of the Chickasaw Nation; Samuel Houston Mayes, former principal chief of the Cherokee Nation; Calvin Luther (Lute) Herbert, a lawyer; Theodore F. Brewer, a preacher and president of a university; and, James Joseph McGraw, a banker and politician.
Date:
Summer 1928
Creator:
Latta, Tom A.; Conlan, Czarina C.; Thoburn, Joseph B. & Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 46, Number 4, Winter 1968-69
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Winter 1968
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 9, Number 2, June 1931
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
June 1931
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 51, Number 2, Summer 1973
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Summer 1973
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
John Aaron: Oklahoma’s Legendary Steely-Eyed Missile Man
Article describes how John Aaron, a boy from southwestern Oklahoma, became a NASA legend.
Date:
Winter 2014
Creator:
Warren, Andrew L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 37, Number 3, Autumn 1959
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Autumn 1959
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 51, Number 1, Spring 1973
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Spring 1973
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
“A Romantic Modernist”: William Wayne Caudill and the Work of Caudill Rowlett Scott in Oklahoma
Article describes Oklahoma-born architect William Wayne Caudill's career and his contributions to architecture in Oklahoma.
Date:
Spring 2014
Creator:
Kline, Susan Allen & Savage, Cynthia
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 49, Number 2, Summer 1971
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Summer 1971
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 59, Number 3, Fall 1981
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Autumn 1981
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 53, Number 4, Winter 1975-76
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 53 starts on page 572.
Date:
Winter 1975
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Founding of the Philosophical Society of Texas
Article chronicles the founding of the Philosophical Society of Texas, the oldest society in Texas that was created by the leaders of the Republic of Texas.
Date:
Summer 1938
Creator:
Gambrell, Herbert P.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Minutes of the Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors, Oklahoma Historical Society, January 26, 1967
This section includes the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 26, 1967.
Date:
Spring 1967
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chief Bowles of the Texas Cherokee
Article describes the life and leadership of Chief Bowles, Cherokee leader during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Dorman H. Winfrey explores his attempts to gain land for the Cherokees, and the battles with Texans.
Date:
Spring 1954
Creator:
Winfrey, Dorman H.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
From Tramp Reporting to Pulitzer Prize: Enid's Own Marquis James
Article describes the life and career of tramp reporter turned two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Marquis James. Paul S. Vickery highlights the author's autobiographical book about the Cherokee Strip, which explored his boyhood experiences in Enid, Oklahoma.
Date:
Autumn 2003
Creator:
Vickery, Paul S.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 51, Number 3, Autumn 1973
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Autumn 1973
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Comanche Captives: People Between Two Worlds
Article illustrates the history of conflict between white and Hispanic settlers and the Comanche Indians, providing details about the Comanche practice of raiding forts and taking human captives to trade for goods. Michael Tate explores some of the literature written by survivors of captivity as well as some of the related conflicts that occured.
Date:
Autumn 1994
Creator:
Tate, Michael L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History