Hand drawn map of the original location of St. James on Parkinson St. marked in red. The building was later moved to 303 E. Church Street.

Painted wood frame building with corner front door with belfry above. The church was built in 1894 and moved twice. It is now located at 303 E. Church Street and still in use as of 2023.

Reverend Augustus C. Roker served in the Episcopal Missionary District of Oklahoma from 1910 - 1932. He was the longest serving Black Episcopal priest in the Missionary District. Dean Roker moved to Oklahoma due to Bishop Brooke's desire to create a Black Episcopal mission in Muskogee. The mission, St. Philip's, had no land or building but Roker was not deterred. He rented the Masonic Hall and after two years, rented Bailey’s Hall until enough money was saved to buy land. Reverend Roker believed in recruiting men for confirmation as a means of establishing a committed, growing congregation. He also believed a neighborhood kindergarten school would recruit families to the church. In the evenings, the Reverend visited homes and churches recruiting other Black families to St. Philip’s. Dean Roker was ordained by Bishop Thurston on June 16,1915. Reverend Roker was a priest at St. Philip’s for sixteen years, even through difficult times. His success was partly determined by his policy of recruiting Muskogee's upper-class families to the church. St. Philip’s would not have become such a growing, stable Episcopal Church in the late teens and early twenties without the foundation of Reverend Roker’s dedication and hard work. Another Black Episcopal mission …

This article continues Von Creel's study of the administration of justice in Indian Territory courts and expands upon the application of capital punishment. Von Creel details the cases of nine individuals who were convicted of capital crimes but who escaped hanging. Their stories involve the complicated legal processes of appeal, application for presidential clemency, commutation of sentence, and post-verdict motions.

Weekly newspaper from Coweta, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Article narrates the life within Wagoner county from the perspective of S. S. Cobb, a Cherokee man who moved from Tennessee to Oklahoma in shortly after the Civil War.

Weekly newspaper from Coweta, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

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 describes the founding and growth of the City of Wagoner in the wake of its upcoming centennial. Brad Agnew discusses the conflict that occurred as one of the towns in Indian Territory attempted to achieve self-determination in a diverse area, the education system that evolved there, and the crime that threatened Wagoner's railroads.

Weekly newspaper from Wagoner, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Coweta, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Wagoner, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Clarksville, Creek Nation, Indian Territory that includes local, territorial, and United States national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Wagoner, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Wagoner, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Wagoner, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Wagoner, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Coweta, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Wagoner, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Porter, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Coweta, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Wagoner, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Coweta, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Wagoner, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.