Chapter II: Establishment of "Old" Miller County, Arkansas Territory (open access)

Chapter II: Establishment of "Old" Miller County, Arkansas Territory

Article continues to chronicle the history of Miller county within southeastern Oklahoma and the Miller county located within the Republic of Texas before they were both renamed.
Date: Summer 1940
Creator: Strickland, Rex W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"With Great Difficulty and Labour": The Emigration of the McIntosh Party of Creek Indians, 1827-1828 (open access)

"With Great Difficulty and Labour": The Emigration of the McIntosh Party of Creek Indians, 1827-1828

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.
Date: Winter 2007
Creator: Haveman, Christopher D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Tea Kettle on a Raft: A History of Navigation on the Upper Red River (open access)

Tea Kettle on a Raft: A History of Navigation on the Upper Red River

Article provides a comprehensive account of steamboating on the Upper Red River and the role of riverine navigation in the development of the state of Oklahoma.
Date: Winter 2003
Creator: Tolman, Keith
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Miller County, Arkansas Territory, The Frontier that Men Forgot: Chapter 3 (open access)

Miller County, Arkansas Territory, The Frontier that Men Forgot: Chapter 3

Article continues to chronicle the history of Miller county within southeastern Oklahoma as the settlers worked to petition the government for proper taxation practices.
Date: Spring 1941
Creator: Strickland, Rex W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Union Mission, 1826-1837 (open access)

Union Mission, 1826-1837

Article discusses the history of Union Mission from 1826 to 1837 through a summary of the Journal of the Union Mission kept in the library of the Oklahoma Historical Society. Hope Holway discusses the difficulties the missionaries faced in their work, the cost of living there, and the people groups they intended to minister to.
Date: Winter 1962
Creator: Holway, Hope
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History