Lieutenant Simpson's California Road Across Oklahoma (open access)

Lieutenant Simpson's California Road Across Oklahoma

Article provides an introduction to and includes the report written by Lieutenant James H. Simpson, a member of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, providing an analysis about the route called the California Road. It includes references to texts of previous reports by Lieutenant A. W. Whipple and Randolph B. Marcy.
Date: Summer 1960
Creator: Dott, Robert H.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The California Overland Mail Route Through Oklahoma (open access)

The California Overland Mail Route Through Oklahoma

Article details the establishing of a mail route through Oklahoma and Indian Territories during their frontier era. These routes provided mailing services from Texas to California. A first person narrative is given of someone who traveled down one of these routes.
Date: Autumn 1931
Creator: Foreman, Grant
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
General Bennet Riley: Commandant at Fort Gibson and Governor of California (open access)

General Bennet Riley: Commandant at Fort Gibson and Governor of California

Article chronicles the life and career of General Bennet Riley, a veteran of the War of 1812, a commander at Fort Gibson, and a governor of California.
Date: Autumn 1941
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Journal of John Lowery Brown, of the Cherokee Nation En Route to California in 1850 (open access)

The Journal of John Lowery Brown, of the Cherokee Nation En Route to California in 1850

Article transcribes the journal of John Lowery Brown as he and a band of Cherokee men traveled from Oklahoma to California during the Gold Rush.
Date: Summer 1934
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
All that Glitters, Assaying S. H. Logan's "Trip to the Gold Fields" (open access)

All that Glitters, Assaying S. H. Logan's "Trip to the Gold Fields"

Article provides a thorough examination of S.H. Logan's "Trip to the Gold Fields," an account allegedly compiled from the writings of an emigrant who had joined Captain Randolph B. Marcy on a gold-seeking expedition to California, which was published in the Arkansas Gazette in 1941. Since it has been cited as a primary source, Stephen H. Dew exposes certain areas of the account that may be fabricated in comparison to more factual and evidentiary sources.
Date: Autumn 1993
Creator: Dew, Stephen H.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 12, Number 4, December 1934 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 12, Number 4, December 1934

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 12 starts after page 497.
Date: December 1934
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 12, Number 2, June 1934 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 12, Number 2, June 1934

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: June 1934
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 1, Spring 1960 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 1, Spring 1960

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 60, Number 3, Fall 1982 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 60, Number 3, Fall 1982

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 1982
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 2, Summer 2001 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 79, Number 2, Summer 2001

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 2001
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Survey of a Wagon Road from Fort Smith to the Colorado River (open access)

Survey of a Wagon Road from Fort Smith to the Colorado River

Article explains the purpose of bridges that connected San Boise to Little River through a report made by a surveyor. These bridges were meant to establish a route from Fort Smith to California, but were destroyed during the Civil War.
Date: Spring 1934
Creator: Beale, Edward F. & Foreman, Grant
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 2, Summer 1960 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 2, Summer 1960

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 1960
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 9, Number 3, September 1931 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 9, Number 3, September 1931

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: September 1931
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Matthew Leeper, Confederate Agent at the Wichita Agency, Indian Territory (open access)

Matthew Leeper, Confederate Agent at the Wichita Agency, Indian Territory

Article narrates the life of Matthew Leeper, an agent believed to have been killed during an attack on the Wichita Indian Agency in 1862. His daughter recounters her father's life story as he tried to find fortune during the Gold Rush in California and later served within the Confederacy.
Date: Autumn 1969
Creator: Harrison, Jeanne V. & Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 10, Number 4, December 1932 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 10, Number 4, December 1932

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 10 starts after page 617.
Date: December 1932
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 51, Number 2, Summer 1973 (open access)

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
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 47, Number 4, Winter 1969 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 47, Number 4, Winter 1969

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Winter 1969
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 23, Number 1, Spring 1945 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 23, Number 1, Spring 1945

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 1945
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 88, Number 1, Spring 2010 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 88, Number 1, Spring 2010

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 2010
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 56, Number 2, Summer 1978 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 56, Number 2, Summer 1978

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 1978
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Historic Places on the Old Stage Line from Fort Smith to Red River (open access)

Historic Places on the Old Stage Line from Fort Smith to Red River

Article details the historic landmarks found along the road running between Fort Smith and the Red River as they pertain to the history of the Indian Territory.
Date: Summer 1933
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Reconnaissance of H. L. Marvin: Chief Engineer for the Kansas Southern Railroad in 1884 (open access)

Reconnaissance of H. L. Marvin: Chief Engineer for the Kansas Southern Railroad in 1884

Article is a report by H. L. Marvin, the Chief Engineer of the Kansas Southern Railroad, regarding the condition the condition and placement of railroad lines within Indian Territory.
Date: Summer 1939
Creator: Moffitt, James W.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 11, Number 2, June 1933 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 11, Number 2, June 1933

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 1933
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Early Trails Through Oklahoma (open access)

Early Trails Through Oklahoma

Article chronicles the conditions of trails leading throughout Oklahoma Territory before the region was mapped. The article shows these conditions through the stories told by military men who relied on the trails for travel.
Date: Summer 1925
Creator: Foreman, Grant
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History