The March of the First Dragoons from Jefferson Barracks to fort Gibson in 1833-1834 (open access)

The March of the First Dragoons from Jefferson Barracks to fort Gibson in 1833-1834

Article discusses the activation of the first United States Dragoons and their arduous march from Jefferson Barracks to Fort Gibson in 1833 to 1834. Hamilton Gardner examines journal records of the officers, and correspondence that documented the journey, to create a clearer picture of the experience.
Date: Spring 1953
Creator: Gardner, Hamilton
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 31, Number 1, Spring 1953 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 31, Number 1, Spring 1953

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 1953
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 31, Number 4, Winter 1953-54 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 31, Number 4, Winter 1953-54

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 96 starts after page 461.
Date: Winter 1953
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 34, Number 4, Winter 1956-57 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 34, Number 4, Winter 1956-57

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 34 starts on page 517.
Date: Winter 1956
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 29, Number 4, Winter 1951-52 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 29, Number 4, Winter 1951-52

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 29 starts on page 520.
Date: Winter 1951
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 28, Number 3, Autumn 1950 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 28, Number 3, Autumn 1950

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 1950
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 29, Number 3, Autumn 1951 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 29, Number 3, Autumn 1951

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 1951
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 30, Number 2, Summer 1952 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 30, Number 2, Summer 1952

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 1952
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Minutes of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society, July 26, 1951 (open access)

Minutes of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society, July 26, 1951

This section includes the minutes of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society meeting that was held on July 26, 1951.
Date: Autumn 1951
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Minutes of the Regular Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society, July 29th, 1954 (open access)

Minutes of the Regular Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society, July 29th, 1954

This section includes the minutes of the regular quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on July 29th, 1954.
Date: Autumn 1954
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Tewah Hokay (open access)

Tewah Hokay

Article describes the true story behind the book titled The Choctaw Girl. Muriel H. Wright relates the tale of Tewah Hokay, a young Choctaw girl who lived near Bethabara Mission. She suffered from an injury incurred during the removal of her people and their journey west and died young, but was very religiously devoted.
Date: Winter 1955
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Fall 1956 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Fall 1956

Notes and Documents column including memorials, additional notes to Chronicles articles, historical notes, correspondence from the late nineteenth century, and a list of accessions to the Oklahoma Historical Society library.
Date: Autumn 1956
Creator: Vaught, Edgar S.; Walker, Paul A.; Foreman, Mrs. Grant; Smith, Herman K. & Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Summer 1952 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Summer 1952

Notes and Documents column including about a new collection donated to the Oklahoma Historical Society, the history of a post office called Bluegrass, the history of Beaver County in early Oklahoma Territory, Oklahoma's History Discussion Council, Oklahoma's historical markers, and a tour of the OHS.
Date: Summer 1952
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975; Judy, H. S. & Evans, Charles
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Dr. Charles Evans, Secretary of the Oklahoma Historical Society, Lays Down his Work (open access)

Dr. Charles Evans, Secretary of the Oklahoma Historical Society, Lays Down his Work

Article discusses the resignation of Dr. Charles Evans from his post as secretary of the Oklahoma Historical Society and pays tribute to the editor by describing his life and duties. President William S. Key also includes remarks about Evans by members of the Board of Directors of the OHS.
Date: Summer 1954
Creator: Key, William S.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grant Foreman (open access)

Grant Foreman

Article provides a timeline of the work of Dr. Grant Foreman, valued member of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society, writer, researcher, and lawyer.
Date: Autumn 1953
Creator: Clark, Stanley
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Fall 1950 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Fall 1950

Notes and Documents column including notes on memorials, an account of Cherokee leader Spring Frog, additional data to accompany articles, a note about a portrait of Charles Evans, and a list of recent accessions to the library of the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Autumn 1950
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Jumper Family of the Seminole Nation (open access)

The Jumper Family of the Seminole Nation

Article highlights the history of the Jumper family of the Seminole Nation, beginning with Chief Micanopy, who was leader during the Seminole Wars. Caroline Thomas Foreman discusses the conflict between the U.S. Army and the Seminole Nation, the treaties made to secure peace, and Seminole resistance to the removal west.
Date: Autumn 1956
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Butterfield Overland Mail One Hundred Years Ago (open access)

The Butterfield Overland Mail One Hundred Years Ago

Article discusses the creation of the Butterfield Overland Mail Route and its development. Muriel H. Wright explores how mail was transported by railroad and stagecoaches across the route, and the events that impacted the route's success.
Date: Spring 1957
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 34, Number 3, Autumn 1956 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 34, Number 3, Autumn 1956

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 1956
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Spring 1957 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Spring 1957

Notes and Documents column including a note about a new booklet published by the OHS, a document about the settlement of No Man's Land, a reprint of notes about the creation of a bridge across the Red River, a document about the flags raised in Oklahoma Territory, and a detailed set of instructions for the route of the Washington Irving Trail tour written by George H. Shirk.
Date: Spring 1957
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 35 Index, 1957 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 35 Index, 1957

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: 1957
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Armstrongs of Indian Territory, Part II: William Armstrong (open access)

The Armstrongs of Indian Territory, Part II: William Armstrong

Article discusses the life and career of William Armstrong, who was appointed Special Agent and Superintendent for the removal of the Choctaws to Indian Territory. Carolyn Thomas Foreman explores the struggles Armstrong and the Choctaws faced on their journey west, and the reports Armstrong made about government relations with the tribes of North America.
Date: Winter 1952
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 34 Index, 1956 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 34 Index, 1956

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: 1956
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma Historic Sites Survey (open access)

Oklahoma Historic Sites Survey

Article provides an introduction to a survey of Oklahoma historic sites completed by the Oklahoma Historic Sites Committee of the OHS, and includes a list of 550 historic sites organized alphabetically and by county.
Date: Autumn 1958
Creator: Oklahoma Historic Sites Committee
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History