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Lu tsa ka Le Ah ke ho "Can't Go Beyond": Alloting the Osage Reservation, 1906-1909
Article describes the efforts of the Osage Nation in the early 1900s to create their own system of allotment through the drafting of the Osage Allotment Act and subsequently carrying out its provisions. Louis F. Burns describes the way the tribe protected their territory, as well as the dangers they faced from those seeking the resources on their land.
Date:
Summer 1994
Creator:
Burns, Louis F.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Early Mining Camps in Northeastern Oklahoma
Article discusses the history of early mining camps in Northeastern Oklahoma, including their discovery, the costs associated with mining, the materials the ores were used to create, and the growth of these camps.
Date:
Summer 1956
Creator:
Gibson, Arrell M.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bygone Spas: The Rise and Decay of Oklahoma's Radium Water
Article describes the development of the radium water industry in northeastern Oklahoma. Marjorie Malley details the origins of the water's popularity and the growth of the industry through bathhouses and bottled water, as well as the twists and turns the myth behind it underwent throughout the early 20th century.
Date:
Winter 2002
Creator:
Malley, Marjorie
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Social History of the Tri-State District
Article discusses the history of the Tri-State District area, which includes the history of mining camps and their poor conditions, the intellectual environment and the schools that were established in the region, and the social and economic conditions prevalent.
Date:
Summer 1959
Creator:
Gibson, Arrell M.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Ten-Barrel "Whodunit" at Red Fork
Article describes the oil boom that began at Red Fork, Oklahoma, and the controversy over who discovered and had rights to the oil well there.
Date:
Winter 1978
Creator:
Roberts, Joe Donald
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Energy Resources on the Southern Great Plains
Article details the history of discovering and managing energy resources on the Southern Great Plains. From coal mining to the oil and gas industry, settlers took full advantage of the area's resources to run their settlements.
Date:
Autumn 1981
Creator:
Bonnifield, Paul
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company
Article describes the history and establishment of the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company, as well as a more generalized history of Oklahoma's oil industry and oil wells.
Date:
Summer 1959
Creator:
Finney, Frank F.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
First Oil and Gas Well in Tulsa County
Article records the story of the first oil and gas well in Tulsa County, the Bland-Clinton oil and gas well that opened at Red Fork, Oklahoma on June 25, 1901. Fred S. Clinton discusses his own experience as a citizen of the Creek Nation who saw firsthand the conflict that occurred with gaining title to and marketing the oil well.
Date:
Autumn 1952
Creator:
Clinton, Fred S.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Uncle Sam's Warriors: American Indians in World War II
Article highlights the contributions of American Indians during World War II, which included the efforts of individual soldiers and people groups as well as the use of land and resources on reservations for the war effort. Duane K. Hale emphasizes the underrepresentation of these activities in historical record and discusses them here.
Date:
Winter 1991
Creator:
Hale, Duane K.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Penn Square: The Shopping Center Bank that Shook the World, Part 1 - Boom
Article describes the history of Penn Square Bank, including the planning and strategies of its organizers and its booming success gained from the thriving growth of the oil and gas industries during the 1960s-1980s. Michael J. Hightower focuses on the rise of the Oklahoma City bank in Part 1 of a two-part article.
Date:
Spring 2012
Creator:
Hightower, Michael J.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"The Land Is Always With Us": Removal, Allotment, and Industrial Development and Their Effects on Ponca Tribalism
Article describes how developments like removal, land allotment, and the development of the oil and gas industry undermined the relationship the Ponca tribe had with their lands, and the way the Poncas coped with the broken treaties, divisions within the tribes over land-related decisions, and damage done by neighboring towns that cropped up with the increase in industrial growth.
Date:
Autumn 2005
Creator:
van de Logt, Mark
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 6, Number 2, June 1928
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
June 1928
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For the Record, Spring 1975
For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 24, 1974. It also includes a gift list for the third quarter of 1974 and lists of new annual and new life members of the OHS.
Date:
Spring 1975
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Tinker's Twin Twisters of 1948 and the Birth of Tornado Forecasting
Article describes the destructive paths of the tornadoes that struck Tinker Air Force Base on March 20 and March 25, 1948, and pays tribute to Robert C. Miller and Ernest J. Fawbush, the two weathermen who predicted the second tornado and changed the field of weather forecasting forever.
Date:
Autumn 2000
Creator:
Crowder, James L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, December 1932
Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Philip Doddridge Brewer, John E. (Jack) Love Jr., Hubert E. Collins, William A. Clute, John Patrick McNaughton, Ed. P. Kelley, Deroos Bailey, Napoleon Bonaparte Maxey, Thomas LaFayette Rider, Patrick James Goulding, Clarence Lot Thomas, Captain James Stirman Standley, and Stephen A. Douglas.
Date:
Winter 1932
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, March 1940
Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Judge Wade Hampton Kornegay, Walter Ferguson, Douglas H. Johnston, Mrs. Anna C. Trainor Matheson, Charles Thomas Ingram, and Benjamin Stone Ingram.
Date:
Spring 1940
Creator:
Williams, Robert L.; Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967; Cornish, Melven; Kirkpatrick, E. E. & Martin, Benjamin
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Jack C. Montgomery: A Little Big Man
Article documents the life of Jack Montgomery and recalls his service with the Forty-fifth Infantry Division in World War II, where he received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the war.
Date:
Winter 2004
Creator:
Bean, Christopher B.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Fall 2007
Notes and Documents column including excerpts from the unfinished manuscript entitled "Cushion of Confidence," by Theresa Galloway Holman, wife of Oklahoma Senator H. H. Holman, who served in the first Oklahoma Senate from 1907-1909. In her manuscript, Mrs. Holman speaks about the early politics of Oklahoma including the adoption of a constitution, celebrating statehood in 1907, and general comments as a wife of the first legislature.
Date:
Autumn 2007
Creator:
Turner, Alvin O.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Minutes of the Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society, January 28, 1971 and the Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Oklahoma Historical Society, February 18, 1971
This section includes the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on January 28, 1971. This section also includes the minutes of the meeting of the Executive Committee of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on February 18, 1971. Included is a list of gifts received by the organization and a list of new annual members.
Date:
Spring 1971
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 53, Number 1, Spring 1975
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Spring 1975
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 49, Number 1, Spring 1971
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Spring 1971
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
History of the Osage Blanket Lease
Article chronicles the development of an oil company within the Osage Reservation under a contract known as the Foster Lease, a blanket lease for the resources.
Date:
Spring 1941
Creator:
Forbes, Gerald
Object Type:
Article
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 78, Number 4, Winter 2000-01
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 78 starts on page 514.
Date:
Winter 2000
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History