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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
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
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
Problems in the Industrial Progress and Development of the Choctaw Nation, 1865 to 1907
Article discusses the problems faced by the Choctaw Nation between 1865 and 1907 in their agricultural progress, which included Dawes Commission stipulations, abuse of pasture land by white settlers, and lack of transportation for crops.
Date:
Spring 1954
Creator:
Morrison, James D.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 30, Number 3, Autumn 1952
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Autumn 1952
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 37, Number 2, Summer 1959
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Summer 1959
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
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
A Walking Tour in the Indian Territory, 1874
Article includes an account published in the Cherokee Advocate by Claiborne Addison Young of a walking tour of Indian Territory, which included descriptions of the prairie and the people living there, visits to the Wyandotte Mission, the Cherokee National Female Seminary at Park Hill, and the Cherokee Orphan Asylum.
Date:
Summer 1958
Creator:
Young, Claiborne Addison
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 34, Number 2, Summer 1956
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Summer 1956
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
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
First Post Offices Within the Boundaries of Oklahoma
Article provides historical background to the included list of the first post offices in Oklahoma. Using records of the Postmaster General compiled in the National Archives, George H. Shirk lists post offices established in Oklahoma Territory leading up to statehood.
Date:
Spring 1952
Creator:
Shirk, George H.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 36, Number 2, Summer 1958
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Summer 1958
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 32, Number 1, Spring 1954
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Spring 1954
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
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
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 30, Number 1, Spring 1952
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Spring 1952
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Hook Nine Ranch in the Indian Territory
Article describes the establishment of the Hendrix and Royer Ranch, also known as the Hook Nine Ranch, in Indian Territory. Ellsworth Collings discusses the founders and the results of their cattle business, providing details about the ranch and its surroundings.
Date:
Winter 1955
Creator:
Collings, Ellsworth
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Captain James E. Reynolds
Article discusses the life and career of Confederate veteran and pioneer of Indian Territory, Captain James E. Reynolds. Rosa Ayleene Nance discusses, his upbringing, eventual marriage, participation in the Civil War, and business pursuits on the frontier.
Date:
Spring 1954
Creator:
Nance, Rosa Aylecne
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 35, Number 1, Spring 1957
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Spring 1957
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Confederate Relations with the Five Civilized Tribes, Part II
Article continues the discussion of treaties and alliances the Confederate States made with the Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole Nations during the Civil War. In this second part of the article, Ohland Morton discusses the Civil War skirmishes and the leadership of Stand Watie after the creation of these treaties.
Date:
Autumn 1953
Creator:
Morton, Ohland
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Committee Report Butterfield Overland Mail
Article includes the report made by the Committee of the Oklahoma Historical Society for the tracing of the Butterfield Overland Mail Route and the selection of twelve sites along the route for historical makers to be placed. The Committee provides an in-depth description of their journey and the historic sites they visited.
Date:
Winter 1958
Creator:
Oklahoma Historic Sites Committee
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 33, Number 1, Spring 1955
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Spring 1955
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
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 31, Number 3, Autumn 1953
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Autumn 1953
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History