Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 72, Number 2, Summer 1994 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 72, Number 2, Summer 1994

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 1994
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Neosho Agency 1838-1871 (open access)

Neosho Agency 1838-1871

Article discusses the history of the Neosho Agency, which served American Indian tribes in the northeast corner of Oklahoma from 1838 to 1871. Frank H. Harris discusses the agents that ran the agency and includes excerpts of the records they kept.
Date: Spring 1965
Creator: Harris, Frank H.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
First Post Offices within the Boundaries of Oklahoma (open access)

First Post Offices within the Boundaries of Oklahoma

Article provides a list of post offices established within the Indian Territory as they appeared on official documents while explaining their significance.
Date: Summer 1948
Creator: Shirk, George H.
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
A Walking Tour in the Indian Territory, 1874 (open access)

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
Notes and Documents, Spring 1969 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Spring 1969

Notes and Documents column including a note announcing the distribution of the Annual Index of The Chronicles, a narrative of Thomas Young hunting wild game within the Indian Territories, and a list of books catalogued by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Spring 1969
Creator: Young, Thomas Fox
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Winter 1968-69 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Winter 1968-69

Notes and Documents column including an announcement regarding department changes for the history department at Oklahoma State University and a list of books received by the Historical Society for the past year.
Date: Winter 1968
Creator: Knight, Homer L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Young Ardmore (open access)

Young Ardmore

Article describes the growth and development of Ardmore, Oklahoma. Julia K. Sparger discusses the tribes the originally occupied the area, ranching in Ardmore, the introduction of railroads, and the oil industry there.
Date: Winter 1965
Creator: Sparger, Julia K.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 55, Number 4, Winter 1977-78 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 55, Number 4, Winter 1977-78

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Winter 1977
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Early Post Offices (open access)

Early Post Offices

Article is a list of post offices active during the late 19th century.
Date: Summer 1928
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Ragtown: Wirt, Oklahoma, and the Healdton Boom (open access)

Ragtown: Wirt, Oklahoma, and the Healdton Boom

Article describes the growth and subsequent problems of the Oklahoma oil-boom town of Wirt in Carter County, also known as Ragtown. Emerging overnight as the center of the Healdton Field, Ragtown provided shelter and work for hundreds of assorted oil-field characters.
Date: Spring 2009
Creator: Freeman, Elizabeth F.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Jefferson's Salt Mountain: The Big Salt Plain of the Cimarron River (open access)

Jefferson's Salt Mountain: The Big Salt Plain of the Cimarron River

Article describes the history of the Big Salt Plain of the Cimarron River, from explorer tales publicized by Thomas Jefferson to the fascination it currently holds for visitors of the area.
Date: Summer 1980
Creator: Isern, Thomas D.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
William Fremont Harn: Maverick or Mystery? (open access)

William Fremont Harn: Maverick or Mystery?

Article describes the life and influence of William Fremont Harn, an agent sent to Oklahoma Territory after the opening of the Unassigned Lands to sort out land disputes.
Date: Winter 1997
Creator: Medley, Trina
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 58, Number 1, Spring 1980 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 58, Number 1, Spring 1980

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 1980
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 7, Number 1, March 1929 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 7, Number 1, March 1929

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: March 1929
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 75, Number 3, Fall 1997 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 75, Number 3, Fall 1997

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 1997
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 85, Number 4, Winter 2007-08 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 85, Number 4, Winter 2007-08

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Winter 2007
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Minutes of the Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors, Oklahoma Historical Society, July 29, 1965 (open access)

Minutes of the Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors, Oklahoma Historical Society, July 29, 1965

This section includes the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on July 29, 1965.
Date: Autumn 1965
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 34, Number 2, Summer 1956 (open access)

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
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 23, Number 3, Autumn 1945 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 23, Number 3, Autumn 1945

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 1945
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
First Oklahoma Oil was Produced in 1859 (open access)

First Oklahoma Oil was Produced in 1859

Article chronicles how oil was found and produced within Oklahoma, beginning in the Cherokee Nation. The article focuses on the legislation passed by the tribal court regarding oil production.
Date: Winter 1926
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Object Type: Article
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
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 5, Number 3, September 1927 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 5, Number 3, September 1927

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: September 1927
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History