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Electricity for a Region: The Southwest Power Administration
Article describes the impact of the Southwest Power Administration's efforts to provide electric power to the citizens of Southwestern states. Jeanette Ford explores three main projects the organization began as well as its presence in Oklahoma.
Date:
Winter 1982
Creator:
Ford, Jeanette W.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Centennial Legacy of the General Allotment Act
Article describes the details of the General Allotment Act, also known as the Dawes Act of 1887, and its impact on history. This centennial explanation of the legislation illustrates the struggles Indian tribe members faced in negotiating land allotments and the bureaucrats who favored their assimilation.
Date:
Autumn 1987
Creator:
Gibson, Arrell M.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma: Land of the Drifter
Article discusses the history of frontier exploration and industry in Oklahoma, examining the foundation of rootlessness in the citizens of Oklahoma, who drifted across the landscape in its territorial period.
Date:
Summer 1986
Creator:
Gibson, Arrell M.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Poor Man's Camp: Labor Movement Vicissitudes in the Tri-State District
Article portrays the history of labor movements in the Tri-State District. Through the lead and zinc fields running through Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, miners who who at first were disinterested in unionization began to organize.
Date:
Spring 1982
Creator:
Gibson, Arrell M.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Jim Thorpe's 100th Birthday: A Pictorial Tribute
Article describes the life and athletic career of Oklahoman Jim Thorpe, an Olympic gold medal winner of Sac and Fox descent, in a centennial tribute. Thorpe's accomplishments in track, baseball, and football, are chronicled here, as well as the reputation he gained with the public.
Date:
Spring 1987
Creator:
Sadler, Carl K.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Carl W. Skogsberg and the Beginning of Colonial Bakery
Article describes the life and career of Carl W. Skogsberg, founder of the Colonial Baking Company in Oklahoma City, and his business practices that brought growth and success even in the midst of trying times like the Great Depression.
Date:
Autumn 1986
Creator:
Meredith, Howard L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Historic Sites in the Cherokee Strip
Article explores the historic sites located on the Cherokee Strip as well as their origins. C. E. Metcalf describes the key landmarks on the lucrative land run, as well as they key figures who tried to settle or acquire it.
Date:
Winter 1981
Creator:
Metcalf, C. Earle
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Across the Muddy Red
Article illustrates the history of suspension bridges constructed on the Red River between Oklahoma and Texas. Environmental conditions threatened the stability of these bridges, but the industries in the area and transport needs led to continual attempts at creating a lasting structure.
Date:
Winter 1983
Creator:
Crockett, Bernice N.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"No job for a woman"
Article provides a biographical tribute to the life of Sallie Sturgeon, also known as Mrs. Thomas H. Sturgeon in her marriage, who was the first woman enforcement officer in the State Department of Health, editor of a woman's page and later a publication for women named The Oklahoma Lady, and also, ironically, President of Anti-suffragists in Oklahoma.
Date:
Summer 1983
Creator:
Crockett, Bernice N.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Judge John Martin: First Chief Justice of the Cherokees
Article explores the life, family, and political career of John Martin, who would eventually become the first Chief Justice of the Cherokee Supreme Court in Indian Territory. Patricia Lockwood relates the details of his travels as an Indian agent and his impact as a leader of the Cherokees.
Date:
Summer 1986
Creator:
Lockwood, Patricia W.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cherokee Allotments in the Outlet
Article describes the history of Cherokee settlement in the Cherokee Outlet, the subsequent selling of those lands, and the process of land allotment that occurred afterwards.
Date:
Winter 1981
Creator:
Chapman, Berlin B.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma Territory and the National Archives: A Historian's Paradise
Article provides an auto-biographical exploration of the research conducted by Berlin Basil Chapman, an Oklahoma historian and an Assistant Professor of History at Oklahoma A&M. Chapman's works include articles, theses, and a bibliography centered around resources related to Oklahoma Territory in the National Archives.
Date:
Winter 1982
Creator:
Chapman, Berlin B.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Last Prehistoric People: The Southern Plains Villagers
Article provides an archaeological overview conducted by Robert L. Brooks and Robert Bell of the evidence identifying groups of people known as the Southern Plains Villagers who resided in Oklahoma from 800 A.D. until 1500 A.D. The two authors describe the different group locations over the years as phases and complexes, and provide details gained from archeological findings.
Date:
Autumn 1989
Creator:
Brooks, Robert L. & Bell, Robert E.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
They Fought for Votes: The White Politician and the Black Editor
Article explores the struggle for black representation in politics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through the conflict between white Republican congressional delegate Bird Segle McGuire and black newspaper editor Stephen Douglass Russell, Sr.
Date:
Spring 1986
Creator:
Williams, Nudie E.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Black Slavery in Indian Territory: The Ex-Slave Narratives
Article examines the contents of ex-slave narratives from the collection assembled under the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration. Monroe Billington points out that little attention was given to black slavery among the Indians of Indian Territory and focuses on related narratives.
Date:
Spring 1982
Creator:
Billington, Monroe
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Witness to History: Booker T. Washington Visits Boley
Article describes Booker T. Washington's visits to the all-black town of Boley, Oklahoma, to show his support for the community. Norman L. Crockett includes documentation from the time to provide a more detailed picture of the renowned educator's visits and studies the birth and death of the town.
Date:
Winter 1989
Creator:
Crockett, Norman L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 67, Number 4, Winter 1989-90
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 67 starts on page 453.
Date:
Winter 1989
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Tragedy of the Goingsnake District: The Shoot-out at Zeke Proctor's Trial
Article illustrates the events leading up to the tragedy at Goingsnake courthouse, a shootout between a group of Cherokees and a group of U.S. marshals that originated from a family feud. Kelley Agnew, winner of the National History Day Competition of 1986, provides a vivid portrait of the situation and the two men who led the groups involved, Ezekial Proctor and White Sut Beck.
Date:
Autumn 1986
Creator:
Agnew, Kelley
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Empire of Shaffer" The County that Never Was
Article discusses the conflict between Stillwater and Cushing County over the formation of Shaffer County, a tract of land that would include Cushing-Drumright oil field. Dan Adrian Purvis examines census data and election results of the attempt to discover the impact success would have had on the counties of Oklahoma.
Date:
Autumn 1986
Creator:
Purvis, Dan Adrian
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Tragical Agrarianism of Alfalfa Bill Murray, The Sage of Tishomingo
Article describes the life and ideology of William "Alfalfa Bill" Murray, lawyer, politician and former governor of Oklahoma. Robert L. Dorman highlights the leader's agrarian agenda and political vision, detailing the motivations that drove Murray and the experiences that impacted him.
Date:
Autumn 1988
Creator:
Dorman, Robert L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Business on the Wing: Corporate Sponsorship of Oklahoma Aviation, 1927-1935
Article describes the age of aviation advancement in Oklahoma from 1927 to 1935. Keith Tolman investigates the reasons behind the sponsoring and promotion of air races and air tours by oil companies during this period and their impact on the history of aviation.
Date:
Autumn 1988
Creator:
Tolman, Keith
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Our Best Men are Fast Leaving Us" The Life and Times of Robert M. Jones
Article describes the life and career of Robert M. Jones, a successful Choctaw businessman, and his impact on the Choctaw Nation during a period of negotiation with the federal government over land allotments.
Date:
Autumn 1988
Creator:
Bruce, Michael L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Traders Along the Washita: A Short History of the Shirley Trading Company
Article discusses the history of the Shirley Trading Company on the Washita River. Founded by two brothers, John and William Shirley, the enterprise that began as a trading post at the Wichita Agency expanded into a much larger economic empire involving ranches, stores, hotels, and even a toll bridge.
Date:
Spring 1987
Creator:
Tower, Michael
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Jujubes, Grapes, & Grass: The USDA Research Station at Woodward, 1913-1987
Article describes the development of the United States Department of Agriculture research station at Woodward, Oklahoma, and the various crops grown and tested there from the early 1910s to the present day.
Date:
Winter 1987
Creator:
James, Louise Boyd
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History