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The Naming of the Canadian River
Article chronicles how the Canadian River got its name. This river also serves as the inspiration for a county, town, roads, and businesses located within Oklahoma.
Date:
Summer 1928
Creator:
Thoburn, Joseph B.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Choctaw Academy
Article is a continuation of the author's attempts to document the establishment and history of the Choctaw Academy, a mission school dedicated to the education of American Indian youths.
Date:
Winter 1931
Creator:
Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Murder on Turkey Creek
Article describes the investigation of a murder of Richard Wannamaker by Dick Simpson as they traveled in a small caravan from Medicine Lodge, Kansas into Texas.
Date:
Autumn 1934
Creator:
Buntin, Martha
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
J. A. Webb: Early-Day Cotton Breeder from Union City, Oklahoma
Article recounts the talented amateur agronomist J. A. Webb's diligent work to perfect a better variety of cotton, which he marketed as Webb's Purple cotton seed beginning in 1933.
Date:
Winter 2006
Creator:
Albers-Nelson, M. Rene & Verhalen, Laval M.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Pursuit of Dull Knife from Fort Reno in 1878-1879
Article chronicles the pursuit of Northern Cheyenne people who fled Fort Reno for their homelands in the Dakotas. The people were relocated to Fort Reno after the Red River War, but soon fell ill with disease and homesickness. The pursuit resulted in the creation of additional military forts inside of Oklahoma Territory.
Date:
Summer 1968
Creator:
Wright, Peter M.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Founding of El Reno
Article discusses the establishment of the town of El Reno, Oklahoma, its founder John A. Foreman, homestead law in the area, and county seat elections. Berlin B. Chapman includes excerpts of documentation from the time to construct a clearer picture of the townsite and the legalities surrounding its settlement.
Date:
Spring 1956
Creator:
Chapman, Berlin B.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents [Summer 1980]
Notes and Documents column for Summer 1980, including a notice about the Edna May Armold Archives Room at the El Reno Carnegie Library, as well as a record of the mining disaster that occurred at Krebs Mine No. 11 in the form of a poem and a list of names of those killed.
Date:
Summer 1980
Creator:
Armold, Edna May & Snodgrass, Martha
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Augustus Spencer Newton, Founder of Yukon
Article discusses the life of the author's father, Augustus Newton Spencer, a railroad contractor and cattleman who founded Yukon, Oklahoma. Mary Spencer Whitlow includes stories from her own memory as well as the growth and development of the town.
Date:
Winter 1964
Creator:
Whitlow, Mary Spencer
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Military Duty on the Western Frontier
Article illustrates the life of Colonel Edwin P. Pendleton during his time serving in Fort Reno. The article is a diary entry of the colonel while he interacts with the American Indians living in the surrounding areas and trains with his fellow soldiers.
Date:
Summer 1969
Creator:
Shirk, George H.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Ending of a Cheyenne Legend
Article describes the events and damage of the Geary storm, a series of tornadoes that swept Geary, Oklahoma in 1961. Chrystabel Berrong Poteet describes the Cheyenne legend of this area and posits that the storm effectually ended it.
Date:
Spring 1963
Creator:
Poteet, Chrystabel Berrong
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Afrika Korps in Oklahoma: Fort Reno's Prison of War Compound
Article details the creation of prisoner of war camps at Fort Reno and how the United States worked to treat the prisoners brought there with enough respect to honor the Geneva Convention. The prisoners were used as workers in the farming and manufacturing industry to help with the war efforts.
Date:
Autumn 1974
Creator:
Wilson, Terry Paul
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Cheyenne Transporter
Article chronicles the history of The Cheyenne Transporter, a newspaper active in Indian Territory. The newspaper supplied safe travel routes and recommendations for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians living in the area along with religious news articles and notices regarding livestock.
Date:
Summer 1968
Creator:
Bass, Althea
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Evans and Clark Families: Borderlands Legacies in Western Oklahoma, 1875-1950
Article uses the lives of the Evans and Clark families to demonstrate evolving systems of racial discrimination in the emerging state of Oklahoma.
Date:
Summer 2018
Creator:
Truden, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Edwin Williams
Article chronicles the journey of a caravan of men that rode from Abilene, Kansas to the Cheyenne and Arapaho reservations located within the valley of the North Canadian River, a 250-mile journey, carrying the first steam powdered saw-mill. Included is a description of the installation process of the mill.
Date:
Autumn 1932
Creator:
Thoburn, Joseph B. & Collins, Hubert E.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History