Article explains the significance of the speech given by Joseph B. Thoburn, a member of the Oklahoma Historical Society, at the Pottawatomie County Hall meeting held on February 18, 1926. During the speech, Thoburn talked about the importance of preserving the state's historical documents.

Article narrates how a sheriff named Mr. Thornton came into a town to arrest an outlaw, but was killed before he could.

Article chronicles the history of settlement within Pottawatomie County and the prominent people who helped build a community within the county.

Article describes the state of race relations in Oklahoma during the early 1900s through the examination of the trials, appeals, and execution of Will Johnson, a black man charged with the murder of an elderly white woman. Though African Americans held nearly equal status in the territorial period, the case's proceedings indicate the trial as a "benchmark" that indicated the switch to the rigidity of the Jim Crow era.

Article briefly details the establishment and progress of the Shawnee Friends Mission. The mission school was established by the Society of Friends two miles south of the City of Shawnee.

Article discusses the thriving town of Shawnee, Oklahoma and Pottawatomie County at the turn of the century. Ernestine Gravley highlights the growth of businesses, feuds by railroad companies over the town, and popular pastimes such as horse racing made possible by Shawnee's expansion.

Article describes the beauty and history of Benson Park near Shawnee, Oklahoma. Kenneth R. Bain, Rob Phillips, and Paul D. Travis explore its attraction as a recreational area and the many leisure activities that were possible there until its eventual decline in the face of industry.

Article studies the development of frontier banking as exemplified in Willard Johnston's interests, which began in Shawnee and expanded to include numerous financial institutions and communities around the state.

Article evaluates the problems of Indian health care and the campaign led by Senator Fred Harris and others to correct a record of neglect.

The second part of this two-part article continues the evaluation of the problems in Indian healthcare and the campaign led by Senators Fred Harris and Dewey Bartlett to correct a record of neglect. The healthcare problem after 1970 was linked to a new federal policy of tribal self-determination.

Article describes the process of homesteading Tecumseh after the land run of 1889. Florence Drake describes the growth of the town, its establishment as the county seat, and the people who settled there.

Article discusses the founding and development of McLoud, Oklahoma from 1895 to 1949. Klaris Molder discuses the men who founded the townsite, the tribes who originally owned the land, and the creation of business and industry in the area.

Article narrates the author's search for information on the Sacred Heart Mission School which served the Potawatomi tribe in Oklahoma Territory.

Article describes the impact of public works programs created by the Civil Works Administration in the town of Shawnee as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal relief measures during the Great Depression.

Article details the construction and display of a mineral exhibit at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904. This fair was hosted within Oklahoma Territory and brought together the brightest minds of the day from all over the world.

Article narrates Reverend Franklin C. Smith's experiences as a religious leader within the founding of the town of Shawnee within Oklahoma Territory.

Article chronicles the establishment and dissolution of the Pottawatomie and Absentee Shawnee Reservation.