Article details the military expeditions undertaken around the Washita River by the United States in the hopes of swaying the American Indian tribes that lived there to cooperate with the government's decrees.

Article chronicles the life and accomplishments of John H, Seger. He was the principal and owner of the Seger Indian Trading School where he managed the education and training of Cheyenne and Arapaho youths.

Article continues to chronicle the life and accomplishments of John H, Seger. He was the principal and owner of the Seger Indian Trading School where he managed the education and training of Cheyenne and Arapaho youths.

Article investigates the closing of Cordell Christian College due to its perceived antiwar sentiments during World War I. Michael W. Casey explores the attitudes in Oklahoma at the time and the vigilantism that occurred in the name of patriotism.

Article attempts to corroborate the account of Pedro Jaungonzales who claims to have stayed at a fort used for digging, smelting, and protecting the Mexico-Texas border during Texas' fight for independence called Cascorillo. Few archeological artifacts have been found to confirm his story.

Article discusses the atmosphere of anxiety as the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union escalated in the 1960s that bred a need for preparedness in local communities and college campuses across western Oklahoma.

Article chronicles the planning and execution of the Indian Territory Expedition, a military undertaking by the federal government to stop the frequent attacks by Plains Indians on railroad surveyors, whiskey peddlers, buffalo hunters, and pioneers.

Article describes the journey of Howard F. Van Zandt and Guy W. Lanman, two graduate students from the University of Oklahoma, to the historic site of the Battle of the Washita in 1933. Howard F. Van Zandt provides his reconstruction of the events following the walkthrough of the battle sites and his interaction with a Cheyenne survivor of the attack.

Article details the events that transpired during the Battle of the Washita, as told by Joseph K. Griffis, an alleged former captive of the Kiowa tribe who claims to have been present during the event.

Notes and Documents column including a short document titled "The Twenty-Five Indians: A Revealing Ledger from the Genevieve Seger Collection" that describes a ledger book dating back to 1886 which lists the names of the first colonists to leave the Darlington (Cheyenne-Arapaho) Agency to establish an agricultural colony on the Washita River. The ledger, given to the Oklahoma Historical Society by Genevieve Seger, provides evidence that twenty-eight Arapahos set out to establish the colony.