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Editorial: Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 6, Number 1, March 1928 (open access)

Editorial: Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 6, Number 1, March 1928

Article consists of editorials regarding collection materials within the Oklahoma Historical Society. Included is an announcement of the acquisition of a manuscript from the Sequoyah convention, a call for biographical sketches of members of the Constitutional Convention, an appreciation of the hard work put into making the Chronicles, and an announcement on the relocation of the historical society.
Date: Spring 1928
Creator: J. Y. B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Work of the Early Choctaw Legislature From 1869 to 1873 (open access)

The Work of the Early Choctaw Legislature From 1869 to 1873

Article analyzes the work of the Choctaw Legislature while the organization was active within the Indian Territory during the late 19th century.
Date: Spring 1928
Creator: Fessler, W. Julian
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Early Post Offices of Oklahoma (open access)

Early Post Offices of Oklahoma

Article is a list of post offices located within Oklahoma and Indian Territory during the 19th century.
Date: Spring 1928
Creator: Foreman, Grant
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Ranching on the Cheyenne-Arapaho Reservation 1880-1885 (open access)

Ranching on the Cheyenne-Arapaho Reservation 1880-1885

Article details how the Cheyenne-Arapaho reservation became a major player in the cattle industry during the late 19th century.
Date: Spring 1928
Creator: Dale, Edward Everett
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Five Hundred Million Dollars (open access)

Five Hundred Million Dollars

Article explains how the mineral resources within Oklahoma total approximately $500 million worth of mineral wealth annually.
Date: Spring 1928
Creator: J. Y. B.; Gould, Charles N. & Duhr, Matt
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Colonel Forbis LeFlore, Pioneer and Statesman (open access)

Colonel Forbis LeFlore, Pioneer and Statesman

Article is a biographical sketch of Forbis LeFlore, a French pioneer, fur trader, and service man who was active within the Choctaw community.
Date: Spring 1928
Creator: Perry, Mrs. A. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sketch of B. N. O. Walker (open access)

Sketch of B. N. O. Walker

Article is an autobiographical sketch of B. N. O. Walker, an educator within Indian Territory. Walker describes his Wyandot heritage and how it contributed to his studies of American Indian culture.
Date: Spring 1928
Creator: Walker, B. N. O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, March 1928 (open access)

Notes and Documents, March 1928

Notes and Documents column including the minutes of the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on January 25, 1928 and the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on the same day.
Date: Spring 1928
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, March 1928 (open access)

Necrology, March 1928

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including John M. (Jack) Barker, a state representative; Price Cochran, a service man within Indian Territory; Charles Oliver Frye, a lawyer; Christopher Columbus Mathies, a postmaster and county clerk; Don P. Wills, a school board member; John H. Seger, a former superintendent; James I. Wood, a delegate of the Constitutional Convection; Anna Louise Goldsby Winter, a member of the first Baptist church with Atoka county; and, Charles A. Phillips, a former Confederate soldier and lawyer.
Date: Spring 1928
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Removal of the Choctaws to the Indian Territory, 1830-1833 (open access)

The Removal of the Choctaws to the Indian Territory, 1830-1833

Article details the actions taken by the United States government to remove the Choctaw tribe from Mississippi to Oklahoma during the 1830s. Included are the reactions of the Choctaw chiefs to their ordinances and an appendix of correspondences written to facilitate this change.
Date: Summer 1928
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Some Adventures of Captain Bonneville (open access)

Some Adventures of Captain Bonneville

Article details the exploits of Captain Bonneville as he explored the western frontier. Captain Bonneville was the focal point of Washington Irving's book "Adventures of Captain Bonneville." This article further explores his adventures.
Date: Summer 1928
Creator: Ford, Anne E.
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
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Oklahoma Mineral Exhibit at the St. Louis World's Fair (open access)

The Oklahoma Mineral Exhibit at the St. Louis World's Fair

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.
Date: Summer 1928
Creator: Gould, Charles N.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Interesting Ante-Bellum Laws of the Cherokees, Now Oklahoma History (open access)

Interesting Ante-Bellum Laws of the Cherokees, Now Oklahoma History

Article details laws present within the Cherokee Nation during the time period before the Civil War. Included are laws pertaining the interracial marriages, arson, theft, and alcohol possession.
Date: Summer 1928
Creator: Duncan, James W. & Ross, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Some Reminiscences of the Cherokee People: Returning to their Homes the Exiles of a Nation (open access)

Some Reminiscences of the Cherokee People: Returning to their Homes the Exiles of a Nation

Article details the political turmoil that took place within the Cherokee Nation at the start of the Civil War and the consequences felt after the war for their actions. The main cause of this turmoil was with regards to which side of the conflict the tribes should align themselves with.
Date: Summer 1928
Creator: Britton, Wiley
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Naming of the Canadian River (open access)

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
Spanish Exploration of Oklahoma, 1599-1792 (open access)

Spanish Exploration of Oklahoma, 1599-1792

Article chronicles the expeditions of Spanish explores throughout the Oklahoma and Indian Territories before the region was given to the United States.
Date: Summer 1928
Creator: Thomas, A. B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, June 1928 (open access)

Notes and Documents, June 1928

Notes and Documents column including a proposed amendment for the Oklahoma Historical Society's constitution, the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on May 1, 1928, and a list of members of the society.
Date: Summer 1928
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
An Appreciation: Col. Joe C. Miller (open access)

An Appreciation: Col. Joe C. Miller

Article chronicles the life of Colonel Joe C. Miller. He cofounded the 101 Ranch with his brothers while being an adopted chief of the Ponca tribe and helping to mediate disputes between farmers.
Date: Autumn 1928
Creator: Sarchet, Corb
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, June 1928 (open access)

Necrology, June 1928

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Peter P. Pitchlynn, chief of the Choctaws; Albert G. Cochran, a teacher; Ambers Lafayette Bennett, a service man and politician; Joel B. Mayes, a teacher; Emory David Brownlee, a county judge and state senator; George McQuaid, a newspaper man; Robert M. Harris, governor of the Chickasaw Nation; Samuel Houston Mayes, former principal chief of the Cherokee Nation; Calvin Luther (Lute) Herbert, a lawyer; Theodore F. Brewer, a preacher and president of a university; and, James Joseph McGraw, a banker and politician.
Date: Summer 1928
Creator: Latta, Tom A.; Conlan, Czarina C.; Thoburn, Joseph B. & Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Tradition of the Cheyenne Indians (open access)

Tradition of the Cheyenne Indians

Article chronicles the history of the Cheyenne tribe as told to the author by a member of the tribe. This history was allegedly passed down through generations through oral storytelling and describes how the tribe adapted their lifestyle before colonization.
Date: Autumn 1928
Creator: Seger, John H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Early Post Offices of Oklahoma (open access)

Early Post Offices of Oklahoma

Article is a list of post offices that were established within the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole Nations and their first postmasters.
Date: Autumn 1928
Creator: Foreman, Grant
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Intermarried-Whites in the Cherokee Nation Between the Years 1865 and 1887 (open access)

Intermarried-Whites in the Cherokee Nation Between the Years 1865 and 1887

Article outlines the interracial marriage laws present within the Cherokee Nation during the Reconstruction Era. Included is a list interracial marriages that were reported within the territory.
Date: Autumn 1928
Creator: Murchison, A. H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letters of the Two Boudinots (open access)

Letters of the Two Boudinots

Article chronicles the life of Elias Boudinot through letters written between him and his family members. Boudinot was the editor of the Cherokee Phoenix newspaper and the subject of an interracial marriage scandal within a mission school.
Date: Autumn 1928
Creator: Dale, Edward Everett
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History