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Editorial: Why Not? (open access)

Editorial: Why Not?

Article is an editorial regarding the interesting history surrounding the military forts within Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 1930
Creator: Bryce, J. Y.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, March 1930 (open access)

Necrology, March 1930

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Dr. Emmet Starr, a genealogist and historian for the Cherokee tribe; Spruce McCoy Cox, a former gold miner; B. E. Bryant, a delegate of the Constitutional Convention; William E. Banks, a delegate in charge of naming the southern portion of Greer county; Judge Nestor Rummons, a county judge; James Clinton Graham, a lawyer; George A. Pate, a county attorney; and Reverend William McCombs, a religious leader from a Tuskegee church.
Date: Spring 1930
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, March 1930 (open access)

Notes and Documents, March 1930

Notes and Documents column including the minutes of the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on January 23, 1930 and the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on the same day.
Date: Spring 1930
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The First Two Years: Continued from Last Issue (open access)

The First Two Years: Continued from Last Issue

Article chronicles the important legislative events that occurred within the first two years of Oklahoma becoming a territory of the United States.
Date: Spring 1930
Creator: Peery, Dan W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Entertainments of the Spanish Explorers (open access)

Entertainments of the Spanish Explorers

Article details what the Spanish explorers did for entertainment while exploring the western frontier of North America.
Date: Spring 1930
Creator: Johnston, Winifred
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Early Navigation and Commerce Along the Arkansas and Red Rivers in Oklahoma (open access)

Early Navigation and Commerce Along the Arkansas and Red Rivers in Oklahoma

Article explains how trade and transportation were carried out along the Arkansas and Red Rivers during the 19th century.
Date: Spring 1930
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Government of the Creek Indians (open access)

The Government of the Creek Indians

Article details the structure of the Creeks' governmental system that was established in the early 1800s and how it evolved during and after the Civil War.
Date: Spring 1930
Creator: Morton, Ohland
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Dragoon Campaigns to the Rocky Mountains (open access)

The Dragoon Campaigns to the Rocky Mountains

Article describes the formation and expeditions undertaken by the 1st Regiment of the United States Dragoons as told from a book published by a former soldier.
Date: Spring 1930
Creator: Thoburn, Joseph B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Tribute to Captain D. L. Payne: The Third Trip (open access)

Tribute to Captain D. L. Payne: The Third Trip

Article narrates an expedition undertaken by Captain David Lewis Payne to journey throughout Oklahoma's territories, as told from the perspective of a close friend. Captain Payne was well respected among his peers and generous with his advice and resources. This article is a continuation of an article from the previous volume.
Date: Spring 1930
Creator: Osburn, W. H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Editorial: Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 8, Number 1, March 1930 (open access)

Editorial: Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 8, Number 1, March 1930

Article consists of editorials regarding the construction of the historical society's new building.
Date: Spring 1930
Creator: Bryce, J. Y.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Early Day Courts and Lawyers (open access)

Early Day Courts and Lawyers

Article details how courts were established when Oklahoma was first being settled. Also included are descriptions of how the first lawyers started practicing in the territory.
Date: Spring 1930
Creator: Bieber, A. G. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History