Article describes the military career of Lieutenant General Theophilus Hunter Holmes, founder of Fort Holmes. Carolyn Thomas Foreman discusses his participation in the Seminole Wars, the Mexican-American War, and focuses particularly on his service in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

Article describes the history of the leasing of Quapaw mineral lands after the discovery of lead and zinc ore. A. M. Gibson discusses the measures put in place to protect the Quapaws from unfair agreements and the financial and legal issues that sprouted from these leases.

Article discusses the lives, careers, and influence of two women of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Mary Lewis Herrod and Kate Shaw Ahrens. Carolyn Thomas Foreman provides a biographical sketch of each woman and discusses how they provided education to the youths of their nation.

Article provides a historical overview of the health conditions among the five large tribes of Indian Territory from 1830 to the Civil War. Bernice Norman Crockett explores how epidemics and liquor trade impacted the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole, and Creek tribes, and the medical help that was available via missionaries.

Article discusses the lives of the pioneer couple Dr. Richard Moore Crain and his wife, who was Miss Anna Rebecca Neal before marriage. Carolyn Thomas Foreman discusses the difficulties they faced on the frontier, Anna's work as a schoolteacher, and Dr. Cain's work with the various tribes they lived among.

This section includes the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on July 25, 1957.

Article provides a biographical breakdown of the life and career of Senator Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma. Monroe Billington discusses his evolution as a politician, from his early radical Populist beliefs to his ultra-conservative later years.

Article describes the harrowing experience of one pioneer and his wife and children traveling in a covered wagon on the Great Plains. William E. Baker tells the story of the dangers of crossing a river and the journey to Kingfisher, Oklahoma.

Article describes the work of Baptist missionary, Joseph Samuel Morrow, in providing educational opportunities and religious instructions to the tribes of Indian Territory. Frank A. Balyeat discusses the institutions he helped found, which includes the Baptist Academy and the Murrow Orphans Home.

Article discusses the history of government relations with the tribes of the south in the United States following the Revolution. Kenneth Coleman explores the British and Spanish interest in the area occupied by the American Indians, and the treaties Congress made with these people groups.

The Nevada Test Site (NTS) Use Committee met Tuesday morning, May 28, 1957, at Mercury, Nevada. This document provides a summary of the meeting.

Article discusses the pageantry wedding event held at the commemoration of Oklahoma's entrance to the Union as the 46th state. Actors were chosen to represent "Miss Indian Territory" and "Mr. Oklahoma" and performed a symbolic wedding ceremony.

Article provides a survey of Oklahoma museums and attests to their importance. S. F. de Borhegyi first provides context to the creation of these museums and lists the statistics of their distribution, type, and attendance, then goes into further detail to describe the museums and their collections by city.

Article provides historical context for a trip across Indian Territory taken during the Civil War era by a U. S. Cavalry unit and a unit of African-American federal soldiers, and recorded by Hospital Steward Thomas A. Muzzall. Highlights of his journal include Colonel Paul Harwood becoming lost during the expedition.

This section includes the minutes of quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 24, 1957.

This section includes the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on January 24, 1957.

Article discusses the history of Cimarron Territory, also known as "No Man's Land" and the Oklahoma Panhandle, while describing the origin of the seal of Cimarron Territory that is displayed on the cover of this issue of The Chronicles.

Article discusses the history of No Man's Land, or old Beaver County, its initial land system after being claimed by Spain, various contracts over land use, the founding of the Santa Fe Trail, and the area's time as Cimarron Territory. This article is a reprint of the original, which was contained in the first issue of the Chronicles in 1921.

Article discusses the history of Shade's Will on Zach Cain's Ranch, its founding by J. U. Shade and H. B. Fore, its importance as a stop for water in the cattle trade, and how it was developed in conjunction with Shade's Well Inn on the ranch.

Article includes the memoires of Kittie M. Harvey, a pioneer woman who moved to Oklahoma Territory with her family and became a music teacher and helped run the small post office in Chandler. Harvey discusses life there and in Oklahoma City, and the people she and her husband Will Harvey interacted with.

Article provides a biographical sketch of the life and career of Albert Clarence Hunt, Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma. Judge N. B. Johnson discusses the leadership positions the justice held, as well as the organizations he was a part of.

Article describes the experiences of Ed H. Williams, railroad man turned farmer, homesteading his land claim in the Garfield County after the opening of the Cherokee Strip. Athie Sale Davis transcribes the man's personal narrative, which includes the successes and difficulties he faced on the frontier.

Article describes the experiences of Dr. F C. Holmes, traveling dental practitioner, in Western Oklahoma at the turn of the 19th century. Holmes describes the homesteaders he encountered during this period and the practices he employed as a pioneer dentist.

This section includes the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on April 25, 1957.