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General Stand Watie (open access)

General Stand Watie

Article chronicles the life of General Stand Watie, at the principal chief of the Cherokee Tribe and general of the Southern Cherokee forces during the Civil War.
Date: Winter 1932
Creator: Anderson, Mabel Washbourne
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Bluff Shelter in East Central Oklahoma (open access)

A Bluff Shelter in East Central Oklahoma

Article reports on the excavation of a bluff shelter within east central Oklahoma. This shelter was a cave dwelling for those who lived within Oklahoma centuries ago.
Date: Autumn 1935
Creator: Antle, H. R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Excavation of a Caddoan Earth-Lodge (open access)

Excavation of a Caddoan Earth-Lodge

Article documents the excavation of an earth-lodge mound within Oklahoma that was created by the Caddo tribe centuries ago.
Date: Winter 1934
Creator: Antle, H. R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Interpretation of Seminole Clan Relationship Terms (open access)

Interpretation of Seminole Clan Relationship Terms

Article explains how to express relationship structures and dynamics with the Seminole language.
Date: Autumn 1936
Creator: Antle, H. R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Report of an Archaeological Site (open access)

Report of an Archaeological Site

Article reports on an archaeological excavation that occurred on a private citizen's farm within Oklahoma. The site revealed a grass lodge that was home to several American Indian families in the past.
Date: Summer 1935
Creator: Antle, H. R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
An Unusual Antiquity in Pontotoc County (open access)

An Unusual Antiquity in Pontotoc County

Article explains the discovery of 32 metates during an archaeological dig.
Date: Winter 1935
Creator: Antle, H. R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology,, June 1938 (open access)

Necrology,, June 1938

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Reverend Marcus Lafayette Butler, a descendant of the Duke of Ormonde; Virgil Durham, a county superintendent of schools; Mrs. Felix J. King, the founder of the Tifahaya Indian Club; W. W. Hastings, an attorney within the Cherokee Nation; and Joshua Buchanan Campbell, a newspaper man and pharmacist.
Date: Summer 1938
Creator: Babcock, Sidney Henry; Howell, C. M.; Garland, Marie; Thompson, William P. & Glasser, Harry O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A College Tour to Points of Historic Interest (open access)

A College Tour to Points of Historic Interest

Article details the historic monuments students of the Northeastern State Teachers College visited during their field trip around Oklahoma.
Date: Autumn 1931
Creator: Ballenger, T. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Education of White Children in the Indian Territory (open access)

Education of White Children in the Indian Territory

Article chronicles the circumstances surrounding the education of white children within Indian Territory.
Date: Summer 1937
Creator: Balyeat, Frank A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Survey of a Wagon Road from Fort Smith to the Colorado River (open access)

Survey of a Wagon Road from Fort Smith to the Colorado River

Article explains the purpose of bridges that connected San Boise to Little River through a report made by a surveyor. These bridges were meant to establish a route from Fort Smith to California, but were destroyed during the Civil War.
Date: Spring 1934
Creator: Beale, Edward F. & Foreman, Grant
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
When the Territory was Young (open access)

When the Territory was Young

Article narrates the author's experiences as a frontiers-man within Indian and Oklahoma Territories before the region was made into a single state.
Date: Autumn 1936
Creator: Beck, T. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Comanche Indian and his Language (open access)

The Comanche Indian and his Language

Article attempts to explain the sentence structure and vocabulary associated with the Comanche language.
Date: Autumn 1936
Creator: Becker, W. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Homes of Distinguished Cherokee Indians (open access)

Homes of Distinguished Cherokee Indians

Article details the author's experiences as he visits the homes of five notable Cherokee men: Elias Boudinot, Chief Joseph Vann, John Martin, Chief David McNair, and Chief Peter Hildebrand.
Date: Autumn 1933
Creator: Beeson, Leola Selman
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, June 1939 (open access)

Necrology, June 1939

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including John Bell Turner, Charles Bolivar Barker, Reverend Edward Rutledge Williams, William Thomas Dalton, Casper Wister Herod, John Mitten Carr, Alice Hearrell Murray, and Harry Lee Stuart.
Date: Summer 1939
Creator: Bell, R. R.; Moore, Jesse E. & Williams, Robert L.
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
John Hazelton Cotteral (open access)

John Hazelton Cotteral

Article chronicles the life of Judge John Hazelton Cotteral, a highly decorated former lawyer and judge within Oklahoma Territory.
Date: Spring 1936
Creator: Bierer, A. G. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
O. Henry's Pen Name (open access)

O. Henry's Pen Name

Letter entitled, "O. Henry’s Pen Name," on the possible origin of his pseudonym.
Date: January 9, 1937
Creator: Boissard, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Aboriginal Chickasaw Nation (open access)

The Aboriginal Chickasaw Nation

Article details how the Chickasaw tribe traveled and named various landmarks within North America prior to colonization. Included are descriptions of customs and notable events that molded the tribe.
Date: Winter 1937
Creator: Bond, Janet
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sons of the American Revolution (open access)

Sons of the American Revolution

Article announces the elected officers of the Oklahoma branch of the Sons of the American Revolution.
Date: Spring 1935
Creator: Brett, John Fred
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, September 1931 (open access)

Necrology, September 1931

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Reverend Theodore Frelinghuysen Brewer, the principal at the Asbury Manual School for Creek Indians; Frank Braden Burford, son the a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in Oklahoma; Preeman J. McClure, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention; and James Fountain Robinson, a miner and newspaper publisher.
Date: Autumn 1931
Creator: Brewer, T. H.; Hoffman, Roy & Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, December 1939 (open access)

Necrology, December 1939

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Frank Pearson Johnson, a banker and business leader; James Haskins Sutherlin, a former state senator; Charles W. Raymond, a federal judge of the Indian Territory; and Thomas Lawrence Wade Jr., a delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
Date: Winter 1939
Creator: Brown, Cecil J.; Williams, Robert L. & Martin, Benjamin J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Eastern Cherokee Chiefs (open access)

Eastern Cherokee Chiefs

Article documents the chiefs of the various sects of the Cherokee tribe that were present throughout the east coast of North America.
Date: Spring 1938
Creator: Brown, John P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Choctaw-Chickasaw Court Citizens (open access)

The Choctaw-Chickasaw Court Citizens

Article details how legislative bodies created policies to recognize members of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes in an effort to disperse government resources and land rights to those individuals.
Date: Winter 1938
Creator: Brown, Loren N.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Dawes Commission (open access)

The Dawes Commission

Article chronicles the impact the Dawes Commission had the Oklahoma Territory and the Indigenous people who called it home. This commission was created through an act of Congress to convince the tribes to cede their lands to the federal government.
Date: Spring 1931
Creator: Brown, Loren N.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History