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Jake Hamon: "The Man Who Made Harding President"
Article details the life and career of Jacob "Jake" Hamon, legendary Oklahoma oilman and politician. An ambitious, opportunistic man in search of a presidential cabinet appointment, Hamon used money and influence to manipulate the selection of Warren G. Harding as the Republican Party's nominee in 1920.
Date:
Autumn 2009
Creator:
Floyd, Larry C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Ragtown: Wirt, Oklahoma, and the Healdton Boom
Article describes the growth and subsequent problems of the Oklahoma oil-boom town of Wirt in Carter County, also known as Ragtown. Emerging overnight as the center of the Healdton Field, Ragtown provided shelter and work for hundreds of assorted oil-field characters.
Date:
Spring 2009
Creator:
Freeman, Elizabeth F.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
On the Gallows' Edge: Capital Punishment, Appeals, and Presidential Clemency in Indian Territory, 1896-1907
This article continues Von Creel's study of the administration of justice in Indian Territory courts and expands upon the application of capital punishment. Von Creel details the cases of nine individuals who were convicted of capital crimes but who escaped hanging. Their stories involve the complicated legal processes of appeal, application for presidential clemency, commutation of sentence, and post-verdict motions.
Date:
Summer 2006
Creator:
Creel, Von Russell
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History