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Marking the Butterfield: Retracing the Indian Territory Segment of the 1858-61 Butterfield Overland Mail Stagecoach Road
In 2018 the National Park Service recommended that the Butterfield Overland Mail Stagecoach Road be designated a National Historic Trail. Sixty years earlier, OHS staff marked this important trade and transit route with historical markers. This article retraces the road, describing the landmarks as they appeared on the 1958 trek as well as their present conditions.
Date:
Spring 2019
Creator:
Dragoo, Susan Penn
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Mary Alice Hearrell Murray: A Chickasaw Girl in Indian Territory
Article examines the early life of Alice Hearell Murray and her impact on the beginning of the career of her husband, William "Alfalfa Bill" Murray.
Date:
Winter 2014
Creator:
Reese, Linda Williams
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
One Succeeded, One Did Not: Bacone College and the Oklahoma Presbyterian College, 1910-80
Article explores the success and failure of two American Indian institutions of higher education; Bacone College and Oklahoma Presbyterian College. While Bacone still serves students in the twenty-first century, Oklahoma Presbyterian closed in the 1960s. This article identifies the reasons why Bacone survived, and Oklahoma Presbyterian College did not.
Date:
Spring 2013
Creator:
Crum, Steven J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
“Educate or We Perish”: The Armstrong Academy’s History as Part of the Choctaw Educational System
Article explores the evolution of Armstrong Academy, a boarding school for American Indian boys, from its opening in 1845 to its untimely closing in 1920.
Date:
Autumn 2011
Creator:
Miles, Dennis
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History