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"No Home on the Range": The Miller Family's Great Swindle of Indian Lands (open access)

"No Home on the Range": The Miller Family's Great Swindle of Indian Lands

Article describes the unfair methods the Miller Family, owners of the 101 Ranch, employed to acquire land in the Cherokee Outlet from the Western Cherokee Indians who had received it from the United States government in 1928. Jo L. Wetherilt Behrens recounts the details of the various schemes and ruses the Millers employed to take advantage of their neighboring tribes.
Date: Summer 2004
Creator: Behrens, Jo Lea Wetherilt
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Forty Feet Under: Kaw City and the Kaw Project on the Arkansas River, 1957-1976 (open access)

Forty Feet Under: Kaw City and the Kaw Project on the Arkansas River, 1957-1976

Article describing the process of the construction of the Kaw Dam and Reservoir. From the mid-1950s the inhabitants of Kaw City, founded in 1902 in Kay County, anticipated the construction of Kaw Dam and Reservoir on the Arkansas River. As the bureaucratic process dragged on for decades, the project divided the community. Ultimately, the residents rebuilt on a new site, and by 1977 "Old" Kaw City lay forty feet under Kaw Lake.
Date: Winter 2006
Creator: Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Fall 2006 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Fall 2006

Notes and Documents column including William D. Welge's "The Andrew J. Reynolds Collection, 1880–1888," which highlights the donation of ledger volumes of the records of A. J. Reynolds, an Indian trader of Anadarko, Indian Territory. It also includes Jim Gabbert's "Chilocco Indian Agricultural School, A National Register Historic District," which celebrates the inclusion of the Chilocco Indian Agricultural School to the National Register of Historic Places.
Date: Autumn 2006
Creator: Welge, William D. & Gabbert, Jim
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Ponca City Hall

Photograph of the exterior of Ponca City Hall.
Date: August 2003
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Standing Bear Museum and Education Center

Photograph of a scene at the Standing Bear Museum and Education Center.
Date: July 26, 2008
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Standing Bear Museum and Education Center

Photograph of a scene at the Standing Bear Museum and Education Center.
Date: July 26, 2008
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

E.W. Marland Mansion

Photograph of the exterior of the E.W. Marland Mansion.
Date: June 20, 2005
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Newkirk Heritage Center

Photograph of a scene at the Newkirk Heritage Center.
Date: March 2004
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Standing Bear Museum and Education Center

Photograph of a scene at the Standing Bear Museum and Education Center.
Date: July 26, 2008
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Newkirk Heritage Center

Photograph of a scene at the Newkirk Heritage Center.
Date: March 2004
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Standing Bear Park

Photograph of a scene at Standing Bear Park.
Date: March 2004
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Standing Bear Museum and Education Center

Photograph of a scene at the Standing Bear Museum and Education Center.
Date: July 26, 2008
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Oktoberfest

Photograph of a scene during Oktoberfest, at the Marland Mansion.
Date: October 6, 2003
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

E.W. Marland Mansion

Photograph of the exterior of the E.W. Marland Mansion.
Date: August 13, 2001
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Standing Bear Museum and Education Center

Photograph of a scene at the Standing Bear Museum and Education Center.
Date: July 26, 2008
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Standing Bear Park

Photograph of the 22-foot bronze statue of Ponca Chief Standing Bear, created by Oreland C. Joe, in Standing Bear Park.
Date: March 2004
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

E.W. Marland Mansion

Photograph of the exterior of the E.W. Marland Mansion.
Date: August 13, 2001
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Kaw Lake

Photograph of a high water scene on Kaw Lake.
Date: July 2007
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

First Ladies Gown Exhibit

Photograph of the First Ladies Gown exhibit, at the Pioneer Woman Museum.
Date: April 2004
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

E.W. Marland Mansion

Photograph of the exterior of the E.W. Marland Mansion.
Date: August 13, 2001
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Standing Bear Museum and Education Center

Photograph of a scene at the Standing Bear Museum and Education Center.
Date: July 26, 2008
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Standing Bear Museum and Education Center

Photograph of a scene at the Standing Bear Museum and Education Center.
Date: July 26, 2008
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Iris Festival

Photograph of a scene during the Iris Festival.
Date: May 6, 2002
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Marland Mansion Restoration

Photograph of a scene during the restoration of the damaged Marland Mansion ceiling.
Date: April 2004
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History