Notes and Documents, Spring 1973 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Spring 1973

Notes and Documents column including a note about the historic site of Webbers Falls, a history of the railroad being built through this site, and a list of books catalogued by the library of the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Spring 1973
Creator: McFadden, Marguerite
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Indian Territory Forts: Charnel Houses of the Frontier, 1839-1865 (open access)

Indian Territory Forts: Charnel Houses of the Frontier, 1839-1865

Article recounts the numerous diseases and afflictions that befell the soldiers stationed at forts within the Indian Territory during the mid 19th century. Included within the article is a list of those affected and killed by the diseases at the forts.
Date: Spring 1972
Creator: Kalisch, Philip A. & Kalisch, Beatrice J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Indian International Fair at Muskogee (open access)

The Indian International Fair at Muskogee

Article chronicles the success of the first Indian International Fair. Included within the article is an introduction to the fair followed by notes by Will R. Robinson who attended the fair during his childhood. Also included is a list of items offered throughout the fair's exhibits with rules and regulations.
Date: Spring 1971
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975 & Robinson, Will R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Intruders or Injustice? (open access)

Intruders or Injustice?

Article chronicles how four men and their families traded with the Cherokees shortly after the Civil War, at a time where most Cherokees in the Indian Territories were still rebuilding their homes and livelihood. The article shows the hardships faced by both the Native Indians and the settlers.
Date: Winter 1970
Creator: McFadden, Marguerite
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History