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Military Discipline in Early Oklahoma (open access)

Military Discipline in Early Oklahoma

Article details the punishments soldiers received for "drunkenness" and "disorderly conduct" while stationed at military forts during the early 19th century.
Date: Summer 1928
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Elizabeth Fulton Hester (open access)

Elizabeth Fulton Hester

Article chronicles the life of Elizabeth Fulton Hester, the oldest resident of Muskogee, Oklahoma when this article was created. Mrs. Hester was a teacher within Indian Territory and a nurse during the Civil War.
Date: Winter 1928
Creator: Bostic, E. McCurdy
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Intermarried-Whites in the Cherokee Nation Between the Years 1865 and 1887 (open access)

Intermarried-Whites in the Cherokee Nation Between the Years 1865 and 1887

Article outlines the interracial marriage laws present within the Cherokee Nation during the Reconstruction Era. Included is a list interracial marriages that were reported within the territory.
Date: Autumn 1928
Creator: Murchison, A. H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History