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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
Letters of Henry M. Rector and J. R. Kannaday to John Ross of the Cherokee Nation
Article includes and discusses correspondence between Henry M. Rector, Governor of Arkansas, Lieutenant Colonel J. R. Kannady, and Chief John Ross of the Cherokee Nation. Harry J. Lemley explores Ross's efforts to remain neutral as both Confederate leaders sought to ally with Cherokee Nation during the Civil War.
Date:
Autumn 1964
Creator:
Lemley, Harry J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Elizabeth Jacobs Quinton, Centenarian
Article describes an interview with Elizabeth Jacobs Quinton, a Choctaw woman, about her upbringing in the Choctaw Nation and her life at New Hope Mission. Mrs. C. M. Whaley discusses impressions of the woman and highlights the details of her account.
Date:
Summer 1951
Creator:
Whaley, Mrs. C. M.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History