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The Indian Territory in 1878
Article is a speech made by Colonel William Penn Adair at the fifth annual Indian International Fair regarding the history and impact of the Five Civilized Tribes. Adair was a prominent figure within the Cherokee Nation.
Date:
Autumn 1926
Creator:
Adair, William Penn
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Jack C. Montgomery: A Little Big Man
Article documents the life of Jack Montgomery and recalls his service with the Forty-fifth Infantry Division in World War II, where he received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the war.
Date:
Winter 2004
Creator:
Bean, Christopher B.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
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
The Restoration of Old Fort Gibson
Article details the history of Old Fort Gibson Military Reservation, as well as the restoration process that occurred about a decade later to reconstruct the old fort as Fort Gibson Military Park. Q. B. Boydstun delivers information from firsthand experience as chairman of the reconstruction commission.
Date:
Summer 1980
Creator:
Boydstun, Q. B.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Summer 1968
Notes and Documents column including a transcript of an interview with Harry H. Adams recounting his time in the traveling Brush Court and an explanation of the appointment of General John Nicks being appointed vice president for Independence Day at Fort Gibson.
Date:
Summer 1968
Creator:
Buchanan, James S. & Smith, Mrs. Melvin
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Autumn 1968
Notes and Documents column including a history of the establishment of the "4-D" school in the Cherokee Strip, an account of a fire that destroyed the Spaulding Institute, and a letter detailing the life of a Creek boy while attending school at the Kowetah Mission.
Date:
Autumn 1968
Creator:
Butts, Ferrol Ellis; Robinson, Ella M. & Barnett, Charles
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Antisuffragist. Antifeminist! Pro-women? The Anomalous Alice Mary Robertson
Article examining Oklahoma's first woman representative in the United States Congress, Alice Mary Robertson. In this article Robertson's attitudes toward suffrage, feminism, and women at home and in politics, are explored.
Date:
Spring 2010
Creator:
Caldwell, Deah
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Reading Room of Their Own: Library Services for African Americans in Oklahoma, 1907-1946
Article discussing the struggles African American Oklahomans faced for access to public library services. The first forty years of statehood brought a few successes, and by mid-century only eleven communities provided a public library facility for the state's black citizens.
Date:
Autumn 2006
Creator:
Cassity, R. O. Joe, Jr.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Alexander Lawrence Posey
Article details the life and lineage of renowned Creek poet Alexander Lawrence Posey as he became a political and educational leader.
Date:
Winter 1933
Creator:
Challacombe, Doris
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fort Blunt Civil War Fortifications
Article provides historical context for the fortification of Fort Gibson, previously named Fort Blunt by Union soldiers, through examination of archaeological evidence from the Civil War era.
Date:
Autumn 2017
Creator:
Cole, Robert L.
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
Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society
Article details the events that transpired at the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on April 18 and 19, 1934.
Date:
Summer 1934
Creator:
Estill-Harbour, Emma
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"She Has Surely Done Her Share": Miss Bessie Huff and the Muskogee Junior College
Article details the life and career of Bessie Huff, English and journalism instructor and dean at Muskogee Junior College, and pays tribute to her dedication to the people she taught and their education through stories told by former students.
Date:
Winter 2001
Creator:
Eversole, Dana
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes from the Diary of Susan E. Foreman
Article illustrates the daily life of Susan E. Foreman as she teaches at the neighborhood Cherokee school in Webber's Fall during the Civil War.
Date:
Winter 1969
Creator:
Finley, Linda
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Gen. James M. Shackelford
Article chronicles the military career of Judge James M. Shackleford who established the first United States Court within Indian Territory.
Date:
Spring 1934
Creator:
Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
General Eli Lundy Huggins
Article chronicles the life and accomplishments of General Eli Lundy Huggins. The general worked within the United States Army during the Civil War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Boxer Uprising in China, and in Indian Territory.
Date:
Autumn 1935
Creator:
Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
General William Goldsmith Belknap: Commandant at Fort Gibson, Fort Washita and Fort Smith
Article recounts the military career of General William Goldsmith Belknap as he commanded troops in Fort Gibson, Fort Washita and Fort Smith.
Date:
Summer 1942
Creator:
Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
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
The Centennial of Fort Gibson
Article details the historical conflicts surrounding Fort Gibson including its establishment and centennial celebration.
Date:
Summer 1924
Creator:
Foreman, Grant
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Clarence W. Turner
Article honors Clarence W. Turner, owner of the Turner Hardware Company. Through his company's success, Turner was integral to the prosperity of Muskogee County and the Indian Territory.
Date:
Spring 1932
Creator:
Foreman, Grant
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Editorials and Notes: Historic Fort Gibson
Article is a resolution made my the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society to dismantle Fort Gibson while establishing efforts to preserve the site's artifacts and records.
Date:
Autumn 1933
Creator:
Foreman, Grant
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Historical Marker at Three Forks
Article explains why the Muskogee Indian Territory Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution erected a monument on the bank of the Verdigris River.
Date:
Spring 1933
Creator:
Foreman, Grant
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma's First Court
Article details the opening day of the first court established within Indian Territory by the United States Government.
Date:
Winter 1935
Creator:
Foreman, Grant
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Lost Captain: J. L. Dawson of Old Fort Gibson
Article narrates the life and accomplishments of Captain James Lowes Dawson as told through correspondences made between his close associates, family members, and the federal government while he worked in Fort Gibson.
Date:
Autumn 1943
Creator:
Gardner, James Henry
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History