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Money Matters: The Stamp Scrip Movement in Depression-Era Oklahoma
Article expanding on the previous 2004 article on Oklahoma's reaction to the depression era banking crisis of early 1933. In this article, Gatch ties the origin of the scrip movement to the writings of Yale University's professor Irving Fisher and traces the implementation of scrip schemes in nearly three dozen Oklahoma towns and explains the reasons for scrip's early success and rapid demise.
Date:
Autumn 2006
Creator:
Gatch, Loren C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Businessman's Frontier: C. C. Hightower, Commerce, and Old Greer County, 1891-1903
This article delineates C. C. Hightower's role in a changing economy and chronicles his rise to prominence in business and civic affairs in prestatehood Oklahoma.
Date:
Spring 2008
Creator:
Hightower, Michael J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma's Air Ace: William T. Ponder and World War I
This article chronicles William T. Ponder's training and testing in battle against the backdrop of World War I aviation history. Ponder served with the French Aviation Service as part of the Lafayette Flying Corps and the U.S. Air Service where he became Oklahoma's first aviation war hero.
Date:
Summer 2008
Creator:
Moore, Bill
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History