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A Bluff Shelter in East Central Oklahoma (open access)

A Bluff Shelter in East Central Oklahoma

Article reports on the excavation of a bluff shelter within east central Oklahoma. This shelter was a cave dwelling for those who lived within Oklahoma centuries ago.
Date: Autumn 1935
Creator: Antle, H. R.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Report of an Archaeological Site (open access)

Report of an Archaeological Site

Article reports on an archaeological excavation that occurred on a private citizen's farm within Oklahoma. The site revealed a grass lodge that was home to several American Indian families in the past.
Date: Summer 1935
Creator: Antle, H. R.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
An Unusual Antiquity in Pontotoc County (open access)

An Unusual Antiquity in Pontotoc County

Article explains the discovery of 32 metates during an archaeological dig.
Date: Winter 1935
Creator: Antle, H. R.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sons of the American Revolution (open access)

Sons of the American Revolution

Article announces the elected officers of the Oklahoma branch of the Sons of the American Revolution.
Date: Spring 1935
Creator: Brett, John Fred
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Difficulties Encountered in Issuing Cheyenne and Arapaho Subsistence, 1861-1870 (open access)

Difficulties Encountered in Issuing Cheyenne and Arapaho Subsistence, 1861-1870

Article details how an Indian agent stationed at the Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation ordered, delivered, and managed rationing supplies for the communities he served.
Date: Spring 1935
Creator: Buntin, Martha
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, June 1935 (open access)

Necrology, June 1935

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including James Monroe Hall who owned a business man whose endeavors helped shape the city of Tulsa and John Robert Williams who was a business man within the cattle industry.
Date: Summer 1935
Creator: Campbell, Harry & Peery, Dan W.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chitto Harjo (open access)

Chitto Harjo

Article is a historical sketch on Chitto Harjo (Crazy Snake) that was written by a student in high school and chosen for publication by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Summer 1935
Creator: Davis, Mace
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Supreme Court of the Territory of Oklahoma (open access)

The Supreme Court of the Territory of Oklahoma

Article details the orders given by the United States federal government to establish a supreme court within the Oklahoma and Indian Territories.
Date: Summer 1935
Creator: Doyle, Thomas H.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Tribute to Charles F. Colcord (open access)

A Tribute to Charles F. Colcord

Article pays tribute to the former president of the Oklahoma Historical Society, Charles F. Colcord, by outlining his life and accomplishments.
Date: Spring 1935
Creator: Ferguson, Walter
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Augusta Robertson Moore (open access)

Augusta Robertson Moore

Article documents the life of Augusta Robertson Moore as she grew up within the Creek Nation working alongside her family in the Presbyterian missions.
Date: Winter 1935
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Col. Jesse Henry Leavenworth (open access)

Col. Jesse Henry Leavenworth

Article documents the military career of Colonel Jesse Henry Leavenworth as he worked with the United States Dragoons.
Date: Spring 1935
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
General Eli Lundy Huggins (open access)

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
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Missionaries of the Latter Day Saints Church in Indian Territory (open access)

Missionaries of the Latter Day Saints Church in Indian Territory

Article narrates the missionary work conducted by member of the Church of Latter Day Saints, Bishop George Miller and Henry W. Miller, as they traveled to the Cherokee Nation.
Date: Summer 1935
Creator: Foreman, Grant
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, March 1935 (open access)

Necrology, March 1935

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died; this issue discusses Edward Merrick, a former member of the Dawes Commission and a representative from Muskogee county who served in the second legislature session of the state.
Date: Spring 1935
Creator: Foreman, Grant
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma's First Court (open access)

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
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Journal of Elijah Hicks (open access)

The Journal of Elijah Hicks

Article contains entries from the journal of Elijah Hicks, a delegate for the Cherokee tribe at a conference between the United States government and other tribes. This conference was hosted as an attempt to broker a peace between the state of Texas and the warring tribes of the west.
Date: Spring 1935
Creator: Foreman, Grant & Hicks, Elijah
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Battle of Honey Springs (open access)

The Battle of Honey Springs

Article chronicles the events that transpired during the Battle of Honey Springs that was fought during the Civil War.
Date: Summer 1935
Creator: Freeman, Charles R.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land of the Mistletoe (open access)

Land of the Mistletoe

Article is a poem romanticizing the environment and splendor of Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 1935
Creator: Hall, George Riley
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Old Council House (open access)

The Old Council House

Article explains the significance of the Old Council House of the Creek Nation as a historical landmark within the history of the Indian Territory. This building is where the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society was held in 1935. Included is a poem paying tribute to the old building.
Date: Summer 1935
Creator: Hall, George Riley
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Five Minute History of Oklahoma (open access)

A Five Minute History of Oklahoma

Article details the history of settlement and war within the state of Oklahoma before the region became an official state.
Date: Winter 1935
Creator: Hurley, Patrick J.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chief John Ross (open access)

Chief John Ross

Article is a biographical sketch of Chief John Ross of the Cherokee tribe.
Date: Winter 1935
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Governor Montfort Stokes (open access)

Governor Montfort Stokes

Article details the military career of Governor Montfort Stokes, the only former Revolutionary soldier who is interred within Oklahoma.
Date: Autumn 1935
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Indian Removal Message of President Jackson (open access)

The Indian Removal Message of President Jackson

Article is a speech given by President Andrew Jackson regarding his opinions on the removal of North American Indian tribes from their ancestral homes to the region west of the Mississippi.
Date: Spring 1935
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The McCurtains (open access)

The McCurtains

Article details how the McCurtain family rose to prominence and oversaw the daily operations of the Choctaw tribe as a dynasty of chiefs. These chiefs were charged with negotiation and signing treaties with other tribes and the United States federal government.
Date: Autumn 1935
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History