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Annual Meeting at Muskogee (open access)

Annual Meeting at Muskogee

Article announces the location of the next annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society and the tour of historical sites that will commence during the meeting.
Date: Spring 1934
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society (open access)

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
The Annual Sun Dance of the Kiowa Dance (open access)

The Annual Sun Dance of the Kiowa Dance

Article describes the significance of the Sun Dance for Indigenous tribes. Also included is an account made by George Hunt as he witnessed a Kiowa Sun Dance.
Date: Autumn 1934
Creator: Hunt, George & Nye, Wilbur S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Century of Prohibition (open access)

A Century of Prohibition

Article chronicles the history of prohibition laws within Indian Territory. These laws were enacted before the rest of the United States started drafting similar laws.
Date: Summer 1934
Creator: Foreman, Grant
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Charles F. Colcord (open access)

Charles F. Colcord

Article announces the death of the president of the Oklahoma Historical Society, Charles F. Colcord, and the times for his funeral services.
Date: Winter 1934
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Cherokee Gospel Tidings of Dwight Mission (open access)

The Cherokee Gospel Tidings of Dwight Mission

Article details the establishment and impact of the Cherokee Gospel Tidings, a magazine published by the Dwight Mission within Indian Territory.
Date: Winter 1934
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Choctaw Landmark (open access)

A Choctaw Landmark

Article details the creation and significance of the Tobucksy County Courthouse that stood within the Choctaw Nation for fifty years.
Date: Winter 1934
Creator: Hefley, A. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Chouteaus (open access)

The Chouteaus

Article is a letter from a member of the Chouteau family disproving statements made by the Oklahoma Historical Society regarding Madame Marie Therese Chouteau's relationship with Pierre Laclede Liguest.
Date: Summer 1934
Creator: Demenil, Alexander N.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Christian Missions to the Overhill Cherokees (open access)

Christian Missions to the Overhill Cherokees

Article describes the missions created to convert the Cherokee people into Christians during the early 18th century.
Date: Spring 1934
Creator: Williams, Sam'l C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cynthia Ann Parker (open access)

Cynthia Ann Parker

Article recounts the story of Cynthia Ann Parker, a white woman taken as a captive by the Comanches at the age of nine who was later adopted into the tribe. The article attempts to correct misinformation regarding her story through a retelling by her grandson.
Date: Summer 1934
Creator: Wellman, Paul I.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Documents from the Cornerstone of the Nez Perce and Ponca Indian School (open access)

Documents from the Cornerstone of the Nez Perce and Ponca Indian School

Article is comprised of two letters written when the Nez Perce and Ponca Indian School was created to describe the creation and significance of the school building. These letters were uncovered when the school building was torn down.
Date: Autumn 1934
Creator: Reuben, James & Satterwhite, A. R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Dwight Mission (open access)

Dwight Mission

Article chronicles the difficulties faced by the Dwight Mission, a Methodist mission that served members of the Cherokee tribe, before and after the Civil War,
Date: Spring 1934
Creator: Finney, Alfred & Foreman, Grant
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Excavation of a Caddoan Earth-Lodge (open access)

Excavation of a Caddoan Earth-Lodge

Article documents the excavation of an earth-lodge mound within Oklahoma that was created by the Caddo tribe centuries ago.
Date: Winter 1934
Creator: Antle, H. R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Father Murrow: Civil War Period (open access)

Father Murrow: Civil War Period

Article chronicles the life of Father Joseph Samuel Murrow as he worked as a Baptist missionary within the Indian Territory.
Date: Spring 1934
Creator: Mackey, Alice Hurley
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Gen. James M. Shackelford (open access)

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
George W. Steele: First Governor of the Territory of Oklahoma (open access)

George W. Steele: First Governor of the Territory of Oklahoma

Article chronicles how the first governor of Oklahoma Territory, George W. Steele, was appointed and explains how the territorial government functioned prior to being admitted into the Union.
Date: Winter 1934
Creator: Peery, Dan W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Governor William Leander Byrd (open access)

Governor William Leander Byrd

Article chronicles the history and significance of the Byrd family. This family were prominent socialists within Virginia before William Leander Byrd became the governor of the Chickasaw Nation.
Date: Winter 1934
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Greer County (open access)

Greer County

Article documents the creation of Greer county within the Oklahoma Territory and the disputes between various governing bodies over its ownership.
Date: Summer 1934
Creator: Estill-Harbour, Emma
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Journal of John Lowery Brown, of the Cherokee Nation En Route to California in 1850 (open access)

The Journal of John Lowery Brown, of the Cherokee Nation En Route to California in 1850

Article transcribes the journal of John Lowery Brown as he and a band of Cherokee men traveled from Oklahoma to California during the Gold Rush.
Date: Summer 1934
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Murder of Elias Boudinot (open access)

The Murder of Elias Boudinot

Article explains how and why Elias Boudinot, Major Ridge, and John Ridge were killed by their fellow Cherokee tribesmen for signing treaties ceding parts of the Cherokee Nation to the United States. Included is a letter written by one the son of one of the supposed murderers.
Date: Spring 1934
Creator: Foreman, Grant & Ross, Allen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Murder on Turkey Creek (open access)

The Murder on Turkey Creek

Article describes the investigation of a murder of Richard Wannamaker by Dick Simpson as they traveled in a small caravan from Medicine Lodge, Kansas into Texas.
Date: Autumn 1934
Creator: Buntin, Martha
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, December 1934 (open access)

Necrology, December 1934

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including John Hickman Linebaugh, a Methodist minister and county judge; Asa E. Walden, a state legislature; and Rev. William Marshal Keith, a former Confederate soldier and Methodist preacher.
Date: Winter 1934
Creator: Underwood, W. H. & Williams, R. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, June 1934 (open access)

Necrology, June 1934

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including W. A. Ledbetter, a member of the Oklahoma Historical Society; Timothy John Leahy, a former teacher and lawyer; Judge Ralph Emerson Campbell, the first United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; James Hughart Nixon Cobb, a former soldier and teacher; and Lafayette Jones Akers, a delegate to the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention.
Date: Summer 1934
Creator: Stuart, H. L. & Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, March 1934 (open access)

Necrology, March 1934

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including John Wintrode Flenner, a newspaper reporter; and Clifton R. Breckinridge, the last member of the Dawes Commission.
Date: Spring 1934
Creator: Foreman, Grant & H. F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History