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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
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Article
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.
Object Type: Article
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.
Object Type: Article
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.
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Article
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.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, December 1934 (open access)

Notes and Documents, December 1934

Notes and Documents column including a note on the acquisition of antique fans by the Oklahoma Historical Society, a list of books recently acquired by the society, and the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the society's Board of Directors held on October 25, 1934.
Date: Winter 1934
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
St. James of Wagoner (open access)

St. James of Wagoner

Article details the services performed by the first Episcopal Church established within Wagoner county in the Indian Territory, the St. James Church.
Date: Winter 1934
Creator: Shannon, Daisy
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trading Post at the Crossing of the Chickasaw Trails (open access)

Trading Post at the Crossing of the Chickasaw Trails

Article documents the history of the Fred Trading Post within Chickasaw Nation. This post was significant in establishing better roads throughout Indian Territory.
Date: Winter 1934
Creator: Lewis, Anna
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Twenty-Seven Years a State (open access)

Twenty-Seven Years a State

Article commemorates the 27th anniversary of Oklahoma being admitted as the 46th state within the United States thorough the reprint of news reports that were published that day.
Date: Winter 1934
Creator: Peery, Dan W.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wapanucka Academy, Chickasaw Nation (open access)

Wapanucka Academy, Chickasaw Nation

Article chronicles the creation and significance of the Wapanucka Academy within the Chickasaw Nation.
Date: Winter 1934
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 12, Number 4, December 1934 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 12, Number 4, December 1934

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 12 starts after page 497.
Date: December 1934
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
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.
Object Type: Article
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.
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, September 1934 (open access)

Necrology, September 1934

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including J. E. Lemon, a member of the Oklahoma Legislature; Horace Brandriff Durant, an Indian agent; and Judge Joseph Albert Gill, a lawyer and state Supreme Court justice.
Date: Autumn 1934
Creator: Tidwell, Dorothy; Russell, Campbell & Gill, Joseph A., Jr.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, September 1934 (open access)

Notes and Documents, September 1934

Notes and Documents column including the minutes for the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on July 26, 1934.
Date: Autumn 1934
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Red Stick War: Creek Indian Affairs During the War of 1812 (open access)

The Red Stick War: Creek Indian Affairs During the War of 1812

Article details the alliances made between the Creek Nation and other foreign powers as they fought for their lands within North America.
Date: Autumn 1934
Creator: Hall, Arthur H.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Reminiscences by Peter J. Hudson (open access)

Reminiscences by Peter J. Hudson

Article recounts the events and experiences of the author, Peter J. Hudson, as he lived in and around the Choctaw Nation. Included are his memories of the roads, trails, settlements, names, mountains, streams, mining efforts, and events that happened within the region.
Date: Autumn 1934
Creator: Hudson, Peter J.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of Wichita Agency (open access)

Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of Wichita Agency

Article commemorates the 25th anniversary of the creation of the Wichita Agency by recounting how the institution was created.
Date: Autumn 1934
Creator: Hume, Ross C. & Peery, Dan W.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Story of the Telephone in Oklahoma (open access)

The Story of the Telephone in Oklahoma

Article chronicles how E. D. Hicks brought the telephone to the Cherokee Nation and its impact on the community.
Date: Autumn 1934
Creator: Fullerton, Eula E.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Trial of Stand Watie (open access)

The Trial of Stand Watie

Article explains the tensions present within the Cherokee tribe during the enforcement of the Indian Removal Act. The tribe was split into factions regarding whether to willfully give up their lands to the federal government. This tension is best seen with the murder trial of Stand Watie.
Date: Autumn 1934
Creator: Foreman, Grant & Paschal, George W.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 12, Number 3, September 1934 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 12, Number 3, September 1934

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: September 1934
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History