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Necrology, December 1938 (open access)

Necrology, December 1938

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Clement Allen Hancock, Giles Edward Harris, Robert Dunlop, John Charles Major, Francis Elgin Herring, Rachel Caroline Eaton, and William Christopher Hughes.
Date: Winter 1938
Creator: L. G. H.; Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975 & Williams, Robert L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, December 1938 (open access)

Notes and Documents, December 1938

Notes and Documents column including the minutes for the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on October 27, 1938.
Date: Winter 1938
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Chickasaw Threat to French Control of the Mississippi in the 1740's (open access)

The Chickasaw Threat to French Control of the Mississippi in the 1740's

Article chronicles the conflicts fought between French colonizers trying to establish the Mississippi River as a trade network and the Chickasaw tribes that called the region home.
Date: Winter 1938
Creator: Caldwell, Norman W.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Military Investigation of Colonel John M. Chivington Following the Sand Creek Massacre (open access)

The Military Investigation of Colonel John M. Chivington Following the Sand Creek Massacre

Article details the events that led to the Sand Creek Massacre and the subsequent trial of Colonel John M. Chivington to determine who were the aggressors of the event.
Date: Winter 1938
Creator: Mellor, Wm. J.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Choctaw-Chickasaw Court Citizens (open access)

The Choctaw-Chickasaw Court Citizens

Article details how legislative bodies created policies to recognize members of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes in an effort to disperse government resources and land rights to those individuals.
Date: Winter 1938
Creator: Brown, Loren N.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Historic Sites Around Anadarko (open access)

Historic Sites Around Anadarko

Article describes the Indian Agencies created around Anadarko during the 1800s and how they contributed to the history of the state of Oklahoma.
Date: Winter 1938
Creator: Hume, C. Ross
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chief Samuel Checote, with Sketches of Chiefs Locher Harjo and Ward Coachman (open access)

Chief Samuel Checote, with Sketches of Chiefs Locher Harjo and Ward Coachman

Article chronicles the life and accomplishment of the following Creek chiefs: Chief Samuel Checote, Chief Locher Harjo, and Chief Ward Coachman.
Date: Winter 1938
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma Historical Notes (open access)

Oklahoma Historical Notes

Article chronicles the dedication ceremony held at the Robert M. Jones Cemetery on April 26, 1938.
Date: Winter 1938
Creator: Moffitt, James W.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, September 1938 (open access)

Notes and Documents, September 1938

Notes and Documents column including the minutes for the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on July 28, 1938.
Date: Autumn 1938
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sources for the Study of Oklahoma Catholic Missions: A Critical Bibliography (open access)

Sources for the Study of Oklahoma Catholic Missions: A Critical Bibliography

Article lists primary sources that show the lifestyle and culture of the Catholic missions that were established within the Oklahoma and Indian Territories.
Date: Autumn 1938
Creator: Ursula, Sister M.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Unratified Treaty with the Creeks, 1868 (open access)

Unratified Treaty with the Creeks, 1868

Article chronicles the events that led to treaties between the Creek tribe and the United States government being unratified and filed away within the Indian Commissions offices.
Date: Autumn 1938
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Homesteading in Northwestern Oklahoma Territory (open access)

Homesteading in Northwestern Oklahoma Territory

Article details the living conditions and lifestyle of pioneers who settled within the northwestern region of Oklahoma Territory as homesteaders and cattle men.
Date: Autumn 1938
Creator: Harper, Roscoe E.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chief Lewis Downing and Chief Charles Thompson (Oochalata.) (open access)

Chief Lewis Downing and Chief Charles Thompson (Oochalata.)

Article chronicles the impact of Baptist missionary within the Cherokee Nation.
Date: Autumn 1938
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Colbert Ferry on Red River, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory: Recollections of John Malcolm, Pioneer Ferryman (open access)

Colbert Ferry on Red River, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory: Recollections of John Malcolm, Pioneer Ferryman

Article narrates the author's journey through the Chickasaw Nation while navigating the Red River.
Date: Autumn 1938
Creator: Morrison, W. B.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Colonel A. W. Evans' Christmas Day Indian Fight (1868) (open access)

Colonel A. W. Evans' Christmas Day Indian Fight (1868)

Article chronicles the events that lead to a fight between Colonel A. W. Evans' troops and a band of Comanche warriors after marching through the winter in New Mexico.
Date: Autumn 1938
Creator: Rister, C. C.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, June 1938 (open access)

Notes and Documents, June 1938

Notes and Documents column including the minutes for the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society held from May 5-6, 1938 and the minutes for the special meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on April 26, 1938.
Date: Summer 1938
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology,, June 1938 (open access)

Necrology,, June 1938

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Reverend Marcus Lafayette Butler, a descendant of the Duke of Ormonde; Virgil Durham, a county superintendent of schools; Mrs. Felix J. King, the founder of the Tifahaya Indian Club; W. W. Hastings, an attorney within the Cherokee Nation; and Joshua Buchanan Campbell, a newspaper man and pharmacist.
Date: Summer 1938
Creator: Babcock, Sidney Henry; Howell, C. M.; Garland, Marie; Thompson, William P. & Glasser, Harry O.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Saga of Skullyville (open access)

The Saga of Skullyville

Article explains the significance of the city "Skullyville" withing the state of Oklahoma. The town featured bountiful natural resources that the citizens hoped would bring them prosperity.
Date: Summer 1938
Creator: Morrison, W. B.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Excitement on the Sweetwater (open access)

Excitement on the Sweetwater

Article narrates a scrimmage between Captain Lyman's troop and a Kiowa raiding party that occurred near Sweetwater Creek.
Date: Summer 1938
Creator: Nye, W. S., Captain
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Governor Benjamin Franklin Overton and Governor Benjamin Crooks Burney (open access)

Governor Benjamin Franklin Overton and Governor Benjamin Crooks Burney

Article chronicles the relationships formed between governors Benjamin Overton and Benjamin Burney, and the Chickasaw Nation.
Date: Summer 1938
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Nunih Waiya (open access)

Nunih Waiya

Article explains the significance of Nunih Waiya, the capital of the Choctaw Nation. This place was named after a sacred mound near the Mississippi River that was created when the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes broke apart.
Date: Summer 1938
Creator: Lewis, Anna
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Founding of the Philosophical Society of Texas (open access)

The Founding of the Philosophical Society of Texas

Article chronicles the founding of the Philosophical Society of Texas, the oldest society in Texas that was created by the leaders of the Republic of Texas.
Date: Summer 1938
Creator: Gambrell, Herbert P.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Vigilantes in Early Beaver (open access)

The Vigilantes in Early Beaver

Article chronicles how Beaver City was patrolled by a vigilante group during its pioneer days through the narrative of a shoot out that occurred within the city.
Date: Summer 1938
Creator: Frederick, J. V.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes of a Missionary Among the Cherokees (open access)

Notes of a Missionary Among the Cherokees

Article narrates the experiences of Reverend Charles Cutler Torrey and his family as they traveled to the Indian Territory to become missionaries for the Cherokee Female Seminary.
Date: Summer 1938
Creator: Foreman, Grant & Torrey, Charles Cutler
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History