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Arthur Grant Evans (open access)

Arthur Grant Evans

Article provides a biographical tribute to the life and work of Arthur Grant Evans, a preacher and school superintendent of Cherokee National Seminaries. Frank A. Balyeat discusses the contributions and beliefs of the educator, which included his advocacy of American Indian and white students studying alongside one another in the same schools.
Date: Autumn 1960
Creator: Balyeat, Frank A.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Battle of Chustenahlah (open access)

The Battle of Chustenahlah

Article describes the events of the Battle of Chustenahlah, a battle waged between Confederate troops led by Colonel James McIntosh and Colonel D. H. Cooper and a Union faction of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation led by Opothleyohola near Hominy Creek in Osage County.
Date: Summer 1960
Creator: Shoemaker, Arthur
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Big Jake's Crossing (open access)

Big Jake's Crossing

Article explores the history of "Big Jake's Crossing," a way station on the Washita River where the author's father, Mr. G. W. Miller, set up a ferry for the use of travelers. Bess Rogers offers her own personal recollections of the time and frontier life.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Rogers, Bess
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Charles Newton Gould: "Covered Wagon Geologist" (open access)

Charles Newton Gould: "Covered Wagon Geologist"

Article describes the experiences and work of the "covered wagon geologist" Charles N. Gould. Mildred Armor Frizzell provides context to excerpts of the pioneer's autobiography, where he discussed his work conducting geological surveys and teaching at the University of Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 1960
Creator: Frizzell, Mildred A.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Charles Page: A Man--A Dream--An Opportunity (open access)

Charles Page: A Man--A Dream--An Opportunity

Article describes the life and work of Charles Page, businessman and benefactor to widows and orphans. Mrs. Walter Wood pays tribute to the philanthropist and his contributions to the foundations of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 1960
Creator: Wood, Mrs. Walter
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Charles Radziminski: Patriot, Exile, Pioneer (open access)

Charles Radziminski: Patriot, Exile, Pioneer

Article discusses the life and military career of Charles Radziminski, a Polish Revolutionary who became a U.S. Dragoon, a surveyor for the United States-Mexican Boundary Commissions, and an officer in the pre-Civil War 2nd Cavalry in Texas.
Date: Winter 1960
Creator: Radzyminski, Stanley F.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cherokee Planters, Black Slaves, and African Colonization (open access)

Cherokee Planters, Black Slaves, and African Colonization

Article describes the history of the American Colonization movement, repatriation of African Americans to Africa, and the history of plantation slavery in the Cherokee Nation. Theda Perdue explores the reasons behind the mass emigration and the struggles both enslaved and freed African Americans faced.
Date: Autumn 1960
Creator: Perdue, Theda
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 1, Spring 1960 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 1, Spring 1960

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 2, Summer 1960 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 2, Summer 1960

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 1960
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 3, Autumn 1960 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 3, Autumn 1960

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 1960
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 4, Winter 1960-61 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 4, Winter 1960-61

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 38 starts after page 456.
Date: Winter 1960
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Daugherty Ranch, Creek Nation (open access)

The Daugherty Ranch, Creek Nation

Article gives a brief history of the Daugherty Ranch, established in the Muscogee (Creek) Nation by James Monroe Daugherty. Ella M. Robinson describes the cattleman's journey, the extent of his holdings, and the success his met in Indian Territory.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Robinson, Ella M.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fred L. Wenner: Reporter (open access)

Fred L. Wenner: Reporter

Article describes the life and work of Fred L. Wenner, a reporter who came to Oklahoma Territory for the 1889 land run. Mary E. Newbern discusses the events Wenner covered and the development he observed in Oklahoma's early years.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Newbern, Mary A.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Joe Kagey: Indian Educator (open access)

Joe Kagey: Indian Educator

Article describes the life and career of Joe Kagey. A. M. Gibson specifically focuses on his contributions at the Seneca Indian School and to the history of education of American Indian youth.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Gibson, Arrell M.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lieutenant Simpson's California Road Across Oklahoma (open access)

Lieutenant Simpson's California Road Across Oklahoma

Article provides an introduction to and includes the report written by Lieutenant James H. Simpson, a member of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, providing an analysis about the route called the California Road. It includes references to texts of previous reports by Lieutenant A. W. Whipple and Randolph B. Marcy.
Date: Summer 1960
Creator: Dott, Robert H.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lieutenant William E. Burnet Letters: Removal of the Texas Indians and the Founding of Fort Cobb, Part II (open access)

Lieutenant William E. Burnet Letters: Removal of the Texas Indians and the Founding of Fort Cobb, Part II

Article provides a continuation of the letters of William E. Burnett, an officer in the U.S. and later Confederate Army. In this second part of Raymond Estep's first article, the removal of American Indians from Texas and the founding of Fort Cobb are highlighted.
Date: Winter 1960
Creator: Estep, Raymond
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lieutenant Wm. E. Burnet: Notes on Removal of Indians from Texas to Indian Territory (open access)

Lieutenant Wm. E. Burnet: Notes on Removal of Indians from Texas to Indian Territory

Article provides and introduction to and includes the letters of William E. Burnett, an officer in the U.S. and later Confederate Army, during the period of American Indian removal in United States history. Raymond Estep contextualizes these letters and how they provide a glimpse into the happenings of this era.
Date: Autumn 1960
Creator: Estep, Raymond
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Maria Tallchief, in History: Oklahoma's Own Ballerina (open access)

Maria Tallchief, in History: Oklahoma's Own Ballerina

Article provides a sketch of the career and family of Maria Tallchief, Oklahoma ballerina of Osage descent. Frank F. Finney, Sr. discusses the origin of the Tallchief name and Maria's road to success.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Finney, Frank F.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Memoirs of a Pioneer Teacher (open access)

Memoirs of a Pioneer Teacher

Article describes the life and memories of Harriet Patrick Gilstrap, a pioneer teacher who provides a personal narrative here of her time teaching on the frontier and working with the Sac and Fox Agency.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Gilstrap, Harriet Patrick
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Music in Oklahoma by the Billy McGinty Cowboy Band (open access)

Music in Oklahoma by the Billy McGinty Cowboy Band

Article discusses the history of Billy McGinty's Cowboy Band and radio broadcasting in Ripley, Oklahoma. Leslie A. McRill includes excerpts of transcripts of broadcasts that included the band's music and provided information about Billy.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: McRill, Leslie A.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 1, Spring 1960 (open access)

Necrology, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 1, Spring 1960

Necrology section from Volume 38, Number 1, Spring 1960. It includes documents honoring the lives of Indian Boarding School Superintendent Eva Zerline Lewers and community leader Lou Irion Clarke.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Langston, Aileen & Drake, Florence
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Negotiations for the Removal of the Choctaw: U. S. Policies of 1820 and 1830 (open access)

Negotiations for the Removal of the Choctaw: U. S. Policies of 1820 and 1830

Article provides historical context to the Indian removal treaties of the early nineteenth century and focuses particularly on negotiations with the Choctaw Nation. Arthur H. DeRosier discusses how the Choctaw allied with the United States government in previous conflicts, and the way their removal was debated by government officials.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: DeRosier, Arthur H., Jr.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Note on Abolitionism in the Choctaw Nation (open access)

Note on Abolitionism in the Choctaw Nation

Article highlights the idea of abolitionist sentiment being present in the Choctaw Nation pre-Civil War era and the discussion published in newspapers about missionaries supporting the anti-slavery movement.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Morrison, James D.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 1, Spring 1960 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 1, Spring 1960

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 1, Spring 1960. It includes documents about recollections of Oklahoma Territorial courts and laws and about a program commemorating the erection of Oklahoma historical markers at the land run lines of 1889 and 1893.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Johnston, L. Wayne
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History