Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.

Article discusses the activities of Comanche raiders on their plunder roads that swept from Kansas to Mexico. Ralph A. Smith focuses on their exploits below the Rio Grande from 1843-1844.

Article introduces and includes the description of Lieutenant William W. Averell's journey from the Washington D.C. to Fort Smith at the outbreak of the Civil War carrying an order from the War Department. Muriel H. Wright explains the contents of the order, which was the withdrawal of troops from Indian Territory, and what it meant for the people of the area.

Article provides a continuation of the letters of William E. Burnett, an officer in the U.S. and later Confederate Army. In this third part of Raymond Estep's article, the removal of American Indians from Texas and the founding of Fort Cobb are highlighted.

Notes and Documents column including a document about the life and career of American Indian artist Acee Blue Eagle and the quarterly staff report of the Oklahoma Historical Society.

This section includes the minutes of quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 26, 1961.

Article provides a summary of the survey of historical materials related to the De Soto Expedition taken by the United States government, and the findings with regard to whether or not Hernando de Soto entered Oklahoma during his travels.

Article explores the life and work of the author's great-great-grandfather, William L. McClellan, agent of the Choctaw Nation in the early nineteenth century. Ben Collins Pickett's uses correspondence from the time to construct a picture of McClellan's operations as he procured his appointment and constructed the Choctaw Agency building.

Article discusses the history, growth, and development of the town of Bridgeport on the Canadian River. Chrystobel Berrong Poteet describes the industries that gave birth to its location, the transportation methods used to cross the river, and the businesses established in the area.

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.

Article describes the life and career of Oklahoma's blind Senator, Thomas P. Gore. Monroe Billington illustrates Gore's upbringing, the injury that resulted in blindness, his marriage and family, politics, and speech delivery.

Article discusses the temporary shelters pioneers constructed in the wake of the Oklahoma land runs. Veda Giezentanner elaborates on the process of creating sod houses and dugouts, the difficulties faced by early pioneers, and the ways settlers made a living.

Article provides a memorial address in honor of Judge Edgar S. Vaught, Anabell Gum, and Roy M. Johnson. Judge Orel Busby explores the romanticism of pioneer history in Oklahoma and the individuals that helped build the state.

Notes and Documents column including two last letters on the life of Lieutenant William E. Burnet, a review of the newly established Museum of the Great Plains, and a tribute to historian Carolyn Thomas Foreman.

This section includes the minutes of quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on April 27, 1961.

Article honors the life and career of Otis Hoover Richards, a scribe and pioneer of Oklahoma Territory who made the 1889 land run. Glenn A. Welsch includes a memorial tribute to the man written by Mr. O. F. (Fant) Word.

Article discusses the life of the Chitwood family on the Oklahoma frontier in Greer County. Adelia Clifton's adapted version of Maggie Chitwood Kilpatrick's manuscript includes stories cattle herding, conditions in the dugout house they lived in, and early education.

Article provides an introduction to and includes the memories of Sarah Ann Harlan, a pioneer woman who was able to live in the Choctaw Nation with her husband on account of her heritage. Harlan's account includes stories of her family and upbringing on a plantation near the Alabama-Mississippi state line.

Article describes early territorial legislation requiring segregation in public schools in Oklahoma. Frank A. Balyeat discusses his own recollections of the time period, how some schools remained mixed, and the history of education on the frontier.

Article provides a biographical tribute to judge, lawyer, and newspaper editor Judge Baxter Taylor. Edward M. Box explores the highlights of Taylor's life and career.

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.

Notes and Documents column including a document about the publication of a cumulative index for The Chronicles of Oklahoma, and a story about the name of Oklahoma, which is derived from the Choctaw words for "red people."

This section includes the minutes of quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on July 27, 1961.