The Building of the Railroads in the Cherokee Nation (open access)

The Building of the Railroads in the Cherokee Nation

Article chronicles how railroad companies overcame legal and territorial disputes to expand their businesses into the Cherokee Nation.
Date: Summer 1971
Creator: Self, Nancy Hope
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Life in the Cherokee Nation, 1855-1860 (open access)

Life in the Cherokee Nation, 1855-1860

Article chronicles what life was like inside of the Cherokee Nation before the Civil War. The article focuses on how tribe members interacted with authority figures, mission schools, architecture, and finances.
Date: Autumn 1971
Creator: Holland, Reid A.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0107.0465]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Rex Brinlee Tahlequah, On trial for Auto theft."
Date: February 8, 1971
Creator: Aker, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0139.0655]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: April 26, 1971
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0139.0658]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dr. Robert Collier, left, is inaugurated as Northeastern State College president Thursday as investiture is made by Lawrence S. Morrison, Ardmore, chairman of the board of regents for Oklahoma colleges."
Date: May 6, 1971
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0139.0659]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: May 6, 1971
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0231.0670]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Tahlequah vending machine employee Graden COLE testified before the noon recess that Brinlee had talked to him numerous times about the Bristow bombing"
Date: June 16, 1971
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0304B.0498]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A new training site at Tahlequah soon will become operational to offer needed training to persons in a six-county area of eastern Oklahoma."
Date: September 2, 1971
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0416.0207]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Homecoming queen"
Date: October 26, 1971
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1040.0107]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "An Oklahoma woman who has been progressing toward the top office of the American Legion Auxiliary during 25 years of membership is ready to make a traditional wager with the national Legion comander."
Date: July 2, 1971
Creator: Albright, Bob
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1040.0108]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: August 26, 1971
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1040.0109]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: August 26, 1971
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1293.0420]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Dogwood blooms like these should be abundant in the Tahlequah area about April 11, officials say."
Date: March 17, 1971
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1432.0594]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Family of Mrs. Fern Bolding enters door of Tahlequah funeral chapel to attend final rites Friday for bomb victim."
Date: 1971
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Rock Falls Raid, An Analysis of the Documentary Evidence (open access)

The Rock Falls Raid, An Analysis of the Documentary Evidence

Article narrates the legal and political battles fought over settlement of the Cherokee Outlet that accumulated into the creation of Rock Falls, a townsite that forced a confrontation between cattlemen and government agencies.
Date: Spring 1971
Creator: Savage, William W., Jr.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History