Parker, Judge Isaac (open access)

Parker, Judge Isaac

"Life of Hanging Judge Parker Recalled by Tarman", Carol Robinson, Norman Transcript, April 3, 1975. Story of Judge Parker reported by Fred E. Tarman, :editor emeritus of the Norman Transcript, and filed by Robinson. Early life of Parker in St. Joseph, Mo., Fort Smith, Ark. and Indian Territory is included. newspaper article
Date: 1975
Creator: Robinson, Carol
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Simmental cattle (open access)

Simmental cattle

None
Date: 1975
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Marietta Monitor (open access)

Marietta Monitor

June 6, 1975. Pages from this edition celebrating Love County Frontier Days. Schedule of events for the two days is listed. Graduates from Marietta High School, 1904-1921, are named along with old photographs of people and places in Love County. newspaper article - 2 pages
Date: 1975
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Clang! Clang! Clang! Went the Trolleys (open access)

Clang! Clang! Clang! Went the Trolleys

Orbit Magazine, April 20, 1975 by Mary Jo Nelson. Story of the streetcars in Oklahoma City prior to 1947. Originally three separate lines. Descriptions of the cars and their routes are in the article, along with some pictures. 5 pages, original, published material
Date: 1975
Creator: Nelson, Mary Jo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Ringling, Namesake of Circus Tycoon (open access)

Ringling, Namesake of Circus Tycoon

by Opal Hartsell Brown. From Prairie Lore, Oct. 1975, book no. 46, pub. by Southwestern Okla. Historical Society, vol. 12, no. 3. Story of birth of town of Ringling. Stories of how its namesake, John Ringling, was involved in the towns beginning include contact with Jake Hamon and John F. Easley. Other pioneers in the area are mentioned. 8 pages, photocopied (two copies)
Date: 1975
Creator: Hartsell Brown, Opal
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
First National Bank (open access)

First National Bank

Supplement to the Daily Ardmoreite, April 6, 1975. Story of the First National Bank and celebration of their new building is included in this newspaper section. Pictures of early buildings are included. 12 pages, original (two copies)
Date: 1975
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Kickapoos Moved South (open access)

Kickapoos Moved South

by Co. C. W. Mooney, Escort, Aug. 24, 1975. Story of move by the Kickapoo tribe from the area of Illinois and Indiana to southwest Missouri. 1 page, original published material
Date: 1975
Creator: Co. C. W. Mooney
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chamber of Commerce, Healdton (open access)

Chamber of Commerce, Healdton

Program from Mid-Winter banquet 1975. Officers for 1975 and 1976 are listed along with speakers at the banquet. 1 page
Date: 1975
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fort Washita Living Again (open access)

Fort Washita Living Again

From the Madill Record, an article titled, "Fort Washita 'Living' Again." Madill Record
Date: February 13, 1975
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Daily Ardmoreite, March 15, 1975 (open access)

Daily Ardmoreite, March 15, 1975

Last edition of the newspaper using the old letterpress.
Date: 1975
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association (open access)

Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association

"O.C.A. Emblem Idea Traced From Montana to Oklahoma", The Cowman, Feb. 1975. Story of the designer of the emblem used to depict the Oklahoma Cattlemens Association. Designed in 1954 by George Crouse, influenced by early personal experiences with Charles M. Russell on Indian Reservation in Montana. 2 pages, original, published material
Date: 1975
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fort Nichols (open access)

Fort Nichols

"Fort Nichols - Kit Carson's Mistake" by Vernon T. Ewing, Orbit Magazine, June 1, 1975. Account of the establishement of this fort near Boise City in the Oklahoma panhandle. Description of life at the fort in 1865 is taken from writings of Mrs. Marina Russell, whose husband, Lt. Richard Russell, served with Kit Carson at the fort. 2 pages, original, published material
Date: 1975
Creator: Ewing, Vernon T.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Randolph, Mollie (open access)

Randolph, Mollie

Story of Joe and Lucy Bailey and their life in early area near Pauls Valley. Mollie was one of fifteen children. Photocopy from "Prairie Lore" pub. by the Southwestern Oklahoma Historical Society, Oct. 1975. 2 pages, photocopied
Date: 1975
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Five Civilized Tribes Museum (open access)

Five Civilized Tribes Museum

"Five Tribes Retrace Century" by J. Bob Lucas, Tulsa Tribune, Aug. 18, 1975. Story of the rededication of the cornerstone at the building on "Agency Hill". Originally dedicated Aug. 18, 1875, it was the Five Civilized Tribes Indian Agency atop a hill west of Muskogee, Oklahoma. 1 page, original, published material
Date: 1975
Creator: Bob Lucas, J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wyatt Earp and the Tombstone Transcripts (open access)

Wyatt Earp and the Tombstone Transcripts

More, April 1975, vol. 5, no. 4. Historic account of the meeting between Wyatt Earp, and his brothers, Doc Holliday and the Clanton gang in Tombstone, Arizona. 3 pages, original, published material
Date: 1975
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Marietta Monitor (open access)

Marietta Monitor

June 6, 1975. Special edition supplement in celebration of Love County Frontier Days. Stories and pictures from early days are included. Seen are: churches, Col. Billy Washington, Judge & Mrs. Overton Love, Love County Court House, town of Old Eastman, Franklin School, Orene community (now Greenville) and others. 8 pages, original published material, 2 copies
Date: 1975
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Dougherty (open access)

Dougherty

"A Past to Remember, A Future to Mold" by Joyce Mulkey, Orbit Magazine, June 29, 1975. History of the town of Dougherty, its settlement by Mazeppa Turner and local development. 1 page, original, published material
Date: 1975
Creator: Mulkey, Joyce
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stewart, Roy P. (open access)

Stewart, Roy P.

"Born Grown: An Oklahoma City History", The Cowman, Feb. 1975. Information about the book, by Stewart and Pendelton Woods. 2 pages, original, published material
Date: 1975
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lowrance Springs (open access)

Lowrance Springs

Report of the addition of this site, formerly known as Chickasaw Boiling Springs, south of Sulphur into the National Register of Historic Places. This was the location of the Chickasaw Council Meeting in the fall of 1842. 1 page, Oklahoma Heritage, May 1975, vol. 4, no.5, published material
Date: 1975
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Benito, Gene (open access)

Benito, Gene

"Local Rancher's Hobby is Raising Wild Geese", Pauls Valley Democrat, May 25, 1975, by Larry Stalcup. Story of the man who raises geese east of Pauls Valley. newspaper article
Date: 1975
Creator: Stalcup, Larry
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History