Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 60 starts on page 507.

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.

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

Article portrays the history of labor movements in the Tri-State District. Through the lead and zinc fields running through Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, miners who who at first were disinterested in unionization began to organize.

Article details the capture of the federal steamboat, J. R. Williams, and efforts by Confederate guerilla fighter Colonel Stand Watie to recapture the Arkansas River area for the South.

Article describes the life of John Stink, one of the Osages who benefitted greatly from the discovery of oil on allotted lands, and the legend of his return from the grave. Despite John's wealth and enigmatic reputation, he did not turn to materialistic pursuits and enjoyed a simple life.

Article describes the creation and development of the Oklahoma National Stockyards, which was the largest and most modern livestock enterprise ever conducted at one time. Carol Holderby Welsh describes the complex itself as well as the impact it had on Oklahoma City and the area surrounding it.

Article examines the contents of ex-slave narratives from the collection assembled under the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration. Monroe Billington points out that little attention was given to black slavery among the Indians of Indian Territory and focuses on related narratives.

Article describes the life of Miss Edith Johnson, pioneer reporter and staff writer for the Daily Oklahoman. Naomi Taylor Casey pays tribute to the impact of Miss Edith's daily column, and how it set precedent for future advice columnists.

For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 28, 1981. It also includes a list honoring the donors who gave gifts to the OHS in the third quarter of 1981 and list of new annual members of the OHS from April 30 to October 28 of 1981.

Notes and Documents column including a catalogue of microfilmed publications of the Archives and Manuscripts Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society.

Article explores the journey representatives from the Cherokee Nation took to find new settlement in Texas through the excerpts of a journal kept by a white man traveling with them, William Quesenbury. Though division within the tribe drove them to seek a better life, the traveling party continued to face more hardships on the road.

Article illustrates the proceedings of secession attempts by a four-mile strip of Grady County to become part of the neighboring Stephens County. Mary S. Redmond examines the motivations behind the secession as well as the reasons for the outcome of the attempts.

Article describes the history of Twin Territories: The Indian Magazine, as well as its 18-year old part Cherokee editor, Ora Eddleman Reed. Daryl Morrison provides a fascinating look at the life of the driving force behind the magazine, the upbringing that prepared her for success, and the creativity that led her to continue to tackle new projects later in her life.

Article examines the history of Oklahoma Territory using the collective biography approach and its associated resources. Richard C. Rohrs compares and contrasts this method with other popular research methods, and provides other examples of collective biography.

Article provides a nuanced view of the disadvantages Oklahoma tenant farmers faced in Indian Territory in the 1930-40s, which led to many leaving the area. Gregory R. Graves elaborates on cotton production in Oklahoma and the political, financial, and environmental factors that led to its decline.

Article describes the history of U.S. Navy warship "Oklahoma City." Mark K. Megehee and Devin Waggoner take readers through the ship's illustrious career, from its design in 1942, participation in both World War II and the Vietnam War, and eventually its decommission in 1979.

For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 27, 1982. It also includes a list of new annual and new life members of the OHS from October 29 of 1981 to January 27 of 1982 and a list honoring the donors who gave gifts to the OHS in the fourth quarter of 1981.

Notes and Documents column including Part 2 of a catalogue of microfilmed publications of the Archives and Manuscripts Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society.

Article illustrates the life of Ellen Whitmore Mohrbacher, a prominent businesswoman of Prague, Oklahoma. Mohrbacher's successes running the Savoy Theatre and high standards she upheld for the films shown there are chronicled here.

Article describes the events surrounding the murder of Katie DeWitt James in 1905, a crime which led to a bridge over Big Deer Creek being dubbed "Dead Woman's Crossing." Sue Woolf Brenner investigates the mysterious case and the questions still left unanswered that led to the creation of a local legend.

Article details the design and construction of the military road system in Indian Territory implemented by U.S. army troops in the nineteenth century. William P. Corbett explains how these roads improved transportation and allowed for federal regulation of the frontier.

Article describes the life of Tom Lee Ballenger, a professor at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah who spent a lifetime educating students and researching the history of Oklahoma. The title of the article is taken from an anthology Ballenger wrote about the capital of the Cherokee Nation and the people who established it.