Article includes and discusses correspondence between Henry M. Rector, Governor of Arkansas, Lieutenant Colonel J. R. Kannady, and Chief John Ross of the Cherokee Nation. Harry J. Lemley explores Ross's efforts to remain neutral as both Confederate leaders sought to ally with Cherokee Nation during the Civil War.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas relating a news story.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "FORT CHAFFEE, Ark. -- There's one man in the Oklahoma Army National Guard who can't make a mistake -- because everybody sees his work. He is the guard's sign painter, M-Sgt. Jack Clapp, 53, of Edmond."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "MASTER ARTIST of the Oklahoma Army National Guard, M. Sgt. Jack Clapp of Edmond, puts final touches on sign at Ft. Chaffee's main gate which will welcome visitors to tomorrow's Governor's Day Review."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "William O. Coleman, a native of Enid, was elected a vice-president and promoted to general manager of OG&E's Arkansas division based in Fort Smith."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Aerial view shows completed $13 million Lock and Dam No. 13."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Maj. Gen. Fred A. Daugherty inspects troops by helicopter Wednesday."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Gen. Clyde Eddleman, vice chief of staff of the U.S. Army, is presented with a momento of the 45th Infantry Division by division commander, Gen. Fred Daugherty, during a parade for Gen. Eddleman at Fort Chaffee, Ark., Tuesday, August 1st."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Saluting as colors pass the 45th Infantry Division reviewing stand Saturday at Fort Chaffee is Gov. Bellmon, right flanked by Maj. Gen. Fred A. Daugherty, division commander, center, and on the left, Brig. Gen. Robert Clarke Dunnington, Cherokee, assistant division commander."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "FORT CHAFFEE, Ark. - "Hot" units in Oklahoma's 45th Infantry Division can expect to have fewer drills when they return from summer camp. This good news was announced Tuesday by Maj. Gen. Francis S. Greenlief, deputy chief of the National Guard Bureau."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "greeted S-4 John. W. Coleman, Tulsa, this week during Oklahoma Army National Guard summer camp at Fort Chaffee, Ark"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Keeping Thunderbirds in stitches at Fort Chaffee, ark., is S-Sgt. Tom House of Oklahoma City."

Caption: "President Kennedy's big, 8-passenger helicopter beats skyward en route from Fort Smith airport to the Big Cedar celebration site."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "On guard at the helicopter that will carry the president from Fort Smith to Big Cedar is Pfc. Henry Kaufman, 20, a native of Briarcliffe, N.Y."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Angel Martinez"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Jackson Moore and Clyde Dollar pause in work along stockhouse foundation."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Workman trowel through dirt in search fro historic artifacts."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Tray of military buttons is displayed by archaeologist Jackson W. Moore."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Upstream lock gate on Arkansas River navigation system, Lock and Dam No. 13 near Barling, southeast of Ft. Smith, Ark."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The push of a button Saturday at Lock and Dam No. 13 southeast of Fort Smith lowered 100-ton gates into the Arkansas River, linking river navigation facilities between Arkansas and Oklahoma. This will tie Oklahoma trade markets to the oceans of the world."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "In operation, 23 years after its authorization, is Lock and Dam No. 13 on the Arkansas River. The opening of river traffic to Fort Smith, Ark., is signaled by he swirl of river waters around the closed gates of the dam. The project is expected to open the way for barge traffic to the Port of Catoosa near Tulsa by this time next year."