Captain David L. Payne: The Cimarron Scout (open access)

Captain David L. Payne: The Cimarron Scout

Article provides a biographical sketch of boomer leader Captain David L. Payne. Payne's relative, A. Suman Morris, constructs a picture of his career and personality through the recollections of those who knew him and through the recorded sayings of Payne himself.
Date: Spring 1964
Creator: Morris, Artemisia Suman
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 42, Number 1, Spring 1964 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 42, Number 1, Spring 1964

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 1964
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Colonel W. B. Hazen in the Indian Territory 1868-1869 (open access)

Colonel W. B. Hazen in the Indian Territory 1868-1869

Article discusses the military career of Colonel William Babcock Hazen, with particular focus on his tenure as a special military agent at Fort Cobb from 1868-1869. Marvin Kroeker discusses the man's work in Indian Territory as well as the state of American Indian tribes and their relations with the U.S. government during this time.
Date: Spring 1964
Creator: Kroeker, Marvin E., 1928-
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Folsom Training School (open access)

The Folsom Training School

Article discusses the history of Folsom Training School, a school run by the Methodist Church in Smithville, Oklahoma. Hugh D. Corwin discusses its establishment, student body, curriculum, and rules and regulations.
Date: Spring 1964
Creator: Corwin, Hugh D.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Heritage to Share (open access)

A Heritage to Share

Article tells the story of Ida Fancher's recollections traveling to a dugout home in Cheyenne-Arapaho country, as well as marrying on the Oklahoma frontier and raising her own pioneer family. Very Holding provides a rich description of the interview and outside context.
Date: Spring 1964
Creator: Holding, Vera Zumwalt
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Malmaison Today (open access)

Malmaison Today

Article discusses the establishment and history of Chief Greenwood LeFlore of the Choctaw Nation's mansion, "Malmaison," and its subsequent destruction in a fire in 1942. George H. Shirk describes the architecture of the building in its original state as well as its state in 1964.
Date: Spring 1964
Creator: Shirk, George H.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Minutes of the Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors, Oklahoma Historical Society, January 23, 1964 (open access)

Minutes of the Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors, Oklahoma Historical Society, January 23, 1964

This section includes the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 23, 1964.
Date: Spring 1964
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
My Pioneer Home in Old Greer County (open access)

My Pioneer Home in Old Greer County

Article describes the author's experiences traveling to and growing up in old Greer County. Laressa Cox McBurney describes the wagon journey, the type of pioneer home they had, neighbors, mail, and school on the frontier.
Date: Spring 1964
Creator: McBurney, Laressa Cox
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, Spring 1964 (open access)

Necrology, Spring 1964

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including pioneer abstractor Minnie Regina Slief and teacher Irene Buzzard Robison.
Date: Spring 1964
Creator: Slief, Golda B. & Drake, Florence
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Spring 1964 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Spring 1964

Notes and Documents column including documents about the Fort Washita Restoration process, Henry B. Bass's collection of Lincoln poetry, and additional historical notes.
Date: Spring 1964
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Old Greer County (open access)

Old Greer County

Article describes the journey of the E. M. DeBerry family from Texas to Old Greer County and their life on the frontier. Author Annie Laurie Steele includes an account by her aunt, Miss Rosabel DeBerry, about hunting, cooking, taking care of livestock, and housing visitors in their pioneer home.
Date: Spring 1964
Creator: Steele, Annie Laurie
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 42, Number 2, Summer 1964 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 42, Number 2, Summer 1964

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 1964
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
David Ross Boyd: Pioneer Educator (open access)

David Ross Boyd: Pioneer Educator

Article describes in detail the life and career of David Ross Boyd, justice, abolitionist, and first president of the University of Oklahoma. Edward Everett Dale lists the highlights of Dale's career, which includes several forays as a pioneer of education in Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 1964
Creator: Dale, Edward Everett
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
In Memoriam (open access)

In Memoriam

Article provides a memorial tribute to two individuals connected with the Oklahoma Historical Society. They are Edna Mary Fraker, active community figure and wife of Elma L. Fraker, and Carrie H. Shirk, president of several clubs and the mother of George H. Shirk.
Date: Summer 1964
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Life in the Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma Territory (open access)

Life in the Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma Territory

Article discusses the experience of the author and her family on the frontier after her father, Lincoln Carlile, bought a homestead on the "Cherokee Strip." Lillian Carlile Swartz describes the journey there, early education, and the outlaws that sometimes harassed local storeowners.
Date: Summer 1964
Creator: Swartz, Lillian Carlile
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Minutes of the Quarterly and Annual Meetings of the Oklahoma Historical Society, April 23, 1964 (open access)

Minutes of the Quarterly and Annual Meetings of the Oklahoma Historical Society, April 23, 1964

This section includes the minutes of the quarterly and annual meetings of the Oklahoma Historical Society that were both held on April 23, 1964.
Date: Summer 1964
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Summer 1964 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Summer 1964

Notes and Documents column including documents about the Board of Directors of the OHS, the dedication of the Nellie Johnstone historical marker, and historical notes about the Civil War and railroad companies.
Date: Summer 1964
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
On the Wichita-Caddo Range (open access)

On the Wichita-Caddo Range

Article tells the story of Big Jim Walker and his nephew, Hank. Big Jim was a rancher who grazed his cattle on the Wichita-Caddo reservation before it was open for settlement.
Date: Summer 1964
Creator: Poteet, Chrystabel Berrong
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Seneca Sub-Agency, 1832-1838 (open access)

Seneca Sub-Agency, 1832-1838

Article describes the history of the Seneca Sub-Agency, established after a group of Senecas were removed to the Ottawa and Delaware Counties of Oklahoma in the Antebellum period. Frank H. Harris discusses government relations with the groups and the agents that worked on their behalf.
Date: Summer 1964
Creator: Harris, Frank H.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Working Our Way through College (open access)

Working Our Way through College

Article provides a personal recollection of R. M. House's journey to attend Oklahoma A & M in Stillwater, Oklahoma. House describes the difficulties he faced and the people he met along the way using various modes of transport.
Date: Summer 1964
Creator: House, R. Morton
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 42, Number 3, Autumn 1964 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 42, Number 3, Autumn 1964

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 1964
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Investigation or Probity? Investigations into the Affairs of the Kiowa-Comanche Indian Agency, 1867 (open access)

Investigation or Probity? Investigations into the Affairs of the Kiowa-Comanche Indian Agency, 1867

Article discusses the investigation into the corruption of the "Indian Ring" a group of congressmen, commissioners, superintendents, and agents that were taking advantage of American Indians for financial gain. William E. Unrau posits that Kiowa-Comanche agent Jesse Henry Leavenworth was used as a scapegoat during this process.
Date: Autumn 1964
Creator: Unrau, William E.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lee Compere and the Creek Indians (open access)

Lee Compere and the Creek Indians

Article describes the work of Reverend Lee Compere, missionary to the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and the abuse he suffered by white commissioners investigating the killing of General William McIntosh. Carolyn Thomas Foreman investigates the state of government relations with the Muscogees (Creeks) during the early nineteenth century.
Date: Autumn 1964
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letters of Henry M. Rector and J. R. Kannaday to John Ross of the Cherokee Nation (open access)

Letters of Henry M. Rector and J. R. Kannaday to John Ross of the Cherokee Nation

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.
Date: Autumn 1964
Creator: Lemley, Harry J.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History