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"He Was Into Everything": Joseph W. McNeal, Territorial Innovator (open access)

"He Was Into Everything": Joseph W. McNeal, Territorial Innovator

Article describes the life and diverse careers of Joseph W. McNeal, an Oklahoma pioneer who was a leading figure in banking, politics, business, and philanthropy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Helen Freudenberger Holmes explores the full life of this founder of the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Winter 1983
Creator: Holmes, Helen Freudenberger
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Editor and the Magic City: Frank H. Greer and the Beginnings of Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory (open access)

The Editor and the Magic City: Frank H. Greer and the Beginnings of Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory

Article provides a biographical study of the life of Frank H. Greer, a young newspaper editor who greatly contributed to the growth of Guthrie, Oklahoma, which became the temporary capital of Oklahoma Territory.
Date: Spring 1980
Creator: Grant, Valerie J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Everyone Got His Two Cents Worth": Leslie Gordon Niblack and the Guthrie Daily Leader (open access)

"Everyone Got His Two Cents Worth": Leslie Gordon Niblack and the Guthrie Daily Leader

Article provides a historical portrait the last decade of Guthrie Daily Leader editor Leslie Gordon Niblack's career, as well as some of the headlines and contents of the newspaper itself. Niblack was a supporter of the Democratic Party and often featured political stories, but his newspaper also featured stories about natural disasters, local events, and advertisements.
Date: Winter 1982
Creator: Hall, Dennie
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"No Wild Venture": The State Capital Publishing Building (open access)

"No Wild Venture": The State Capital Publishing Building

Article delineates the construction of the Oklahoma State Capital Building, led by the Oklahoma State Capital newspaper editor Frank Hilton Greer, and the history behind it. Lloyd C. Lentz, II, also explores the legacy Greer left through the conversion of the building to the State Capital Publishing Museum.
Date: Autumn 1983
Creator: Lentz, Lloyd C., III
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History