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Thrice Purchased: Acquisition and Allotment of the Citizen Potawatomi Reservation
Article explores the arrival of the Potawatomi in central Oklahoma after being pushed out of their communally held Kansas reserve and into the Indian Territory, the acquisition of a new reservation, and the means used to force them to own land as individuals.
Date:
Spring 2008
Creator:
Kraft, Lisa
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Tribute to the Pioneer
Article explains the events and resolutions passed by the Oklahoma Historical Society that honor the buildings and people who lived during the state's pioneer days.
Date:
Summer 1934
Creator:
Hobble, H.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Reminiscences of Charles F. Colcord, Address Delivered: Pioneer Reunion
Article is a speech made by the Oklahoma Historical Society's president, Charles F. Colcord, at the reunion of pioneers within Medicine Lodge, Kansas that paid tribute to the citizens of the state.
Date:
Spring 1934
Creator:
Colcord, Charles F.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Brothers of Influence: Auguste and Pierre Chouteau and the Osages before 1804
This article explores the pivotal roles that Auguste and Pierre Chouteau played in the European influence on the Osage tribe in the late eighteenth century which radically altered Osage social structure.
Date:
Autumn 2000
Creator:
Hurt, Douglas A.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"And The Skies Are Not Cloudy All Day": Drought and the Cherokee Outlet Land Run
This article details the difficulties that settlers of the Cherokee Outlet faced and how they coped with adverse conditions. Many environmental and economic factors contributed to their success or failure, including a major drought on the Southern Plains that coincided with the opening of the Cherokee Outlet in 1893.
Date:
Winter 2003
Creator:
Sweeney, Kevin Z.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"An anxiety to do right": The Life of Judge John Hazelton Cotteral, 1864-1933
Article provides a portrait of John H. Cotteral, the first federal judge for the Western District of Oklahoma and the first Oklahoman to occupy the bench of the circuit court of appeals. The article explores both the man and the legal opinions he wrote throughout his forty-year career.
Date:
Autumn 2000
Creator:
Leitch, Kevin C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Alex Howat versus John Wilkinson: Power, Personality, and Ideological Battles in the United Mine Workers
Article examines the factional in-fighting that tore apart the United Mine Workers solidarity as they prepared to strike in 1922. The ideological battle starred John Wilkinson, "renegade radical" Alex Howat, and Oscar Ameringer.
Date:
Spring 2005
Creator:
Sewell, Steven L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Early Chisholm Trail to Abilene, Kansas, 1867-71
Article describes the path of the Chisholm Trail from 1867 to 1871. There were two pathways used by Texas trail drivers to Kansas. One route is well-documented and depicted on modern maps as the "Chisholm Trail." This article demonstrates that a more easterly route was the first route used to trail herds to Abilene, Kansas, from 1867 to 1871.
Date:
Summer 2015
Creator:
Kraisinger, Gary & Kraisinger, Margaret
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Willard Johnston: Homesteader and Frontier Banker, 1881-1904
Article studies the development of frontier banking as exemplified in Willard Johnston's interests, which began in Shawnee and expanded to include numerous financial institutions and communities around the state.
Date:
Winter 2009
Creator:
Hightower, Michael J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
From the Tennessee River to Tahlequah: A Brief History of Cherokee Fiddling
This article traces the history of fiddle playing among the Cherokee and illustrates the importance of fiddle music to the people.
Date:
Winter 2009
Creator:
Castro, J. Justin
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sergeant I-See-O, Kiowa Indian Scout
Article pay tribute to Sergeant I-See-O who was, at one point, the oldest active member of the United States Army. Included is a speech he gave regarding his experiences at the Medicine Lodge Council as a representative of the Kiowa tribe.
Date:
Autumn 1935
Creator:
Swett, Morris
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History