Article discusses the creation of the Butterfield Overland Mail Route and its development. Muriel H. Wright explores how mail was transported by railroad and stagecoaches across the route, and the events that impacted the route's success.

Article discusses the lives of the pioneer couple Dr. Richard Moore Crain and his wife, who was Miss Anna Rebecca Neal before marriage. Carolyn Thomas Foreman discusses the difficulties they faced on the frontier, Anna's work as a schoolteacher, and Dr. Cain's work with the various tribes they lived among.

Article provides a historical overview of the health conditions among the five large tribes of Indian Territory from 1830 to the Civil War. Bernice Norman Crockett explores how epidemics and liquor trade impacted the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole, and Creek tribes, and the medical help that was available via missionaries.

Article discusses the history of No Man's Land, or old Beaver County, its initial land system after being claimed by Spain, various contracts over land use, the founding of the Santa Fe Trail, and the area's time as Cimarron Territory. This article is a reprint of the original, which was contained in the first issue of the Chronicles in 1921.

Article provides a biographical sketch of the life and career of Albert Clarence Hunt, Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma. Judge N. B. Johnson discusses the leadership positions the justice held, as well as the organizations he was a part of.

Article includes the memoires of Kittie M. Harvey, a pioneer woman who moved to Oklahoma Territory with her family and became a music teacher and helped run the small post office in Chandler. Harvey discusses life there and in Oklahoma City, and the people she and her husband Will Harvey interacted with.

Notes and Documents column including a note about a new booklet published by the OHS, a document about the settlement of No Man's Land, a reprint of notes about the creation of a bridge across the Red River, a document about the flags raised in Oklahoma Territory, and a detailed set of instructions for the route of the Washington Irving Trail tour written by George H. Shirk.

This section includes the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on January 24, 1957.

Article discusses the history of Cimarron Territory, also known as "No Man's Land" and the Oklahoma Panhandle, while describing the origin of the seal of Cimarron Territory that is displayed on the cover of this issue of The Chronicles.

Article discusses the history of Shade's Will on Zach Cain's Ranch, its founding by J. U. Shade and H. B. Fore, its importance as a stop for water in the cattle trade, and how it was developed in conjunction with Shade's Well Inn on the ranch.

Article reprinted from The Harvard Business Review discussing the organization and management of new products built around the experience of S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc., makers of Johnson Wax.

The Nevada Test Site (NTS) Use Committee met Tuesday morning, May 28, 1957, at Mercury, Nevada. This document provides a summary of the meeting.

Article describes the tract of land called "the Big Pasture" that was originally separated from Kiowa-Comanche-Apache lands, the process of allotting the land and opening it to homesteaders, and the names of the townsites that were set up there after the land was surveyed.

Article discusses the founding of Ponca City by the author's father, Burton Seymour Barnes, and the land run of 1893. Louis Seymour Barnes illustrates the growth of business in Ponca City and the order his father brought as mayor.

Article describes the history of Oklahoma Territory and its many land openings, the grand seal of Oklahoma Territory, and its designer Frank H. Greer. Muriel H. Wright explores Oklahoma Territory's legislative bodies, and Greer's link to the Oklahoma Historical Society.

Article provides historical context for a trip across Indian Territory taken during the Civil War era by a U. S. Cavalry unit and a unit of African-American federal soldiers, and recorded by Hospital Steward Thomas A. Muzzall. Highlights of his journal include Colonel Paul Harwood becoming lost during the expedition.

Article transcribes the writing of B. N. O. Walker under the penname Hen-Toh. Hen-Toh tells the story of Mon-Dah-Min and includes descriptions of Wyandot corn dishes and their history.

Notes and Documents column including additional notes for The Chronicles articles, a letter written by a Presbyterian missionary from a mission in the Choctaw Nation, a letter from a U. S. Marshal in 1889, a letter from Braman, Oklahoma, in 1897, and a document about the annual OHS tour for 1957.

This section includes the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on April 25, 1957.

Article describes the experiences of Dr. F C. Holmes, traveling dental practitioner, in Western Oklahoma at the turn of the 19th century. Holmes describes the homesteaders he encountered during this period and the practices he employed as a pioneer dentist.

Article describes the experiences of Ed H. Williams, railroad man turned farmer, homesteading his land claim in the Garfield County after the opening of the Cherokee Strip. Athie Sale Davis transcribes the man's personal narrative, which includes the successes and difficulties he faced on the frontier.

Article provides a survey of Oklahoma museums and attests to their importance. S. F. de Borhegyi first provides context to the creation of these museums and lists the statistics of their distribution, type, and attendance, then goes into further detail to describe the museums and their collections by city.

Article describes the land opening of the Cherokee Strip, or Cherokee Outlet, to homesteaders in 1893. The author, Joseph Sanford Wade, describes his experience as a spectator and some of the land claim disputes he witnessed.

Article discusses the history and imagery of the great seal of Oklahoma. Muriel H. Wright traces Oklahoma's journey to statehood and includes notes about the Sequoyah Convention and the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention.