Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 39, Number 2, Summer 1961
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Honorable Thomas P. Gore: The Blind Senator (Article)
Article describes the life and career of Oklahoma's blind Senator, Thomas P. Gore. Monroe Billington illustrates Gore's upbringing, the injury that resulted in blindness, his marriage and family, politics, and speech delivery.
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In Dugouts and Sod Houses (Article)
Article discusses the temporary shelters pioneers constructed in the wake of the Oklahoma land runs. Veda Giezentanner elaborates on the process of creating sod houses and dugouts, the difficulties faced by early pioneers, and the ways settlers made a living.
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Memorial Address: Oklahoma's Heritage (Article)
Article provides a memorial address in honor of Judge Edgar S. Vaught, Anabell Gum, and Roy M. Johnson. Judge Orel Busby explores the romanticism of pioneer history in Oklahoma and the individuals that helped build the state.
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Segregation in the Public Schools of Oklahoma Territory (Article)
Article describes early territorial legislation requiring segregation in public schools in Oklahoma. Frank A. Balyeat discusses his own recollections of the time period, how some schools remained mixed, and the history of education on the frontier.
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Official Minutes of Quarterly Meeting, the Board of Directors, the Oklahoma Historical Society, Quarter Ending, April 27, 1961 (Article)
This section includes the minutes of quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on April 27, 1961.
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A Tribute to Judge Baxter Taylor (Article)
Article provides a biographical tribute to judge, lawyer, and newspaper editor Judge Baxter Taylor. Edward M. Box explores the highlights of Taylor's life and career.
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Otis Hoover Richards: 89'er (Article)
Article honors the life and career of Otis Hoover Richards, a scribe and pioneer of Oklahoma Territory who made the 1889 land run. Glenn A. Welsch includes a memorial tribute to the man written by Mr. O. F. (Fant) Word.
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A Pioneer Family in Old Greer County (Article)
Article discusses the life of the Chitwood family on the Oklahoma frontier in Greer County. Adelia Clifton's adapted version of Maggie Chitwood Kilpatrick's manuscript includes stories cattle herding, conditions in the dugout house they lived in, and early education.
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Sarah Ann Harlan: From Her Memoirs of Life in the Indian Territory (Article)
Article provides an introduction to and includes the memories of Sarah Ann Harlan, a pioneer woman who was able to live in the Choctaw Nation with her husband on account of her heritage. Harlan's account includes stories of her family and upbringing on a plantation near the Alabama-Mississippi state line.
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Bridgeport by the Canadian (Article)
Article discusses the history, growth, and development of the town of Bridgeport on the Canadian River. Chrystobel Berrong Poteet describes the industries that gave birth to its location, the transportation methods used to cross the river, and the businesses established in the area.
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Notes and Documents, Summer 1961 (Article)
Notes and Documents column including two last letters on the life of Lieutenant William E. Burnet, a review of the newly established Museum of the Great Plains, and a tribute to historian Carolyn Thomas Foreman.
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Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 39, Number 2, Summer 1961, periodical, Summer 1961; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1760994/: accessed June 13, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.