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About Some of Our First Schools in Choctaw Nation

Description: Article chronicles the federal government's attempts to restore and manage mission school buildings within the Choctaw Nation through correspondences between Indian agents and Representatives.
Date: Autumn 1928
Creator: Bryce, J. Y.

An Appreciation: Col. Joe C. Miller

Description: Article chronicles the life of Colonel Joe C. Miller. He cofounded the 101 Ranch with his brothers while being an adopted chief of the Ponca tribe and helping to mediate disputes between farmers.
Date: Autumn 1928
Creator: Sarchet, Corb

The Choctaw Academy

Description: Article details the establishment of the Choctaw Academy, a mission school that served young Choctaw boys, through correspondence written between faculty and staff.
Date: Winter 1928
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967

Colonel Forbis LeFlore, Pioneer and Statesman

Description: Article is a biographical sketch of Forbis LeFlore, a French pioneer, fur trader, and service man who was active within the Choctaw community.
Date: Spring 1928
Creator: Perry, Mrs. A. E.

Early Post Offices

Description: Article is a list of post offices active during the late 19th century.
Date: Summer 1928
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society

Early Post Offices of Oklahoma

Description: Article is a list of post offices located within Oklahoma and Indian Territory during the 19th century.
Date: Spring 1928
Creator: Foreman, Grant

Early Post Offices of Oklahoma

Description: Article is a list of post offices that were established within the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole Nations and their first postmasters.
Date: Autumn 1928
Creator: Foreman, Grant

Editorial: Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 6, Number 1, March 1928

Description: Article consists of editorials regarding collection materials within the Oklahoma Historical Society. Included is an announcement of the acquisition of a manuscript from the Sequoyah convention, a call for biographical sketches of members of the Constitutional Convention, an appreciation of the hard work put into making the Chronicles, and an announcement on the relocation of the historical society.
Date: Spring 1928
Creator: J. Y. B.

Editorial: Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 6, Number 4, December 1928

Description: Article consists of editorials written by staff members at The Chronicles. Included is a note of appreciation for the historic landmarks within Oklahoma, an announcement of an archaeological dig conducted by the Oklahoma Historical Society, and a philosophical thought regarding how future generations will think about history.
Date: Winter 1928
Creator: Bryce, J. Y.

Elizabeth Fulton Hester

Description: Article chronicles the life of Elizabeth Fulton Hester, the oldest resident of Muskogee, Oklahoma when this article was created. Mrs. Hester was a teacher within Indian Territory and a nurse during the Civil War.
Date: Winter 1928
Creator: Bostic, E. McCurdy

Five Hundred Million Dollars

Description: Article explains how the mineral resources within Oklahoma total approximately $500 million worth of mineral wealth annually.
Date: Spring 1928
Creator: J. Y. B.; Gould, Charles N. & Duhr, Matt

The Fly Leaf

Description: Article explains how John B. Beall and some of his fellow service men created the Fly Leaf, a newspaper distributed at Fort Washita.
Date: Autumn 1928
Creator: Methvin, J. J.

Fort Arbuckle

Description: Article chronicles the establishment of Fort Arbuckle, a military post built to protect the Choctaw Nation from the Chickasaw Nation and to protect emigrants on their way to California.
Date: Spring 1928
Creator: Morrison, W. B.

Letters of the Two Boudinots

Description: Article chronicles the life of Elias Boudinot through letters written between him and his family members. Boudinot was the editor of the Cherokee Phoenix newspaper and the subject of an interracial marriage scandal within a mission school.
Date: Autumn 1928
Creator: Dale, Edward Everett

Military Discipline in Early Oklahoma

Description: Article details the punishments soldiers received for "drunkenness" and "disorderly conduct" while stationed at military forts during the early 19th century.
Date: Summer 1928
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967

The Naming of the Canadian River

Description: Article chronicles how the Canadian River got its name. This river also serves as the inspiration for a county, town, roads, and businesses located within Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 1928
Creator: Thoburn, Joseph B.

The Naming of the Mississippi River

Description: Article explains how the Mississippi River was named by French explorers and early Choctaw tribesmen.
Date: Winter 1928
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975

Necrology, December 1928

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Extus Leroy Gay, a county clerk; Judge Arthur R. Garrett, a county lawyer and judge; Linta Bruner, a service man; Frances Chandler, a congressional representative; Mary Bell, the wife of a senator for the Choctaw Nation; and Andrew B. Cunningham, a missionary for the Cherokee tribe.
Date: Winter 1928
Creator: Bryce, J. Y. & McCombs, William

Necrology, June 1928

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Peter P. Pitchlynn, chief of the Choctaws; Albert G. Cochran, a teacher; Ambers Lafayette Bennett, a service man and politician; Joel B. Mayes, a teacher; Emory David Brownlee, a county judge and state senator; George McQuaid, a newspaper man; Robert M. Harris, governor of the Chickasaw Nation; Samuel Houston Mayes, former principal chief of the Cherokee Nation; Calvin Luther (Lute) Herbert, a lawyer; Theodore… more
Date: Summer 1928
Creator: Latta, Tom A.; Conlan, Czarina C.; Thoburn, Joseph B. & Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, March 1928

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including John M. (Jack) Barker, a state representative; Price Cochran, a service man within Indian Territory; Charles Oliver Frye, a lawyer; Christopher Columbus Mathies, a postmaster and county clerk; Don P. Wills, a school board member; John H. Seger, a former superintendent; James I. Wood, a delegate of the Constitutional Convection; Anna Louise Goldsby Winter, a member of the first Baptist church with Atoka county… more
Date: Spring 1928
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, September 1928

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Finis E. Folsom, H. W. Sawyer, H. O. Tener, Arthur Walcott, Clarence Herndon Howe, Dr. William Edgar Crowder, Col. Willie W. Wilson, Dr. J. J. Williams, Doctor Joseph F. Messenbaugh, and Almer E. Monroney.
Date: Autumn 1928
Creator: Conlan, Czarina
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