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Action on Chilocco Creek

Description: Article discusses the establishment of Camp Schofield on Chilocco Creek, reports from United States army officers and troop commanders, drills and field exercises, and a simulated battle between troops stationed there.
Date: Autumn 1958
Creator: Shirk, George H.

American Indian Corn Dishes

Description: Article provides an overview of the corn dishes of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, and Quapaw tribes. Muriel H. Wright includes an introduction to the background of corn dishes among the tribes and a description of the basic dish, Hominy, popular among many of them.
Date: Summer 1958
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975

Captain David McNair and His Descendants

Description: Article describes the life and career of Captain David McNair, a prominent figure in the Cherokee Nation and owner of a boat yard on the Conasauga River. Carolyn Thomas Foreman discusses the people he helped throughout his life and includes correspondence from the time to create a clearer portrait of the man.
Date: Autumn 1958
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967

The Case of the Plagiarized Journal

Description: Article compares the famous account of the Washita campaign by General George A. Custer with a journal donated to the Oklahoma Historical Society originally belonging to Lieutenant P. N. Hardman of the 7th Cavalry who served in the same campaign. George H. Shirk questions which account came first, if one author plagiarized another, and what amount of information may have been fabricated.
Date: Winter 1958
Creator: Shirk, George H.

Committee Report Butterfield Overland Mail

Description: Article includes the report made by the Committee of the Oklahoma Historical Society for the tracing of the Butterfield Overland Mail Route and the selection of twelve sites along the route for historical makers to be placed. The Committee provides an in-depth description of their journey and the historic sites they visited.
Date: Winter 1958
Creator: Oklahoma Historic Sites Committee

The First Panhandle Land Grant

Description: Article describes the history of the first land grant in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Raymond Estep discusses how the Mexican state of Coahuila y Texas issued a large land grant to Stephen Julian Wilson under an empresario contract to settle 200 families there, and how the land changed hands over the years.
Date: Winter 1958
Creator: Estep, Raymond

The Magic City: Guthrie

Description: Article paints a picture of the daily activities and culture surrounding the founding of the city of Guthrie, Oklahoma.
Date: Spring 1958
Creator: Kansas City Times

Memories of the Indian Territory Mission Field

Description: Article describes the author's personal experiences as a student and teacher in Indian Territory. Lilah Denton Lindsey explores her own experience in the mission field as well as those she worked with. Included is an excerpt of a story told to her by Dr. R. M. Loughridge about early mission work in the area.
Date: Summer 1958
Creator: Lindsey, Lilah Denton

A Military Burial at Lake Altus

Description: Article provides a detailed account of the discovery and excavation of a military burial at Lake Altus. James B. Shaeffer explores the investigation of artifacts and remains that determined the skeleton to belong to a United States army soldier, and how that investigation is ongoning.
Date: Winter 1958
Creator: Shaeffer, James B.

Necrology, Summer 1958

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died; this issue discusses educator and former Secretary of the State Board of Education George Clair Wells.
Date: Summer 1958
Creator: Balyeat, Frank A.

Necrology, Winter 1958-59

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died; this issue discusses lawyer, business, and pioneer Richard Clyde Allen.
Date: Winter 1958
Creator: Moore, William B. & Branson, Fred P.

New Officers of the Historical Society

Description: Article provides biographical information about the new officers of the Oklahoma Historical Society and states their new titles. Colonel George H. Shirk has been elected new President of the OHS, H. Milt Phillips in the first Vice President of the OHS, and Mrs. Edna Bowman is the new Treasurer.
Date: Summer 1958
Creator: Fraker, Elmer L.

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 36, Number 1, Spring 1958

Description: Notes and Documents section for Volume 36, Number 1, Spring 1958. It includes an announcement regarding the volume's index, a description of a postmarked letter from Fort Gibson, a description of the peace pipe smoked by Colonel George A. Custer, a petition to incorporate Oklahoma City as a village in the state, a description of a homestead, and a note on the preservation of Blaine County in Oklahoma.
Date: Spring 1958
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975 & Chapman, Berlin B.

Notes and Documents, Fall 1958

Description: Notes and Documents column including documents about the restoration of the Old Garland Plantation Cemetery by the OHS, Brig. Gen. Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, historic sties and history of the Ada region, additional notes about the Saddle Mountain Mission Church, seminars and dedications related to the American Indian Hall of Fame at Anadarko, the new constitution of the OHS, and a list of recent accessions to the OHS library.
Date: Autumn 1958
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975; Wright, J. B.; Morris, Alton & Mitchell, Edith

Notes and Documents, Summer 1958

Description: Notes and Documents column including documents about the dedication of a bust of Robert Lee Williams, the OHS annual tour, the history of the Oklahoma Panhandle, the establishment of Boggy Depot State Park, the history of St. John's Mission in Prairie City, the history of Sivler City on the Chisholm Trail, a correction, and Oklahoma historical markers.
Date: Summer 1958
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Winter 1958-59

Description: Notes and Documents column including documents about a new brochure published by the Oklahoma Historical Society, historical notes about events, individuals, and sites, the Butterfield Overland Mail centennial, and notes on the boundary disputes between Texas and Oklahoma.
Date: Winter 1958
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
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