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Bridgeport by the Canadian

Description: 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.
Date: Summer 1961
Creator: Poteet, Chrystabel Berrong

A Brief History of the Fort Sill Apache Tribe

Description: Article provides a history of the Fort Sill Apache Tribe and their ancestors, which included the Warm Spring Apache Tribe, the Chiricahua Apache Tribe, and the Nednai Apache Tribe. After detailing the history of these individual tribes, Benedict Jozhe describes how the Apaches were brought to Fort Sill and became prisoners of war until their eventual release.
Date: Winter 1961
Creator: Johze, Benedict

Colonel Cooper's Civil War Report on the Battle of Round Mountain

Description: Article summarizes and provides details for the report written by Colonel Douglas H. Cooper, a commander in the Confederate Army, about the Battle at Round Mountain fought against Muscogee (Creek) leader Opothleyahola. Muriel H. Wright provides excerpts of the report and includes maps and information about other Civil War battles.
Date: Winter 1961
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975

Delos K. Lonewolf, Kiowa

Description: Article describes the life, education, and career of Delos K. Lonewolf, preacher and nephew to Chief Lone Wolf. Hugh D. Corwin discusses his upbringing, family, and religious activities, as well as the occasions he accompanied his uncle to Washington, D. C. to serve as an interpreter.
Date: Winter 1961
Creator: Corwin, Hugh D.

Honorable Thomas P. Gore: The Blind Senator

Description: 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.
Date: Summer 1961
Creator: Billington, Monroe

In Dugouts and Sod Houses

Description: 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.
Date: Summer 1961
Creator: Giezentanner, Veda

An Indian Territory United Nations: The Creek Council of 1845

Description: Article discusses the meetings of delegates from the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Seminole, Kickapoo, Shawnee, Caddo, Wichita, Quapaw, Osage, Kiowa, and Pawnee tribes in council to discuss the issues of Indian Territory in the nineteenth century. A. M. Gibson includes a record of the proceedings by Cherokee Agent Pierce M. Butler and edited by newspaper editor William P. Ross.
Date: Winter 1961
Creator: Gibson, Arrell M.

Lieutenant Averell's Ride at the Outbreak of the Civil War

Description: Article introduces and includes the description of Lieutenant William W. Averell's journey from the Washington D.C. to Fort Smith at the outbreak of the Civil War carrying an order from the War Department. Muriel H. Wright explains the contents of the order, which was the withdrawal of troops from Indian Territory, and what it meant for the people of the area.
Date: Spring 1961
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975

Memorial Address: Oklahoma's Heritage

Description: 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.
Date: Summer 1961
Creator: Busby, Orel

Necrology, Winter 1961-62

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died; this issue discusses lawyer, judge, and civic leader Frederick Page Branson.
Date: Winter 1961
Creator: Moore, William B.

Notes and Documents, Fall 1961

Description: Notes and Documents column including a document about the publication of a cumulative index for The Chronicles of Oklahoma, and a story about the name of Oklahoma, which is derived from the Choctaw words for "red people."
Date: Autumn 1961
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975

Notes and Documents, Spring 1961

Description: Notes and Documents column including a document about the life and career of American Indian artist Acee Blue Eagle and the quarterly staff report of the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Spring 1961
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Summer 1961

Description: 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.
Date: Summer 1961
Creator: Maury, Dabney Herndon; Burnet, David G.; Haliburton, R., Jr. & Albert, Carl Bert

Notes and Documents, Winter 1961-62

Description: Notes and Documents column including a list of the life members of the Oklahoma Historical Society and a list of recent accessions to the library of the OHS.
Date: Winter 1961
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Oklahoma Historical Society: A Review in 1905

Description: Article introduces and includes a reprint of an extensive report written in 1905 by William P. Campbell about the founding and development of the Oklahoma Historical Society, lists of donors and gifts, newspaper publications, and collection items.
Date: Autumn 1961
Creator: Campbell, William P.

Otis Hoover Richards: 89'er

Description: 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.
Date: Summer 1961
Creator: Welsch, Glenn A.

A Pioneer Family in Old Greer County

Description: 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.
Date: Summer 1961
Creator: Clifton, Adelia
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