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Annual and Quarterly Meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society and its Board of Directors, April 26, 1973

Description: This section includes the minutes of the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society and the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on April 26, 1973. Included is a response from Florence O. Wilson on becoming an honorary member of the society, a list of gifts received by the organization, and a list of new annual and life members.
Date: Summer 1973
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Ardmore Tragedy: Local History on an International Level

Description: Article chronicles the media storm of misinformation that followed the shooting of three college student in Ardmore, Oklahoma. The students were parked on the side of the road when two plain clothes policemen pulled over to apprehend them for public urinating. The ensuing scuffle left two of the students dead, one of which was related to Pascual Ortis Rubio, the president of the Republic of Mexico.
Date: Summer 1973
Creator: Hoffman, Abraham

A Brief Excursion into Journalism

Description: Article contains translations of The Choctaw and Chickasaw Observer, a newspaper handwritten and published in the Choctaw Nation during the Civil War.
Date: Winter 1973
Creator: Blaine, Martha Royce

The Carr-Penrose Expedition: General Sheridan's Winter Campaign, 1868-1869

Description: Article narrates the story of Major General Philip H. Sheridan lead his calvary force through a harsh winter towards Fort Lyon to assist Brevet Brigadier General William H. Penrose in protecting wagon trains and the mail service from attacks by the Plains Indians.
Date: Summer 1973
Creator: Taylor, Morris F.

Country Kitchen

Description: Article details the amenities and atmosphere found within a pioneer's kitchen.
Date: Autumn 1973
Creator: Bennett, Marj D.

Creek Indian Agents, 1834-1874

Description: Article details the actions taken by Indian Affairs Agents to monitor and manage the Creeks within Indian Territory from 1834 to 1874.
Date: Spring 1973
Creator: Boyd, Joel D.

The Death and Burial of Major Ridge

Description: Article chronicles the day three men killed Elias Boudinot, Major Ridge, and John Ridge who were part of the "treaty party" within the Cherokees who favored signing relocation treaties. Their killers were part of the Ross party who were opposed to the tribe's relocation.
Date: Spring 1973
Creator: Ballenger, T. L.

Edward P. McCabe and the Langston Experiment

Description: Article chronicles the activism done by Edward P. McCabe, the first African-American person elected to a public office outside of the South, as he encouraged more African-American people to settle within Oklahoma Territory. The article tells his story through newspaper articles published at the time.
Date: Autumn 1973
Creator: Roberson, Jere W.

The Elusive Meridian

Description: Article chronicles how the United States conducted several surveys over the course of 111 years to find the 100 Meridian, the boundary established in the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819 that separated the country from Spain.
Date: Summer 1973
Creator: Parker, Mary Ann

Episode at Cornwall

Description: Article chronicles how the Cornwall Mission School was shut down due to rumors of poor management spurred by an interracial marriage between one of the school's agent's daughters and an alumni of Cherokee origin.
Date: Winter 1973
Creator: Delly, Lillian

For the Record, Winter 1973-74

Description: For the Record section including a list of publications of The Oklahoma Historical Society that are for sale and their prices.
Date: Winter 1973
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society

Homesteading the Strip

Description: Article chronicles how the United States government opened the land called Cherokee Strip for settlement and the ensuing struggles of the settlers and the American Indians who lived there.
Date: Autumn 1973
Creator: Lucas, Robert C. & Gilstrap, Lucille

An Ill-Fated Expedition: The Experiences of Colonel Warner Lewis

Description: Article narrates the attack on Colonel Warner Lewis of the Confederate army as he and his men marched to New Mexico and Arizona by American Indians that left all of his men dead except for himself and one solider.
Date: Autumn 1973
Creator: Woods, H. Merle & Lewis, Warner

Indian Removal as Seen by European Travelers in America

Description: Article explains how European travelers felt about the American Indian's removal from their ancestral lands to west of the Mississippi River through journal entries and letters.
Date: Winter 1973
Creator: Stein, Gary C.

The Journal of Ado Hunnius, Indian Territory, 1876

Description: Article details the life of Ado Hunnius, a German man who served in the New York Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War as a map maker and solider, through his journal entries.
Date: Winter 1973
Creator: Mothershead, Harmon

Lieutenant George N. Bascom at Apache Pass, 1861

Description: Article attempts to paint an accurate picture of Second Lieutenant George Nicholas Bascom, who is mocked by historians for causing a long war between the United States and the Apache. Bascom was charged with capturing a young boy and stolen cattle from the Apache which turned into a bloody altercation after a misunderstanding between him and Chief Cochise.
Date: Spring 1973
Creator: Schoenberger, Dale T.
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