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The Fort Towson Road: A Historic Trail

Description: Article narrates the author's experiences traveling down the Fort Towson Road that runs from Fort Smith to Paris, Texas. This military road was built to connect people across the Choctaw Nation to valuable resources and to allow easy transport of the military's resources.
Date: Winter 1927
Creator: Culberson, James
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Charity Hall: An Early Chickasaw School

Description: Article documents the construction and history of Charity Hall, a mission school dedicated to the education of Chickasaw youths that was built on the grounds of an old cotton gin.
Date: Autumn 1933
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Perryville at One Time Regular Military Post

Description: Article details the historical events centered on the Confederate military base, Perryville, located within Indian Territory.
Date: Summer 1926
Creator: Bryce, J. Y.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Unfinished Choctaw Justice: The Murder of Charles Wilson and the Execution of Jackson Crow

Description: Article relates the events surrounding the arrest, trial, and acquittal of Charles Wilson's political rival, Robert Benton, in Choctaw court after Wilson was murdered in August 1884. Jackson Crow, a non-Choctaw also accused of the crime, was convicted in federal court and executed in 1888.
Date: Autumn 2008
Creator: Mihesuah, Devon A.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Milton Co-Operative Colony: From Utopia to Ghost Town, 1913-1916

Description: Drawing from the writings of a former resident and the colony's promotional material, this article traces the rise and fall of the Milton Co-Operative Company, a socialist colony located in Milton, Oklahoma from 1913 to 1916.
Date: Spring 2000
Creator: Bumgarner, Norma Jane
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Skullyville and its People in 1889

Description: Article describes life in territorial Skullyville, Oklahoma, a town that was the original location of the first agency for the Choctaws in Indian Territory. G. E. Hartshorne, M.D. uses personal recollections of the town to describe its layout and people.
Date: Spring 1950
Creator: Hartshorne, G. E.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Doctor Forrest Pitt Baker and the History of the Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium

Description: Article details the first publicly run institution for tuberculosis in the state: the Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Talihina, Oklahoma. Under the direction of Dr. Forrest Pitt Baker advances were made that improved the lives of Oklahomans who were afflicted with tuberculosis.
Date: Spring 2011
Creator: Roberson, Glen R.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Heavener Enigma: A Rune Stone

Description: Article includes a report on the runes on a stone on Poteau Mountain near Heavener, Oklahoma, interpreting its meaning through the examination of various translations and suggestions of origin.
Date: Summer 1966
Creator: McRill, Leslie A. & Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Marking the Butterfield: Retracing the Indian Territory Segment of the 1858-61 Butterfield Overland Mail Stagecoach Road

Description: In 2018 the National Park Service recommended that the Butterfield Overland Mail Stagecoach Road be designated a National Historic Trail. Sixty years earlier, OHS staff marked this important trade and transit route with historical markers. This article retraces the road, describing the landmarks as they appeared on the 1958 trek as well as their present conditions.
Date: Spring 2019
Creator: Dragoo, Susan Penn
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Saga of Skullyville

Description: Article explains the significance of the city "Skullyville" withing the state of Oklahoma. The town featured bountiful natural resources that the citizens hoped would bring them prosperity.
Date: Summer 1938
Creator: Morrison, W. B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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