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Forty Feet Under: Kaw City and the Kaw Project on the Arkansas River, 1957-1976

Description: Article describing the process of the construction of the Kaw Dam and Reservoir. From the mid-1950s the inhabitants of Kaw City, founded in 1902 in Kay County, anticipated the construction of Kaw Dam and Reservoir on the Arkansas River. As the bureaucratic process dragged on for decades, the project divided the community. Ultimately, the residents rebuilt on a new site, and by 1977 "Old" Kaw City lay forty feet under Kaw Lake.
Date: Winter 2006
Creator: Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"No Home on the Range": The Miller Family's Great Swindle of Indian Lands

Description: Article describes the unfair methods the Miller Family, owners of the 101 Ranch, employed to acquire land in the Cherokee Outlet from the Western Cherokee Indians who had received it from the United States government in 1928. Jo L. Wetherilt Behrens recounts the details of the various schemes and ruses the Millers employed to take advantage of their neighboring tribes.
Date: Summer 2004
Creator: Behrens, Jo Lea Wetherilt
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Fall 2006

Description: Notes and Documents column including William D. Welge's "The Andrew J. Reynolds Collection, 1880–1888," which highlights the donation of ledger volumes of the records of A. J. Reynolds, an Indian trader of Anadarko, Indian Territory. It also includes Jim Gabbert's "Chilocco Indian Agricultural School, A National Register Historic District," which celebrates the inclusion of the Chilocco Indian Agricultural School to the National Register of Historic Places.
Date: Autumn 2006
Creator: Welge, William D. & Gabbert, Jim
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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