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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

New Hope Seminary

Description: Photograph of students standing on the porch of New Hope Seminary in Skullyville, Indian Territory. The building is a two-story wood structure, and the writing on the photograph reads "No. Study Hall." The New Hope Seminary was also called, Fort Coffee Academy.
Date: unknown
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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