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Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf (CO&G) Railyard

Description: A 4 x 10 photograph print showing the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf (CO&G) station and railyard at Sayre, Indian Terr. Known as the "Choctaw Route", view includes two-stall engine shed, coalng facility, other buildngs and a few freight cars.
Date: 1907~
Creator: Wood, Sylvan R.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Cheyenne Short Line (CSL) Trackage

Description: A photograph copy of 2008.008.7028A Cheyenne Short Line (CSL) track construction just east of Cheyenne, OK. Sold to Clinton & Oklahoma Western (COW), and later to the Santa Fe (ATSF). [see also 2008.008.7096]
Date: September 1913
Creator: George, Preston
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Cheyenne Short Line (CSL) #8 (neg)

Description: A photograph negative of the Cheyenne Short Line (CSL) #8, 4-4-0, Cheyenne, OK between 1913 and 1917. "Originally built by Pittsburg for the Louisville, St. Louis & Texas Railway. Became No. 8 of Louisville, Henderson & St. Louis Railway upon reorganization in May 1896. Sold by LH&StL at Cloverport, KY, to CSL on June 13, 1913. Lon Ogle, fireman - left - and Orville Coons, engineman - on right . Copy of a negative from picture loaned me by Orville Coon."
Date: 1913
Creator: Coons, Orville
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Santa Fe (ATSF) M105 Gas-Electric Motor Car

Description: A photograph print showing the Santa Fe (ATSF) M105, gas-electric passenger motor car, station stop in Cheyenne, OK. "It's run was between Clinton, OK, and Pampa, TX. M105 was later destroyed in a head-end collision west of Cheyenne on Feb. 19, 1943. Santa Fe has now abandoned this line and the track and station are gone. This was originally the Cheyenne Short Line or 'Calf' portion of the 'Cow', nickname of the Clinton and Oklahoma Western."
Date: November 25, 1938
Creator: George, Preston
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Journal of Private Johnson: A Fragment

Description: Article narrates the life of George H. Johnson during the Battle of Washita, where the 7th U.S. Cavalry attacked a Cheyenne camp to push them across the Washita River. The journal entries document Johnson's trials as he and his fellow soldiers marched through the area during a stormy winter.
Date: Winter 1971
Creator: Shirk, George H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Old Bar X Ranch

Description: Article chronicles the history of the Old Bar X Ranch, a ranch that stood as a landmark at the end of a trail cattlemen used for grazing their herds.
Date: Spring 1971
Creator: Taylor, Nat A.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Battle of the Washita Centennial, 1968

Description: Article narrates the centennial celebration of the Battle of Washita. The battle resulted in the Peace Chief Black Kettle and his wife being killed by soldiers of the 7th US Cavalry as the attempted to cross the river. The battle ground is now a National Historic Site.
Date: Winter 1968
Creator: Thetford, Francis
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The History of Hammon and the Red Moon School

Description: Article discusses the establishment of the Red Moon Boarding School at the Red Moon Agency for the Cheyenne and Arapaho groups living on the reservation there. Patt Hodge describes the work of James H. Hammon and the success of the school.
Date: Summer 1966
Creator: Hodge, Patt
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Some Reminiscences of the Battle of the Washita

Description: Article discusses the Battle of Washita, the attack on Cheyenne Chief Black Kettle's village, from the perspective of two survivors, Moving Behind and Wolf Belly Woman. Theodore a. Ediger and Vinnie Hoffman provide historical context to the interviews they conducted with these Cheyenne women.
Date: Summer 1955
Creator: Ediger, Theodore A. & Hoffman, Vinnie
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma's Million Acre Ranch

Description: Article explores the history of Roger Mills County and the Cheyenne and Arapaho Cattle Company, which leased lands on the Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation. Melvin Harrell examines correspondence from the time to analyze the conflict that occurred between the cattlemen and the tribes living on the land.
Date: Spring 1951
Creator: Harrel, Melvin
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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