In this article Wendy St. Jean explores the methods by which cattlemen amassed large grazing pastures and describes how the Chickasaw government responded. These methods involved seeking marriage with Chickasaw women to obtain land in the Chickasaw nation.

In the second part of a two-part study, this article discusses the procedures followed by the church investigating committee and analyzes each of the charges James J. Stewart filed against bishop W. Angie Smith.

Article discusses the history and formation of Western Oklahoma's 179th Infantry, including details about the men who formed the regiment and their participation in the Korean War. Penn V. Rabb, Jr. also addresses some of the challenges the regiment faced: obtaining supplies to equip themselves, responding to both state and national emergencies, and organizational changes.

Article provides a fascinating account of Kate Barnard, a skillful but little-known "woman politician" whose dedication to social causes has not been equaled.

Article describes the lives of Reverend Joseph Leiper, wife Fanny Leiper, and Joseph's aunt Margeret McCarrell in their lives as Presbyterian missionaries running the Park Hill Mission, which functioned as both a church and a school for Cherokee residents of the area. Krisitna L. Southwell also describes the founding of the McCarrell Institute, one of the only schools for African American children in the area at the time.

For the Record section for Volume 78, Number 2, Summer 2000. It includes the minutes of the Quarterly Board Meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on February 16, 2000.

Notes and Documents section for Volume 78, Number 2, Summer 2000. It includes a document honoring Carl Coke Rister, who was inducted into the annual Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2000. It also includes a short document describing the Civil War cavalry jacket of Louis McLane Hamilton, held by the State Museum of History.