Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 69, Number 1, Spring 1991 Page: Front Cover

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Notes and Documents column including a document tracing the historical origins of the place name "Broken Arrow." Donald A. Wise examines the literature surrounding it and the Creek community that created the name.

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