Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 67, Number 2, Summer 1989
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Diary of a Twentieth-Century Wagon Trip (Article)
Article includes the account of Ophelia Burrow, who journaled the long journey she and her family took from Rocky, Oklahoma to settle in Southeast Colorado. Josephine Mullins and William H. Mullins edit and provide an introduction with some historical context about the pioneer spirt of the era that the Burrows and Joneses kept alive.
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The Genealogy of Jesse Chisholm (Article)
Article investigates the descendants of Jesse Chisholm to clear up some of the confusion about his family line. Stan Hoig uses careful documentation to trace Chisholm's genealogy in a follow-up article to the biographical tribute to the man in The Chronicles of Oklahoma 1988 Winter issue.
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Old Baptist Mission and Evan Jones (Article)
Article describes the work of Evan Jones at Old Baptist Mission in Oklahoma. Evan Jones was a minister to the Cherokees who opposed Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy as well as slavery, and whose translation work led to books of the bible and his own newspaper being printed in a written version of the Cherokee language.
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The Oklahoma Land Run of 1889: A Centennial Re-Interpretation (Article)
Article reinterprets the 1889 land run, an event that was celebrated as a grand race but preceded many conflicts. Donald E. Green investigates documentation from the era to uncover some of the details behind the public portrayal of the event.
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For the Record, Summer 1989 (Article)
For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 25, 1989.
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Notes and Documents, Summer 1989 (Article)
Notes and Documents column including a letter from Aulena Scearce Gibson, the secretary of the Southwest Oklahoma Genealogical Society, to the editor of the Chronicles of Oklahoma correcting an error from Gordon Moore's work in the 1988 Winter issue. It explains the process of indexing the Oklahoma Tract Books and the fee charged.
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Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 67, Number 2, Summer 1989, periodical, Summer 1989; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1746794/: accessed May 27, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.