Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 58, Number 2, Summer 1980
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Men, Mud, and Mules: The Good Roads Movement in Oklahoma, 1900-1910 (Article)
Article relates the history of the Good Roads Movement in territorial Oklahoma, discussing details such as the officials and associations involved in the construction of the new highways, obstacles that arose during the process, and the environmental factors that spurred the movement forward.
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The Restoration of Old Fort Gibson (Article)
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Desegregation of the Oklahoma City School System (Article)
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For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 58, Number 2, Summer 1980 (Article)
For the Record section from Volume 58, Number 2, Summer 1980. It includes the minutes of the regular quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 24, 1980. It also includes descriptions of the newly elected president of the OHS, Jack T. Conn, as well as new board member Ralph McCalmont. It also includes a list of OHS donors, and lists of the new annual and life members of the OHS.
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Notes and Documents [Summer 1980] (Article)
Notes and Documents column for Summer 1980, including a notice about the Edna May Armold Archives Room at the El Reno Carnegie Library, as well as a record of the mining disaster that occurred at Krebs Mine No. 11 in the form of a poem and a list of names of those killed.
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Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 58, Number 2, Summer 1980, periodical, Summer 1980; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1752290/: accessed March 29, 2023), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.