Oklahoma Historical Notes

were displayed exhibits from different Indian Schools including
Bacone, Sequoyah, Seneca, Chilocco, Fort Sill, and Haskell.
The Secretary represented the Society at the Southern Historical
Association in New Orleans, November 3-5, 1938.
The Regent of the Oklahoma City Chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution, Mrs. Charles Gordon Girvin has pre-
sented year books and other historical material to the Oklahoma
Historical Society. In the Year Book for 1938-1939 Mrs. Frank G.
Munson of Alva, State Historian, has reported an interest in State
and local history as shown in the following activities: Durant has
marked the grave of Reverend Dixon Durant; Cushing has set
aside a place for trees as a memorial to George Washington; Shaw-
nee has erected a boulder describing the Washington Irving Trail;
Pond Creek has placed two granite markers on the Chisholm Trail;
Oklahoma City has cooperated with the Eighty-Niners' Association
and the Park Board in marking with bronze plaques, the sites of the
first camp, the first military post, the first city hall, the first church
services, the first school, the first post office and other places of
interest. Historical programs have been given by the different
chapters on Statehood Day, Constitution Day, Flag Day, Washing-
ton's Birthday, Independence Day and Armistice Day. History
Scrap Books have been kept by ten chapters. Others have presented
exhibits of historical objects. The Black Beaver chapter is gathering
the history of early settlers. One member in the Alva chapter has
been busy tracing the route of Coronado across Oklahoma. Mrs.
Kenneth Kaufman of the Norman chapter has written a paper on
John Rollin Ridge and Mrs. Preston C. West has traced the history
of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Oklahoma. Mrs.
Virgil Browne of Oklahoma City has reported two hundred parti-
cipants in the American History essay contest and Mrs. Tide Cox
of Ardmore forty-eight.
Judge R. A. Hefner has renewed his offer to give $50.00
another year for the best paper on some phase of Oklahoma Bap-
tist history. The contest is open to all students of Oklahoma
colleges and universities whether undergraduate or graduate stu-

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