Article explores the applications for employment at Platt National Park in order to paint a picture of the first years of Platt National Park and show how politics and personality affected federal hiring processes.
The mission of the Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) is to collect, preserve, and share the history and culture of the state of Oklahoma and its people. The OHS was founded on May 27, 1893, by members of the Territorial Press Association.
Article explores the applications for employment at Platt National Park in order to paint a picture of the first years of Platt National Park and show how politics and personality affected federal hiring processes.
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Abstract: The applications for employment at Platt National Park are an interesting and previously underutilized source of information on early Oklahoma. By exploring these applications J. Justin Castro and Lindsay Compton paint a picture of the first years of Platt National Park and show how politics and personality affected federal hiring processes.
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The Chronicles of Oklahoma
The Chronicles of Oklahoma is the scholarly journal published by the Oklahoma Historical Society. It is a quarterly publication and was first published in 1921.
Castro, J. Justin & Compton, Lindsay.The Life and Times of the First Applicants to Platt National Park, 1906-10,
article,
Summer 2013;
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
(https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2017004/:
accessed June 8, 2024),
The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org;
crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.