Milton W. Reynolds (Kicking Bird): The Man Who Named Oklahoma "Land of the Fair God"

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Article illustrates the life and career of Milton W. Reynolds, a politician and newspaper editor who advocated early allotment of land to Indian Territory tribe members and the remaining land being made available to settlers. D. Earl Newsom describes some of the impact he had in mass media as well as his connections with American Indian tribes.

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20 p. : ill.

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Newsom, D. Earl Summer 1996.

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  • Main Title: Milton W. Reynolds (Kicking Bird): The Man Who Named Oklahoma "Land of the Fair God"
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Article illustrates the life and career of Milton W. Reynolds, a politician and newspaper editor who advocated early allotment of land to Indian Territory tribe members and the remaining land being made available to settlers. D. Earl Newsom describes some of the impact he had in mass media as well as his connections with American Indian tribes.

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20 p. : ill.

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Abstract: Shortly before his death in 1890, newspaper editor Milton W. Reynolds, who used the pen name Kicking Bird, described Oklahoma as "a goodly land . . . the Land of the Fair God." Earl Newsom explores Reynolds' career, his early and strong interest in the Indian Territory, his efforts to see the area opened to non-Indian settlement decades before the boomer movement, and his contributions to a nascent Oklahoma Territory.

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  • Chronicles of Oklahoma, 74(2), Oklahoma Historical Society, 1996, pp. 198-217

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  • Publication Title: Chronicles of Oklahoma
  • Volume: 74
  • Issue: 2
  • Page Start: 198
  • Page End: 217

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Newsom, D. Earl. Milton W. Reynolds (Kicking Bird): The Man Who Named Oklahoma "Land of the Fair God", article, Summer 1996; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2031788/: accessed June 4, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.

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