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Notes and Documents
and head them off. The soldiers were too slow in getting started as there
seemed to be a lot of red tape about starting the U. S. army on an
expedition of this kind.
In the meantime, the posse was engaged in a running fight with the
outlaws until near dark when they went into a large willow thicket north
of the present town of Fargo, Okla. Just before this, some members of the
posse shot Doolin in the foot and wounded his horse so he had to abandon
it and rode on the same horse with Arkansas Tom. The soldiers arrived
about dark, charged the willow thicket but the outlaws all escaped.
Arkansas Tom kept Doolin concealed in the canyons near the present
town of Camargo, Okla., until his wounded foot healed. The total result
was one captured crippled horse by the posse men, no reward money and
Doolin was wounded in the foot.
There is still a school house and voting precinct known as Bluegrass,
but no store or postoffice. When the Katy railroad [M.K.&T.] built near
there in 1912, the town of Laverne was started a few miles east of Blue-
grass, and it is the principal trading point for that community now.
-H. S. Judy
OKLAHOMA'S HISTORY DISCUSSION COUNCIL
In February of this year the Oklahoma City Greater Libraries
presented to the Oklahoma Historical Society a plan and a program
for a series of discussions of Oklahoma. The purpose was to arouse
a larger and deeper interest in all Oklahoma history. The discussions
were to take place in the Auditorium of the Society each Thursday
evening from 7:30 to 9:00 p. m., beginning March 6, and ending
April 24. Stated subjects were set forth and the general public was
invited to participate in any and all sessions without charge.
The two young men appointed by the Oklahoma City Greater
Libraries to conduct these programs were Mr. Robert Duncan and
Mr. Walter Gray. One or more authoritative historians of the
State were to open discussions .and then under the direction of
a chairman in due season the audience was invited to participate.
The Oklahoma Historical Society through its Secretary earnestly
endorsed this movement and gave it as much publicity as possible
through letters, newspaper articles, etc. Mr. Duncan and Mr. Gray,
ably and vigorously, attended to every detail of securing public
interest and guarding carefully the development of each subject, both
as to speakers and preparation for the opening and closing of each
session and advising as to the length and closing of each evening's
program.
The dates, subjects and speakers for each program is here
set forth: March 6, "Oklahoma Folklore," Bob Duncan, Folklore
Consultant, Oklahoma City Libraries; March 13, "Oklahoma's Cow-
boys," Dr. E. E. Dale, Research Professor of History, University of
Oklahoma; March 20, "Religious History of Oklahoma," Rev. Rupert
Naney, Nichols Hills Baptist Church, Oklahoma City, Dr. John R.
Abernathy, Associate Minister, St. Luke's Methodist Church, and
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