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The Frontier of Northwest Texas During the Civil War

Description: Article details the scrimmages fought within the Texas frontier during the Civil War. The frontiersmen were given little aid from the Confederacy as it prepared to fight with the North.
Date: Summer 1972
Creator: Tate, Michael L.

George Milburn: Ozark Folklore in Oklahoma Fiction

Description: Article describes the life and career of George Milburn, exploring the impact of his upbringing in the Ozarks in his works about Oklahoma and the way they preserved some of the oral traditions that persisted there.
Date: Autumn 1977
Creator: Downs, Alexis

George Washington Steele, Governor of Oklahoma Territory, 1890-1891

Description: Article describes the life and career of George Washington Steele, first governor of Oklahoma Territory from 1890-1891. Highlights include the debate over Guthrie or Oklahoma City becoming the territory's capital, and the ways Steele laid groundwork for future governors.
Date: Spring 1975
Creator: Hazell, Thomas Arthur

Georgia's Land Lottery of 1832

Description: Article describes the land lotteries held in Georgia in the 1830s and the "Indian Removal Bill" that occurred shortly beforehand. Douglas C. Wilms describes the state of the Cherokee Nation during this period and relations with the United States government.
Date: Spring 1974
Creator: Wilms, Douglas C.

Gerald A. Hale: Parking Meter Reminiscences

Description: Article narrates the history of how two men, Carl C. Magee and Gerald A. Hale, created the parking meter to help Oklahoma City solve the problem with overcrowded parking lots. The article also details the impact their creation had on the world.
Date: Autumn 1970
Creator: Fischer, LeRoy H.

Girl Scouting in Stillwater, Oklahoma: A Case Study in Local History

Description: Article describes the history of Girl Scouting in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Lynda M. Sturdevant discusses the formation of the Girl Scout Council and the many volunteer projects carried out under their leadership, which included tree and flower planting, drives and projects, and making cookies for the troops during World War II.
Date: Spring 1979
Creator: Sturdevant, Lynda M.

The Golden Age of Bloomfield Academy in the Chickasaw Nation

Description: Article chronicles the history of Bloomfield Academy, an all-female mission school within the Chickasaw District of Indian Territory. Included within the article is an appendix focused on the closing exercises of the seminary in 1904.
Date: Winter 1971
Creator: Mitchell, Irene B. & Renken, Ida Belle

Governor Lee Cruce and Law Enforcement, 1911-1915

Description: Article describes the efforts of Governor Lee Cruce to enforce prohibition and anti-gambling laws during his tenure, and the opposition he faced in Oklahoma politics from legislators as well as the public.
Date: Winter 1976
Creator: Casey, Orben J.

Governor Lee Cruce, White Supremacy and Capital Punishment, 1911-1915

Description: Article details the white supremacist policies and rhetoric surrounding governor Lee Cruce, Oklahoma's second governor. Despite his beliefs, Governor Cruce took a hard stance against excessive capital punishment for African-Americans and commuted many death sentences for them.
Date: Winter 1974
Creator: Casey, Orben J.

Henry C. Hitch and His Times

Description: Article chronicles the history of the Hitch family who settled within the Panhandle area of Oklahoma Territory and nurtured a love for nature and farming throughout the generations.
Date: Spring 1972
Creator: Stewart, Roy P.

Henry Elijah Alvord, 1844-1904: Soldier, Scientist and Scholar

Description: Article describes the life and career of soldier, farmer, and scholar Henry Elijah Alvord, who was instrumental in the land-grant college movement. Philip Reed Rulon and Ronald Eugene Butchart explore his contributions in his various roles.
Date: Spring 1974
Creator: Rulon, Philip Reed

Henry Kamp and Cultural Pluralism in Oklahoma City

Description: Article explores cultural pluralism in Oklahoma through the story of Henry Kamp, a German-American who established a home for his family in Oklahoma despite the difficulties created by anti-German sentiment during the first World War.
Date: Spring 1977
Creator: Elder, Harris J.

Hildebrand's Mill Near Flint, Cherokee Nation

Description: Article narrates the history and construction surrounding Hildebrand's Mill which was operational during the 19th century as a lumber mill.
Date: Spring 1970
Creator: Littlefield, Daniel F., Jr. & Underhill, Lonnie E.

Historians and Art: An Oklahoma Case Study

Description: Article chronicles Oklahoma's history through art left by American Indians before the founding of the United States of America.
Date: Summer 1974
Creator: Olds, Frederick A.

The Historic Preservation Movement in Oklahoma

Description: Article discusses the history of historic preservation in Oklahoma and the involvement of the Oklahoma Historical Society and the University of Oklahoma in establishing preservation projects, marking sites, and performing research about the historical significance of these sites.
Date: Spring 1979
Creator: Fischer, LeRoy H.

A History of Wagoner, Oklahoma, from S. S. Cobb

Description: Article narrates the life within Wagoner county from the perspective of S. S. Cobb, a Cherokee man who moved from Tennessee to Oklahoma in shortly after the Civil War.
Date: Winter 1972
Creator: Wilson, L. W.

Homesteading the Strip

Description: Article chronicles how the United States government opened the land called Cherokee Strip for settlement and the ensuing struggles of the settlers and the American Indians who lived there.
Date: Autumn 1973
Creator: Lucas, Robert C. & Gilstrap, Lucille

Horsethief Canyon: Landmark on the Cimarron River

Description: Article explores the history and local folklore of Horsethief Canyon, an Oklahoma landmark on the Cimarron River with its own legends.
Date: Spring 1978
Creator: Fischer, LeRoy H. & Isern, Thomas D.

An Ill-Fated Expedition: The Experiences of Colonel Warner Lewis

Description: Article narrates the attack on Colonel Warner Lewis of the Confederate army as he and his men marched to New Mexico and Arizona by American Indians that left all of his men dead except for himself and one solider.
Date: Autumn 1973
Creator: Woods, H. Merle & Lewis, Warner
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