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Some Remnants of Frontier Journalism: A Record of Pioneer Life and Spirit
Article explains how the first newspapers published within Oklahoma Territory provided glimpses into the customs and culture of early pioneers.
Profile of a Prairie Radical: Judge Orville Enfield of Ellis County
Article describes the life and political career of Judge Orville Enfield of Ellis County, a member of the Socialist Party. R. O. Joe Cassity, Jr. defines Enfield's place in the history of Oklahoma radicalism and examines the concept of radicalism in the political scene.
Oklahoma Ghost Town Journalism, 1893-1907
Article chronicles the history of The Day County Tribune, a local newspaper that was operational during the late 19th century within Day county.
Old Grand, Ghost Town
Article explores the history of Grand, Oklahoma, which eventually became a ghost town. C. A. Squire describes how it was once the county seat of Ellis County and touches on each of the first settler families and individuals that built the town and established businesses there.
Early History of Catesby and Vicinity
Article describes the life of the author traveling into the Oklahoma frontier and settling the small community of Catesby. F. P. Rose's grandmother, Ella M. Rose, established the sod store that would become an important maker on the homesteader trail. F. P. Rose also lists the pioneers who settled Catesby's vicinity.
Pioneer Days in Ellis County
Article tells the story of one pioneer family living in Ellis County through the reminiscences of the narrator, herself being one of the children of homesteaders Lee and Ella Pollin. Violet Polin Igou recalls the difficulties the pioneer family faced as well as the growth of towns around them.
Necrology, Spring 1954
Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died; this issue discusses pioneer and county official Omar Ellsworth Null.
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