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An Indian Raid into Texas

Description: Article details how for Kiowa men raided a Texas compound.
Date: Spring 1937
Creator: Nye, Wilbur S.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Battle of Wichita Village

Description: Article details the events that led to the Battle of Wichita Village, a battle fought between Texan troopers and the Comanche tribe.
Date: Summer 1937
Creator: Nye, Wilbur S.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Brief History of the Red River Country Since 1803

Description: Article traces the history of Red River county from the time of the Louisiana Purchase to 1938. This history visits the time when the territory was conquered by Spain, France, England, and the United States.
Date: Spring 1938
Creator: Estill-Harbour, Emma
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Excitement on the Sweetwater

Description: Article narrates a scrimmage between Captain Lyman's troop and a Kiowa raiding party that occurred near Sweetwater Creek.
Date: Summer 1938
Creator: Nye, Wilbur S.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Colonel A. W. Evans' Christmas Day Indian Fight (1868)

Description: Article chronicles the events that lead to a fight between Colonel A. W. Evans' troops and a band of Comanche warriors after marching through the winter in New Mexico.
Date: Autumn 1938
Creator: Rister, Carl Coke
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, March 1939

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including William Lee Alexander, Joseph Francis King, Thomas Horner Owen, Ricard D. (Jack) Morgan, Joseph Augustus Lawrence, Mary Emily Hensley, George Madison Berry, Frank Hensley, Margaret J. Ervin, Robert Barnett Mitchell, Harvey T. Church, C. Guy Cutlip, and Mrs. John Randolph Frazier.
Date: Spring 1939
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, June 1939

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including John Bell Turner, Charles Bolivar Barker, Reverend Edward Rutledge Williams, William Thomas Dalton, Casper Wister Herod, John Mitten Carr, Alice Hearrell Murray, and Harry Lee Stuart.
Date: Summer 1939
Creator: Bell, R. R.; Moore, Jesse E. & Williams, Robert L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Indian International Fair

Description: Article chronicles how the first few Indian International Fairs were organized and describes the significance of these events.
Date: Winter 1939
Creator: Robinson, Ella M.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, December 1939

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Frank Pearson Johnson, a banker and business leader; James Haskins Sutherlin, a former state senator; Charles W. Raymond, a federal judge of the Indian Territory; and Thomas Lawrence Wade Jr., a delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
Date: Winter 1939
Creator: Brown, Cecil J.; Williams, Robert L. & Martin, Benjamin
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Excavation of a Caddoan Earth-Lodge

Description: Article documents the excavation of an earth-lodge mound within Oklahoma that was created by the Caddo tribe centuries ago.
Date: Winter 1934
Creator: Antle, H. R.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, June 1931

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Edward Overholser, the president of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce; Revered Calvin James Ralston of the Presbyterian Church; Curtis J. Phillips, a business man; Philip G. Phelps, a member of the Presbyterian Church; Philip Bernard Hopkins, a unaffiliated constitutional delegate; Wilbert Lee Poole, a school principal; William Grimes, a newspaper printer; and John Graves Leeper, a businessman.
Date: Summer 1931
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Opening of the Cherokee Outlet

Description: Article details how the Cherokee tribe divided their lands and established a prosperous community with other surrounding tribes during the opening of the Cherokee Outlet.
Date: Autumn 1931
Creator: Milam, Joe Bartley
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Opening of the Cherokee Outlet: Continued

Description: Article continues narrating the events that transpired during the opening of the Cherokee Outlet for settling while also detailing the processes for acquiring land within the region.
Date: Winter 1931
Creator: Milam, Joe Bartley
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Opening of the Cherokee Outlet: The Run

Description: Article narrates the events that transpired the day the Oklahoma Territory gained over 8 million acers of the Cherokee Outlet and opened for settlement.
Date: Spring 1932
Creator: Milam, Joe Bartley
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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