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The Chouteaus

Description: Article is a letter from a member of the Chouteau family disproving statements made by the Oklahoma Historical Society regarding Madame Marie Therese Chouteau's relationship with Pierre Laclede Liguest.
Date: Summer 1934
Creator: Demenil, Alexander N.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Tribute to the Pioneer

Description: Article explains the events and resolutions passed by the Oklahoma Historical Society that honor the buildings and people who lived during the state's pioneer days.
Date: Summer 1934
Creator: Hobble, H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Story of the Telephone in Oklahoma

Description: Article chronicles how E. D. Hicks brought the telephone to the Cherokee Nation and its impact on the community.
Date: Autumn 1934
Creator: Fullerton, Eula E.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Murder on Turkey Creek

Description: Article describes the investigation of a murder of Richard Wannamaker by Dick Simpson as they traveled in a small caravan from Medicine Lodge, Kansas into Texas.
Date: Autumn 1934
Creator: Buntin, Martha
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Father Murrow: Civil War Period

Description: Article chronicles the life of Father Joseph Samuel Murrow as he worked as a Baptist missionary within the Indian Territory.
Date: Spring 1934
Creator: Mackey, Alice Hurley
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Survey of a Wagon Road from Fort Smith to the Colorado River

Description: Article explains the purpose of bridges that connected San Boise to Little River through a report made by a surveyor. These bridges were meant to establish a route from Fort Smith to California, but were destroyed during the Civil War.
Date: Spring 1934
Creator: Beale, Edward F. & Foreman, Grant
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Gen. James M. Shackelford

Description: Article chronicles the military career of Judge James M. Shackleford who established the first United States Court within Indian Territory.
Date: Spring 1934
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Trial and Execution Among the Creeks

Description: Article details the due process given to Timmie Jack during his trial for the murder of James Brown on New Years Day in 1896. Included is a letter asking for an appeal of the decision.
Date: Summer 1934
Creator: Williams, Robert L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Cynthia Ann Parker

Description: Article recounts the story of Cynthia Ann Parker, a white woman taken as a captive by the Comanches at the age of nine who was later adopted into the tribe. The article attempts to correct misinformation regarding her story through a retelling by her grandson.
Date: Summer 1934
Creator: Wellman, Paul I.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Annual Meeting at Muskogee

Description: Article announces the location of the next annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society and the tour of historical sites that will commence during the meeting.
Date: Spring 1934
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Story of Sequoyah's Last Days

Description: Article details Sequoyah's expedition into Mexico that occurred towards the end of his life, as told second-hand from one of his traveling companions. Sequoyah is credited with creating the written Cherokee alphabet.
Date: Spring 1934
Creator: Ross, William P. & Foreman, Grant
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Murder of Elias Boudinot

Description: Article explains how and why Elias Boudinot, Major Ridge, and John Ridge were killed by their fellow Cherokee tribesmen for signing treaties ceding parts of the Cherokee Nation to the United States. Included is a letter written by one the son of one of the supposed murderers.
Date: Spring 1934
Creator: Foreman, Grant & Ross, Allen
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Dwight Mission

Description: Article chronicles the difficulties faced by the Dwight Mission, a Methodist mission that served members of the Cherokee tribe, before and after the Civil War,
Date: Spring 1934
Creator: Finney, Alfred & Foreman, Grant
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Rev. Amory Nelson Chamberlin, 1821-1894

Description: Article narrates the life and accomplishments of Reverend Amory Nelson Chamberlin as he worked as a missionary and superintendent of schools within Indian Territory.
Date: Spring 1934
Creator: Eakes, Lon H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society

Description: Article details the events that transpired at the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on April 18 and 19, 1934.
Date: Summer 1934
Creator: Estill-Harbour, Emma
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Century of Prohibition

Description: Article chronicles the history of prohibition laws within Indian Territory. These laws were enacted before the rest of the United States started drafting similar laws.
Date: Summer 1934
Creator: Foreman, Grant
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Greer County

Description: Article documents the creation of Greer county within the Oklahoma Territory and the disputes between various governing bodies over its ownership.
Date: Summer 1934
Creator: Estill-Harbour, Emma
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Trial of Stand Watie

Description: Article explains the tensions present within the Cherokee tribe during the enforcement of the Indian Removal Act. The tribe was split into factions regarding whether to willfully give up their lands to the federal government. This tension is best seen with the murder trial of Stand Watie.
Date: Autumn 1934
Creator: Foreman, Grant & Paschal, George W.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Documents from the Cornerstone of the Nez Perce and Ponca Indian School

Description: Article is comprised of two letters written when the Nez Perce and Ponca Indian School was created to describe the creation and significance of the school building. These letters were uncovered when the school building was torn down.
Date: Autumn 1934
Creator: Reuben, James & Satterwhite, A. R.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Sons of the American Revolution

Description: Article announces the meeting of the Oklahoma State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution to be held on February 22, 1934.
Date: Spring 1934
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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