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Marking the Butterfield: Retracing the Indian Territory Segment of the 1858-61 Butterfield Overland Mail Stagecoach Road

Description: In 2018 the National Park Service recommended that the Butterfield Overland Mail Stagecoach Road be designated a National Historic Trail. Sixty years earlier, OHS staff marked this important trade and transit route with historical markers. This article retraces the road, describing the landmarks as they appeared on the 1958 trek as well as their present conditions.
Date: Spring 2019
Creator: Dragoo, Susan Penn
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Doctor Forrest Pitt Baker and the History of the Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium

Description: Article details the first publicly run institution for tuberculosis in the state: the Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Talihina, Oklahoma. Under the direction of Dr. Forrest Pitt Baker advances were made that improved the lives of Oklahomans who were afflicted with tuberculosis.
Date: Spring 2011
Creator: Roberson, Glen R.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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