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The Centennial of Fort Gibson

Description: Article details the historical conflicts surrounding Fort Gibson including its establishment and centennial celebration.
Date: Summer 1924
Creator: Foreman, Grant
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Indian Territory in 1878

Description: Article is a speech made by Colonel William Penn Adair at the fifth annual Indian International Fair regarding the history and impact of the Five Civilized Tribes. Adair was a prominent figure within the Cherokee Nation.
Date: Autumn 1926
Creator: Adair, William Penn
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Military Discipline in Early Oklahoma

Description: Article details the punishments soldiers received for "drunkenness" and "disorderly conduct" while stationed at military forts during the early 19th century.
Date: Summer 1928
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Elizabeth Fulton Hester

Description: Article chronicles the life of Elizabeth Fulton Hester, the oldest resident of Muskogee, Oklahoma when this article was created. Mrs. Hester was a teacher within Indian Territory and a nurse during the Civil War.
Date: Winter 1928
Creator: Bostic, E. McCurdy
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Why Educate the Indians?

Description: Article is a speech from the Secretary of War regarding why Indigenous Americans should receive an education. This speech was given at the Commencement Exercises of Bacone College.
Date: Autumn 1931
Creator: Hurley, Patrick J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Clarence W. Turner

Description: Article honors Clarence W. Turner, owner of the Turner Hardware Company. Through his company's success, Turner was integral to the prosperity of Muskogee County and the Indian Territory.
Date: Spring 1932
Creator: Foreman, Grant
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Events Among the Muskogees During Sixty Years

Description: Article narrates the events of the author's life his life during the sixty years he spent living within Indian Territory as they coincide with historical events.
Date: Spring 1932
Creator: Turner, C. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Muskogee Historical Society

Description: Article details two accomplishments of the Muskogee Historical Society: the dedication of the start of Washington Irving's adventure into the American west with a historical marker and acquiring the title for old Fort Gibson.
Date: Spring 1932
Creator: Gregory, Parthenia
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Historical Marker at Three Forks

Description: Article explains why the Muskogee Indian Territory Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution erected a monument on the bank of the Verdigris River.
Date: Spring 1933
Creator: Foreman, Grant
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Editorials and Notes: Historic Fort Gibson

Description: Article is a resolution made my the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society to dismantle Fort Gibson while establishing efforts to preserve the site's artifacts and records.
Date: Autumn 1933
Creator: Foreman, Grant
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Alexander Lawrence Posey

Description: Article details the life and lineage of renowned Creek poet Alexander Lawrence Posey as he became a political and educational leader.
Date: Winter 1933
Creator: Challacombe, Doris
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

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

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

Notes and Documents, June 1934

Description: Notes and Documents column including a list of books acquired by the Oklahoma Historical Society and the minutes of the society's annual meeting held on April 19, 1934.
Date: Summer 1934
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

General Eli Lundy Huggins

Description: Article chronicles the life and accomplishments of General Eli Lundy Huggins. The general worked within the United States Army during the Civil War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Boxer Uprising in China, and in Indian Territory.
Date: Autumn 1935
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Governor Montfort Stokes

Description: Article details the military career of Governor Montfort Stokes, the only former Revolutionary soldier who is interred within Oklahoma.
Date: Autumn 1935
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma's First Court

Description: Article details the opening day of the first court established within Indian Territory by the United States Government.
Date: Winter 1935
Creator: Foreman, Grant
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Report of Sequoyah Memorial Committee

Description: Article is a report regarding the celebration of the placement of the Sequoyah Memorial Marker by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Autumn 1936
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Lost Captain: J. L. Dawson of Old Fort Gibson

Description: Article narrates the life and accomplishments of Captain James Lowes Dawson as told through correspondences made between his close associates, family members, and the federal government while he worked in Fort Gibson.
Date: Autumn 1943
Creator: Gardner, James Henry
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, September 1943

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Virginia Stafford Handcock, a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy and a charter member of the St. Paul's Methodist Church of Muskogee.
Date: Autumn 1943
Creator: Martin, Benjamin
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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