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Sources of Oklahoma History

Description: Article details the books, articles, and other written resources that feature Oklahoma's history from the time France and Spain occupied the territory until its admittance into the Union.
Date: Spring 1927
Creator: Foreman, Grant
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Old Boggy Depot

Description: Article details the history surrounding Old Boggy Depot, a depot that has operated since the Antebellum period. Through this depot passed millions in gold worth of trade.
Date: Spring 1927
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Cherokee Strip Live Stock Association

Description: Article documents the creation and history of the Cherokee Strip, a slice of land within Indian Territory that was allotted for the Cherokee Nation to live and thrive. The article further describes how the creation of a live stock association within this region.
Date: Spring 1927
Creator: Dale, Edward Everett
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Editorial: Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 5, Number 2, June 1927

Description: Article consists of editorials regarding changes to historical societies' activities. Included is an announcement about the State Historical and Natural History Society of Colorado refraining from collecting natural history materials in the future, a note on how the state of affairs within the state are changing, a note on an inaccurate statement about George Washington, a correction from a previous volume, and letters to the editor.
Date: Summer 1927
Creator: Thoburn, Joseph B. & Bryce, J. Y.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Reminiscences of Life Among the Indians

Description: Article narrates the experiences of Reverend J. H. Methvin as he works within Indian Territory as a missionary in the numerous Methodist mission schools.
Date: Summer 1927
Creator: Methvin, J. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Some Reminiscences of the Cherokee People

Description: Article details the actions of several Union Indian Brigade regiments and their attempts to claim their pensions after the end of the Civil War.
Date: Summer 1927
Creator: Britton, Wiley
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Famous Officers I Have Known

Description: Article narrates how the author met Major General Edward Hatch and his first impressions of the soldier. The author met the general while he was stationed as an agent within Indian Territory.
Date: Summer 1927
Creator: Sommer, Christian F.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Early Telephone History of Oklahoma

Description: Article details how the implementation of the telephone into Oklahoma led to the large-scale development of the state's infrastructure. Included is a narrative from John M. Noble, a businessman who built a long distance telephone line between Pawnee and Perry counties, regarding his experiences working with telephone companies.
Date: Summer 1927
Creator: Noble, John M. & R. L. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Extracts from the Diary of Major Sibley

Description: Article is an excerpt from the diary of Major Sibley that was kept while he traveled through Indian Territory. He recounts his observations and experiences as he made his way from down the Arkansas River from Fort Osage.
Date: Summer 1927
Creator: Major Sibley
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, March 1927

Description: Notes and Documents column including an appendix composed of an 1870 report on the quality of natural resources, people, and properties found within Indian Territory; an announcement of the creation of the National Board of Geographic Names; the minutes of the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on February 1, 1927; and, the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on the same day.
Date: Spring 1927
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, March 1927

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including state Senator D. A. Shaw; H. L. Gooding, an early pioneer and former Confederate soldier; Fannie Starr, a charter member of the Methodist Church with the Cherokee Nation; Gustavus A. Ramsey, a cattle farmer; Ephraim H. Foster, a pioneer lawyer; H. W. Gibson, an engineer and railroad contractor; Sarah Moncrief Harlan, a housewife and business owner; and Mary A. McAlester, wife to the namesake of McAlester Count… more
Date: Spring 1927
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, June 1927

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Captain Edward Nowland, a steamboat-man and postmaster; John P. Hickam, a superintendent and newspaper owner; William H. Angell, a lawyer working with the Dawes Commission; Judge Jessee M. Hatchett, a lawyer and judge; Dr. Amos Holland Culp, a doctor practicing within Indian Territory; and Judge William Nelson Greene, a judge and former member of the House of Representatives.
Date: Summer 1927
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, September 1927

Description: Notes and Documents column including the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors held on June 2, 1927.
Date: Autumn 1927
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, September 1927

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Nettie French, R. H. Ellison, William Wirt Witten, Dr. Harry Collin Rogers, Andrew M. Stewart, Benjamin Augustus Enloe Jr., James Jackson McAlester, Benjamin Franklin Hackett, Henry L. Haynes, Captain Archibald Smith McKennon, Professor Edward Daniel Macready, Yancey Lewis, Fielding Lewis, Thomas F. Memminger, and Thomas Venable.
Date: Autumn 1927
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, December 1927

Description: Notes and Documents column including the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on November 1, 1927.
Date: Winter 1927
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, December 1927

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Irving Wallace Hart, a mercantile business man; General Frank M. Canton, a man known for his colorful personality; Thomas Charles Wyatt, a medical practitioner; William N. Littlejohn, a military man; Alonzo Thomas West, a lawyer; Alexander Allan McDonald, a politician; Jacob Bergen Furry, a lawyer; and, Robert Pattella de Graffenreid, a lawyer.
Date: Winter 1927
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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