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"Proud of What It Means": Route 66, Oklahoma's Mother Road

Description: Article describes the history of Route 66 in Oklahoma, from the tourism industry it originally fostered to preservation efforts after the institution of the interstate highway system left a drastic impact on the land. Jim Ross highlights the importance of the route to Oklahomans to this day.
Date: Autumn 1995
Creator: Ross, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Influence on Commercial Architecture: Stillwater, O.T., 1889-1907

Description: Article highlights the growth and development of the city of Stillwater during the territorial period of Oklahoma's history. Carol Bormann focuses on the type of architectural styles and fixtures that began to appear in early Stillwater buildings, examining the remnants from an earlier time.
Date: Summer 1995
Creator: Bormann, Carol
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Politics and Greed? Allotments and Town Building Schemes in the Cherokee Outlet

Description: Article describes the contention that occurred between Cherokee leaders, the U.S. government, and speculating homesteaders in the Cherokee Outlet over the designation of county seats. Karen Dye explores how land allotments given to seventy Cherokee citizens were coveted and disputed during the territorial period of Oklahoma's history.
Date: Autumn 1995
Creator: Dye, Karen
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Cimarron Territory: Comedy and Tragedy

Description: Article explores the history of the Cimarron Territory, a title for the Public Land Strip of the Oklahoma Panhandle where lawlessness was common, and the members of its unofficial government. Joy Schnabel discusses the motivations of these pioneers and the population they sought to entice to the area.
Date: Spring 1995
Creator: Schnabel, Joy
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Summer 1995

Description: Notes and Documents column including a document honoring Arrell Morgan Gibson, a historian who was inducted into the annual Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 1995.
Date: Summer 1995
Creator: Blackburn, Bob L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Sallie Rogers McSpadden: A Take-Charge Cherokee in Lace and Pearls

Description: Article traces the history of the Rogers and McSpadden families in this biographical tribute to Sallie Rogers McSpadden. Reba Neighbors Collins describes McSpadden's upbringing, accomplishments, and the personality the fueled her full life and connections.
Date: Autumn 1995
Creator: Collins, Reba N.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Herman F.C. Ten Kate, Jr.: An Adventurous Dutch Ethnologist in Indian Territory, 1883

Description: Article illustrates the journeys of Herman Ten Kate, Jr., a Dutch ethnologist who traveled among the tribes of Southwest Oklahoma collecting artifacts and studying the lifestyles of various people groups. Augustus J. Veenendaal, Jr. provides details about the scholar's life through a timeline of his experiences.
Date: Spring 1995
Creator: Veenendaal, Augustus J., Jr.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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