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Mark of Heritage

Description: Book discussing the history of Oklahoma's heritage, including descriptions about the state's historic sites and museums; also included is a folded map of over 270 historical markers in the state. Index begins on page 207.
Date: 1976
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975; Shirk, George H. & Franks, Kenny Arthur, 1945-
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Mark of Heritage

Description: Book discussing the history of Oklahoma's heritage, including descriptions about the state's historic sites and museums; also included is a folded map of over 270 historical markers in the state. Index begins on page 207.
Date: 2017
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975; Shirk, George H. & Franks, Kenny Arthur, 1945-
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Peace on the Plains

Description: Article discusses the establishment of the United States Dragoons and chronicles the history of their first mission, a peace delegation to visit the Kiowas and Wichitas, who were then referred to as Comanche and Pawnee Picts. George H. Shirk provides historical background to the journal kept by a First Lieutenant in the Dragoons, Thompson B. Wheelock.
Date: Spring 1950
Creator: Shirk, George H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Journal of Lieutenant A. W. Whipple

Description: Article provides historical background and includes excerpts for the journal of General Amiel Weeks Whipple during his travels completing the Pacific Railroad Survey in the summer of 1853. Muriel H. Wright and George H. Shirk discuss the demand for a transcontinental railroad that motivated his journey, and the main body of journal highlights details of Whipple's expedition.
Date: Autumn 1950
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975 & Shirk, George H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

First Post Offices Within the Boundaries of Oklahoma

Description: Article provides historical background to the included list of the first post offices in Oklahoma. Using records of the Postmaster General compiled in the National Archives, George H. Shirk lists post offices established in Oklahoma Territory leading up to statehood.
Date: Spring 1952
Creator: Shirk, George H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Mail Call at Fort Washita

Description: Article describes the proceedings at Fort Washita in 1850 through the information transcribed in the heartfelt letters between Lieutenant Clinton W. Lear and his wife, Mary Kearney, who was visiting her family in New Orleans with their son while her husband was stationed at Fort Washita.
Date: Spring 1955
Creator: Shirk, George H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Case of the Plagiarized Journal

Description: Article compares the famous account of the Washita campaign by General George A. Custer with a journal donated to the Oklahoma Historical Society originally belonging to Lieutenant P. N. Hardman of the 7th Cavalry who served in the same campaign. George H. Shirk questions which account came first, if one author plagiarized another, and what amount of information may have been fabricated.
Date: Winter 1958
Creator: Shirk, George H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma City: Growth and Reconstruction, 1889-1939

Description: Article describes the founding, history, and growth of Oklahoma City in its first few decades. Howard L. Meredith and George H. Shirk highlight its industrial and residential development, and how the town recovered from early setbacks like floods and lack of transportation.
Date: Autumn 1977
Creator: Meredith, Howard L. & Shirk, George H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Seymour

Description: Article explores the establishment of another post office location in Indian Territory, Seymour Post Office, as a part of the investigation into the location of these offices.
Date: Spring 1977
Creator: Shirk, George H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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