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Lieutenant-General Theophilus Hunter Holmes, C. S. A., Founder of Fort Holmes

Description: Article describes the military career of Lieutenant General Theophilus Hunter Holmes, founder of Fort Holmes. Carolyn Thomas Foreman discusses his participation in the Seminole Wars, the Mexican-American War, and focuses particularly on his service in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Date: Winter 1957
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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Leasing of Quapaw Mineral Lands

Description: Article describes the history of the leasing of Quapaw mineral lands after the discovery of lead and zinc ore. A. M. Gibson discusses the measures put in place to protect the Quapaws from unfair agreements and the financial and legal issues that sprouted from these leases.
Date: Autumn 1957
Creator: Gibson, Arrell M.
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Two Notable Women of the Creek Nation

Description: Article discusses the lives, careers, and influence of two women of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Mary Lewis Herrod and Kate Shaw Ahrens. Carolyn Thomas Foreman provides a biographical sketch of each woman and discusses how they provided education to the youths of their nation.
Date: Autumn 1957
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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Health Conditions in Indian Territory, 1830 to the Civil War

Description: Article provides a historical overview of the health conditions among the five large tribes of Indian Territory from 1830 to the Civil War. Bernice Norman Crockett explores how epidemics and liquor trade impacted the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole, and Creek tribes, and the medical help that was available via missionaries.
Date: Spring 1957
Creator: Crockett, Bernice N.
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Dr. and Mrs. Richard Moore Crain

Description: Article discusses the lives of the pioneer couple Dr. Richard Moore Crain and his wife, who was Miss Anna Rebecca Neal before marriage. Carolyn Thomas Foreman discusses the difficulties they faced on the frontier, Anna's work as a schoolteacher, and Dr. Cain's work with the various tribes they lived among.
Date: Spring 1957
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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Senator Thomas P. Gore

Description: Article provides a biographical breakdown of the life and career of Senator Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma. Monroe Billington discusses his evolution as a politician, from his early radical Populist beliefs to his ultra-conservative later years.
Date: Autumn 1957
Creator: Billington, Monroe
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Pioneering on the Great Plains

Description: Article describes the harrowing experience of one pioneer and his wife and children traveling in a covered wagon on the Great Plains. William E. Baker tells the story of the dangers of crossing a river and the journey to Kingfisher, Oklahoma.
Date: Autumn 1957
Creator: Baker, William E.
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Joseph Samuel Morrow, Apostle to the Indians

Description: Article describes the work of Baptist missionary, Joseph Samuel Morrow, in providing educational opportunities and religious instructions to the tribes of Indian Territory. Frank A. Balyeat discusses the institutions he helped found, which includes the Baptist Academy and the Murrow Orphans Home.
Date: Autumn 1957
Creator: Balyeat, Frank A.
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Federal Indian Relations in the South, 1781-1789

Description: Article discusses the history of government relations with the tribes of the south in the United States following the Revolution. Kenneth Coleman explores the British and Spanish interest in the area occupied by the American Indians, and the treaties Congress made with these people groups.
Date: Winter 1957
Creator: Coleman, Kenneth
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"The Wedding of Oklahoma and Miss Indian Territory"

Description: Article discusses the pageantry wedding event held at the commemoration of Oklahoma's entrance to the Union as the 46th state. Actors were chosen to represent "Miss Indian Territory" and "Mr. Oklahoma" and performed a symbolic wedding ceremony.
Date: Autumn 1957
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
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A Survey of Oklahoma Museums 1893-1957

Description: Article provides a survey of Oklahoma museums and attests to their importance. S. F. de Borhegyi first provides context to the creation of these museums and lists the statistics of their distribution, type, and attendance, then goes into further detail to describe the museums and their collections by city.
Date: Summer 1957
Creator: de Borhegyi, Stephen F.
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The Lost Colonel

Description: Article provides historical context for a trip across Indian Territory taken during the Civil War era by a U. S. Cavalry unit and a unit of African-American federal soldiers, and recorded by Hospital Steward Thomas A. Muzzall. Highlights of his journal include Colonel Paul Harwood becoming lost during the expedition.
Date: Summer 1957
Creator: Shirk, George H.
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The Seal of Cimarron Territory

Description: Article discusses the history of Cimarron Territory, also known as "No Man's Land" and the Oklahoma Panhandle, while describing the origin of the seal of Cimarron Territory that is displayed on the cover of this issue of The Chronicles.
Date: Spring 1957
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
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History of No-Man's-Land, or Old Beaver County

Description: Article discusses the history of No Man's Land, or old Beaver County, its initial land system after being claimed by Spain, various contracts over land use, the founding of the Santa Fe Trail, and the area's time as Cimarron Territory. This article is a reprint of the original, which was contained in the first issue of the Chronicles in 1921.
Date: Spring 1957
Creator: Wardell, Morris L.
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Shade's Well

Description: Article discusses the history of Shade's Will on Zach Cain's Ranch, its founding by J. U. Shade and H. B. Fore, its importance as a stop for water in the cattle trade, and how it was developed in conjunction with Shade's Well Inn on the ranch.
Date: Spring 1957
Creator: Hamner, Laura V.
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Memoirs of Oklahoma

Description: Article includes the memoires of Kittie M. Harvey, a pioneer woman who moved to Oklahoma Territory with her family and became a music teacher and helped run the small post office in Chandler. Harvey discusses life there and in Oklahoma City, and the people she and her husband Will Harvey interacted with.
Date: Spring 1957
Creator: Harvey, Kittie M.
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