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Frank Canton-Outlaw, General, Enigma

Description: Canton, Frank M. Life of early day outlaw-lawman Frank M. Canton. Born Joe Horner, in 1849, near Richmond, Virginia. After brush with the law near Jacksboro, Tex., he changed his name to Canton. After that he was a range detective, sheriff, U. S. Marshall and put the Oklahoma National Guard in shape as its first adjutant general. 10 pages, magazine article
Date: 1969
Partner: Ardmore Public Library

Court in Marietta prior to 1890

Description: Letter to Noel Mann, Daily Ardmoreite, from John B. Fink, clerk, United States District Court, Muskogee, Ok., Jan. 15, 1969. Response to letter from Mann concerning information available on existence of Court in Marietta prior to 1890. Mr. Fink reports no records filed in their office.
Date: 1969
Creator: Fink, John B.
Partner: Ardmore Public Library

Colonel Ranald Mackenzie at Fort Sill

Description: Article discusses the military career of Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie and the removal of the Northern Cheyennes. Jean L. Zimmerman describes how Colonel Mackenzie participated in law enforcement in Indian Territory and his correspondence with the Office of Indian Affairs.
Date: Spring 1966
Creator: Zimmerman, Jean L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Deputy U. S. Marshal in the Territories

Description: Article describes the establishment of the criminal justice system in the Oklahoma and Indian Territories, the life and career of U.S. Deputy Marshal William Bartley Murrill, and the major outlaw gangs in the territories during the late nineteenth century.
Date: Autumn 1965
Creator: Lehman, Leola
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 45, Number 3, Fall 1967

Description: Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 45, Number 3, Fall 1967. It includes documents about new publications, correspondence from Alexander Posey to Miss Anna Lewis, and a memorial report for the Oklahoma Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association.
Date: Autumn 1967
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society; L., E. B. & McBride, Joe W.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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