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Osage Oil

Description: Article describes the events surrounding the murder of several Osage heirs to oil-rich lands and the subsequent investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the 1920s. Bill Burchardt questions the motive for these crimes by white perpetrators and explores the history of the Osage Nation.
Date: Autumn 1963
Creator: Burchardt, Bill
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Three Sands: Experiences in an Early Oil Field

Description: Article describes the oil industry boom of the 1920s in the small town of Three Sands, including the layout of Three Sands Oil Field and the surrounding town. B. F. Conaghan provides first-hand insights based off of his own experience working in the oil industry at this time.
Date: Spring 1980
Creator: Conaghan, B. F.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

All that Glitters, Assaying S. H. Logan's "Trip to the Gold Fields"

Description: Article provides a thorough examination of S.H. Logan's "Trip to the Gold Fields," an account allegedly compiled from the writings of an emigrant who had joined Captain Randolph B. Marcy on a gold-seeking expedition to California, which was published in the Arkansas Gazette in 1941. Since it has been cited as a primary source, Stephen H. Dew exposes certain areas of the account that may be fabricated in comparison to more factual and evidentiary sources.
Date: Autumn 1993
Creator: Dew, Stephen H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Pioneer Spirit: The Centennial History of Ardmore

Description: Article describes the growth and development of the town of Ardmore in a centennial tribute. From its beginnings in Indian Territory, to the bustling industry that came with the development of oil refineries, to the setbacks of the Great Depression, Mac McGalliard provides a portrait of the historical town and its pioneering citizens.
Date: Spring 1987
Creator: McGalliard, Mac
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Notes and Documents, Summer 1955

Description: Notes and Documents column including documents about publications, dedications, correspondence, memorials, some additional history for articles in The Chronicles, and the history of the University of Oklahoma Medical Center.
Date: Summer 1955
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975; Moore, Jessie Randolph; Moore, Melifsa; Oneal, Ben G.; Shirk, George H. & S., R. L.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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