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Captain Nathan Boone's Journal

Description: Article consists of journal entries written by Captain Nathan Boone as he marched with his Dragoon regiment throughout the Oklahoma and Indian Territories.
Date: Spring 1929
Creator: Fessler, W. Julian & Boone, Nathan
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Story of Sequoyah's Last Days

Description: Article details Sequoyah's expedition into Mexico that occurred towards the end of his life, as told second-hand from one of his traveling companions. Sequoyah is credited with creating the written Cherokee alphabet.
Date: Spring 1934
Creator: Ross, William P. & Foreman, Grant
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Cold Water Army

Description: Article constructs a portrait of the creation of the Cherokee Temperance Society, also known as the "Cold Water Army," through a series of quotes providing historical background and personal recollections.
Date: Spring 1959
Creator: Holway, Hope
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Curious Links: Unorthodox Ideas from Antediluvian Speculation to New Thought and Utopian Hopes in Early Oklahoma Politics

Description: Article examines the lives, careers, and works of four founding political figures of the state of Oklahoma: newspaper editor-publisher and Populist Party organizer Samuel Crocker, Boomer and Populist member of the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature I. N. Terrill, displaced governor and key figure at Oklahoma Constitutional Convention Henry S. Johnston, and William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray, officer at the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention and later governor of Oklahoma.
Date: Autumn 2018
Creator: Turner, Alvin O.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Neal Family and the Founding of Oklahoma A&M College

Description: Article creates a biographical portrait of the life and career of James C. Neal, the first director of Oklahoma A. & M.'s Agricultural Experiment Station, and the lives of his family. Berlin B. Chapman examines key correspondence from the Neal family to construct a clearer picture of the times and their connection to the founding of Oklahoma A. & M.
Date: Winter 1990
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Augusta Robertson Moore

Description: Article documents the life of Augusta Robertson Moore as she grew up within the Creek Nation working alongside her family in the Presbyterian missions.
Date: Winter 1935
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Winter 1978-79

Description: Notes and Documents column including a document that annotates a series of correspondence between agents of Indian Territory and a Cherokee veteran called the Whale, a warrior who was promised a ceremonial rifle and silver medal and was belatedly honored for his contribution.
Date: Winter 1978
Creator: Agnew, Brad
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 12, Number 4, December 1934

Description: Necrology section for Volume 12, Number 4, December 1934. It includes documents honoring John Hickman Linebaugh, a Methodist minister and county judge; Asa E. Walden, a state legislature; and Rev. William Marshal Keith, a former Confederate soldier and Methodist preacher.
Date: Winter 1934
Creator: Underwood, W. H. & Williams, Robert L.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Journal of Elijah Hicks

Description: Article contains entries from the journal of Elijah Hicks, a delegate for the Cherokee tribe at a conference between the United States government and other tribes. This conference was hosted as an attempt to broker a peace between the state of Texas and the warring tribes of the west.
Date: Spring 1935
Creator: Foreman, Grant & Hicks, Elijah
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Grand June Council

Description: Article narrates how the American Indian tribes of North America gathered a Grand Conference to establish peaceful relations between them, held in June of 1843.
Date: Winter 1932
Creator: Sigourney, Lydia Huntly
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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