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The Career of John R. Thomas

Description: Article describes the life and career of Judge John Robert Thomas, a lawyer and judge who was active in politics and knew ten of the United States presidents personally. J. Stanley Clark discusses his career, family, and pastimes.
Date: Summer 1974
Creator: Clark, J. Stanley
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, Spring 1974

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died; this issue discusses Verlin Robert Easterling, former Executive Director of the Oklahoma Historical Society, and an address given in his honor at the V. R. Easterling memorial Service.
Date: Spring 1974
Creator: Woods, Pendleton & Shirk, George H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Social History of the Tri-State District

Description: Article discusses the history of the Tri-State District area, which includes the history of mining camps and their poor conditions, the intellectual environment and the schools that were established in the region, and the social and economic conditions prevalent.
Date: Summer 1959
Creator: Gibson, Arrell M.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Old Grand, Ghost Town

Description: Article explores the history of Grand, Oklahoma, which eventually became a ghost town. C. A. Squire describes how it was once the county seat of Ellis County and touches on each of the first settler families and individuals that built the town and established businesses there.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Squire, C. A.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Civil War Experience of Some Arkansas Women in Indian Territory

Description: Article provides an account by Francena Lavinia Martin Sutton, one of a party of five women and three children who journeyed to Arkansas in the midst of the Civil War. Sutton relates struggles they faced on the road and interactions with Choctaws, who hosted them when they wandered into Indian Territory.
Date: Spring 1979
Creator: Martin Sutton, Francena Lavinia & Fischer, LeRoy H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Traders Along the Washita: A Short History of the Shirley Trading Company

Description: Article discusses the history of the Shirley Trading Company on the Washita River. Founded by two brothers, John and William Shirley, the enterprise that began as a trading post at the Wichita Agency expanded into a much larger economic empire involving ranches, stores, hotels, and even a toll bridge.
Date: Spring 1987
Creator: Tower, Michael
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Creating an Atmosphere of Suppression, 1914-1917

Description: Article describes the atmosphere of suppression of civil liberties that occurred during World War I in the United States, during which political figures targeted those they believed would cause unpatriotic dissent. Two groups that were often targeted were those that were "German sympathizers" or "hyphenated Americans."
Date: Summer 1981
Creator: Fowler, James H., II
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Jim Thorpe Family: Part II

Description: Article continues to explore the historical background of the Jim Thorpe Family after the article's first part in Volume 59, Number 1, Spring 1981. Along with further description of the Sac and Fox and Potawatomi settlement in Indian Territory, Grace Thorpe highlights the lives of individuals in the Thorpe family including Jim Thorpe himself.
Date: Summer 1981
Creator: Thorpe, Grace F.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"She Would Raise Hens to Aid War": The Contributions of Oklahoma Women during World War I

Description: Article explores the many often-overlooked contributions and achievements of Oklahoma women during World War I. Women organized meetings to create movements to assist war efforts, worked outside the domestic sphere in various occupations, and became involved in industrial growth.
Date: Autumn 2003
Creator: Rich, Melanie
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Bloomfield Academy

Description: Photograph of Old Bloomfield Academy, located 12 miles southeast of Colbert, which was burned. Governor D. H. Johnston had charge for a number of years. Professor Henshaw taught there 18 years. Burned January 1914. Photo by Moore, Dennison, TX, January 1914.
Date: January 1914
Creator: Moore
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Taft, OK

Description: Photograph of men working cattle for the Business League, Taft, OK, May 1914. The brick building is believed to be the present day Taft City Hall. The town was formerly known as Twine, Indian Territory. Photo by William Prentiss Greene, Muskogee, OK.
Date: May 1914
Creator: Greene, William Prentiss
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Scottish Rite

Description: Photograph of Oklahoma Consistory, Valley of Guthrie, HM Teller Memorial Class. Photo by Harmon Theodore Swearingen, Guthrie, OK, April 28-30, 1914.
Date: [1914-04-28..1914-04-30]
Creator: Swearingen, Harmon Theodore
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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