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Mark of Heritage

Description: Book discussing the history of Oklahoma's heritage, including descriptions about the state's historic sites and museums; also included is a folded map of over 270 historical markers in the state. Index begins on page 207.
Date: 1976
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975; Shirk, George H. & Franks, Kenny Arthur, 1945-
Partner: UNT Libraries

Cities of Oklahoma

Description: Book discussing the history of Oklahoma's cities and metropolitan areas, including pictures and maps of the areas; some chapters deal with oil towns and others deal with multi-purpose cities. Index begins on page 161.
Date: 1979
Creator: Morris, John W., 1907-1982
Partner: UNT Libraries

Mark of Heritage

Description: Book discussing the history of Oklahoma's heritage, including descriptions about the state's historic sites and museums; also included is a folded map of over 270 historical markers in the state. Index begins on page 207.
Date: 2017
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975; Shirk, George H. & Franks, Kenny Arthur, 1945-
Partner: UNT Libraries

Cities of Oklahoma

Description: Book discussing the history of Oklahoma's cities and metropolitan areas, including pictures and maps of the areas; some chapters deal with oil towns and others deal with multi-purpose cities. Index begins on page 161.
Date: 2017
Creator: Morris, John W., 1907-1982
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Photograph 2012.201.B0262.0427]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "In the last few months RGM has had occasion to mention Pecan Point, the site of the first Protestant church service conducted in Oklahoma, in 1818."
Date: April 25, 1962
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0262.0420]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "A historical marker is about all that is left as a reminder the area was the site of Oklahoma's southernmost fighting in the war between the states."
Date: unknown
Creator: Southard, Jack
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Charles Radziminski: Patriot, Exile, Pioneer

Description: Article discusses the life and military career of Charles Radziminski, a Polish Revolutionary who became a U.S. Dragoon, a surveyor for the United States-Mexican Boundary Commissions, and an officer in the pre-Civil War 2nd Cavalry in Texas.
Date: Winter 1960
Creator: Radzyminski, Stanley F.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Committee Report Butterfield Overland Mail

Description: Article includes the report made by the Committee of the Oklahoma Historical Society for the tracing of the Butterfield Overland Mail Route and the selection of twelve sites along the route for historical makers to be placed. The Committee provides an in-depth description of their journey and the historic sites they visited.
Date: Winter 1958
Creator: Oklahoma Historic Sites Committee
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Marking the Butterfield: Retracing the Indian Territory Segment of the 1858-61 Butterfield Overland Mail Stagecoach Road

Description: In 2018 the National Park Service recommended that the Butterfield Overland Mail Stagecoach Road be designated a National Historic Trail. Sixty years earlier, OHS staff marked this important trade and transit route with historical markers. This article retraces the road, describing the landmarks as they appeared on the 1958 trek as well as their present conditions.
Date: Spring 2019
Creator: Dragoo, Susan Penn
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Great Seal of the Confederacy

Description: Article discusses the history of the Seal of the Confederate States of America, explaining the process behind creating the seal, the materials that comprised its makeup, the meaning behind the seal, and its movement and location at Richmond's American Civil War Museum.
Date: Autumn 1952
Creator: Shirk, George H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma

Description: Article discusses the history and imagery of the great seal of Oklahoma. Muriel H. Wright traces Oklahoma's journey to statehood and includes notes about the Sequoyah Convention and the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention.
Date: Autumn 1957
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Historic Preservation Movement in Oklahoma

Description: Article discusses the history of historic preservation in Oklahoma and the involvement of the Oklahoma Historical Society and the University of Oklahoma in establishing preservation projects, marking sites, and performing research about the historical significance of these sites.
Date: Spring 1979
Creator: Fischer, LeRoy H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Historic Preservation Movement in Oklahoma

Description: Article describes the early days of historic preservation in Oklahoma, chronicling the time before the passage of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and a few years after its passage. This article first appeared in The Chronicles of Oklahoma Volume 57, Number 1, Spring 1979.
Date: Autumn 2016
Creator: Fischer, LeRoy H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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