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Boss Neff

Description: Article chronicles the life and achievements of Boss Neff, a buffalo hunter, mustanger, trail hand, cattleman, farmer, grain dealer, owner of oil leases, and banker during Oklahoma's pioneering days.
Date: Summer 1948
Creator: Davis, Moita Dorsey
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Booster Attitudes of Some Newspapers in Oklahoma Territory--"The Land of the Fair God"

Description: Article describes the booster attitudes of frontier editors who promoted land in Oklahoma Territory in order to draw settlers to the area. Major newspapers discussed include the El Reno Democrat, the Kingfisher Free Press, the Watonga Republican, the Arapahoe Arrow, and the Arapohoe Bee.
Date: Autumn 1965
Creator: Johnson, Bobby H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Diary of an Eighty-Niner

Description: Article contains excerpts from the diary of L. F. Carroll that document the frontier lifestyle of those living within Oklahoma Territory in 1889, when the region opened for settlement.
Date: Spring 1937
Creator: Moffitt, James W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Diary of a Twentieth-Century Wagon Trip

Description: Article includes the account of Ophelia Burrow, who journaled the long journey she and her family took from Rocky, Oklahoma to settle in Southeast Colorado. Josephine Mullins and William H. Mullins edit and provide an introduction with some historical context about the pioneer spirt of the era that the Burrows and Joneses kept alive.
Date: Summer 1989
Creator: Burrow, Ophelia; Mullins, Josephine & Mullins, William H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Moore Crain

Description: Article discusses the lives of the pioneer couple Dr. Richard Moore Crain and his wife, who was Miss Anna Rebecca Neal before marriage. Carolyn Thomas Foreman discusses the difficulties they faced on the frontier, Anna's work as a schoolteacher, and Dr. Cain's work with the various tribes they lived among.
Date: Spring 1957
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Farm Life in Logan County in Oklahoma Territory

Description: Article discusses the life of the author and her family after homesteading in Logan County, Oklahoma Territory. Ina Robinson discusses the difficulties faced on the frontier, the people they encountered there, education available, and social life.
Date: Autumn 1959
Creator: Robinson, Ina Lee
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The First Panhandle Land Grant

Description: Article describes the history of the first land grant in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Raymond Estep discusses how the Mexican state of Coahuila y Texas issued a large land grant to Stephen Julian Wilson under an empresario contract to settle 200 families there, and how the land changed hands over the years.
Date: Winter 1958
Creator: Estep, Raymond
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Early History of Catesby and Vicinity

Description: Article describes the life of the author traveling into the Oklahoma frontier and settling the small community of Catesby. F. P. Rose's grandmother, Ella M. Rose, established the sod store that would become an important maker on the homesteader trail. F. P. Rose also lists the pioneers who settled Catesby's vicinity.
Date: Summer 1951
Creator: Rose, F. P.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Early Day Courts and Lawyers

Description: Article details how courts were established when Oklahoma was first being settled. Also included are descriptions of how the first lawyers started practicing in the territory.
Date: Spring 1930
Creator: Bieber, A. G. C.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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