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Confederate Indian Troop Conditions in 1864

Description: Article describes the consolidated units of American Indian forces during the Civil War known as the Indian Division of Brigadier-General D. H. Cooper. Allan C. Ashcraft includes an inspection report by Captain B. W. Marston highlighting the faults of Cooper's command and subsequent correspondence between Confederate officials.
Date: Winter 1963
Creator: Ashcraft, Allan C.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

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
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, Winter 1963-64

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including former Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma Thomas Livingston Gibson and Choctaw surveyor James Brookes Wright.
Date: Winter 1963
Creator: Busby, Orel & Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Location of the Battle of Round Mountains

Description: Article provides a summary of the information collected by the author from various sources about the location of the Battle of Round Mountain. Angie Debo discusses the debate over its precise location and the work of the Payne County Historical Society.
Date: Spring 1963
Creator: Debo, Angie
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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