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"Empire of Shaffer" The County that Never Was

Description: Article discusses the conflict between Stillwater and Cushing County over the formation of Shaffer County, a tract of land that would include Cushing-Drumright oil field. Dan Adrian Purvis examines census data and election results of the attempt to discover the impact success would have had on the counties of Oklahoma.
Date: Autumn 1986
Creator: Purvis, Dan Adrian
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1010.0260]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Chris Payne, 7, a student at West Nichols Elementary School, 8400 Greystone, reaches for the heavens Friday the only way a kid can- by way of a string made taut by its attachment to a soaring kite."
Date: March 6, 1981
Creator: Argo, Jim
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Fight for Survival: The Indian Response to the Boomer Movement

Description: Article describes the history of intrusion of white settlers in Indian Territory and the court case surrounding the Boomer movement of David L. Payne, who attempted to force the opening of the Unassigned Lands of Oklahoma in the late 1800s. Mary Jane Warde highlights the suffering of the Indian tribes living in the area whose rights were being challenged.
Date: Spring 1989
Creator: Warde, Mary Jane
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1010.0299]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The first performance of Oklahoma City composer Frank Payne's new work, 'Perceptions,' will be heard at 3 p.m. July 20 in Watchorn Hall of First Presbyterian Church, NW 25 and Western, during a concert by the Oklahoma City Chamber Players, who commissioned the composition."
Date: July 3, 1980
Creator: Argo, Jim
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1010.0469]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Steve Payne and Jackie Jones help themselves to cheese and crackers at the final Festifall party held in the home of Bill Renner."
Date: September 29, 1982
Creator: Burnett, Roberta
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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