2,035 Matching Results

Search Results

Results: 1 - 24 next

Anatomy of an Oklahoma Lynching: Bryan County, August 12-13, 1911

Description: Article provides details surrounding the lynching of John Lee, a black man who attacked and killed a woman alone with her children near Durant, Oklahoma in 1911. Lowell Blaisdell describes the history of racial violence in the area, including other lynching incidents, and the circulation of rumors and paranoia that went hand-in-hand with the attitudes of the era.
Date: Autumn 2001
Creator: Blaisdell, Lowell L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Contour Farming on Durant Soil

Description: Photograph of a contoured field of cotton growing on Durant loam. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, "Contour farming on Durant soil. Cotton being contoured of Durant loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes. Cotton is one of the major cash crops of Bryan County and is grown wide on upland soil such as Durant."
Date: July 12, 1965
Creator: Bryan & Sheers
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Dougherty Soil Profile

Description: Photograph of a profile of Dougherty soil. A measuring stick stands on the left side of the photograph. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, "Dougherty soil profile – This is a typical soil profile that occurs within the "Dougherty loamy fine sand, undulating" mapping units. Native vegetation consists mostly of oak trees as can be seen here."
Date: July 12, 1965
Creator: Bryan & Sheers
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Durant Soil Profile

Description: Photograph of a profile of Durant loam. A measuring stick stands on the left side of the photograph. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, “Durant soil profile – profile of Durant loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes.”
Date: unknown
Creator: Bryan & Sheers
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Eroded Clayey Land/Gully

Description: Photograph of eroded clayey land. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, "Landscape of "Eroded Clayey land." Typical mapping unit of "Landscape of "Eroded Clayey land" in Bryan County.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bryan & Sheers
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Gully Erosion on Eroded Loamy Land

Description: Photograph of significant gully erosion. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, "Landscape of "Eroded Loamy Land." Erosion here is typical of that mapped in this county as "Eroded loamy land." Note good grass cover up to edge of gullies."
Date: July 12, 1965
Creator: Bryan & Sheers
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Gully Erosion on Woodson Soil

Description: Photograph of a gully formed from Woodson soil. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, "Gully erosion – Gully erosion on Woodson soil. Little erosion has occurred except in gully. Soil profile at gully edge shows little soil loss."
Date: July 12, 1965
Creator: Bryan & Sheers
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Ivanhoe Soil Profile

Description: Photograph of a profile of Ivanhoe soil. A measuring stick stands on the left side of the photograph. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, "Ivanhoe Soil Profile – Profile of Evanhoe [sic] loam in road cut. Terrace material is whosn [sic] below 6 feet."
Date: July 12, 1965
Creator: Bryan & Sheers
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Muskogee Soil Profile

Description: Photograph of a profile of Muskogee Soil. A measuring stick stands on the left side of the photograph. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, "Muskogee soil profile – Profile typical of Muskogee loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes. Clay come in at about 3 feet."
Date: July 12, 1965
Creator: Bryan & Sheers
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Woodson Soil Profile

Description: Photograph of a profile of Woodson soil. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, "Woodson soil profile – Profile of Woodson Loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes. Light colored A2 horizon is apparent as well as dardened [sic] A1 horizon. Note how roots are non-evident in B horizon."
Date: unknown
Creator: Bryan & Sheers
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Caddo, 1902

Description: Insurance map sheet showing an area of Caddo in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: January 1902
Creator: ClaOklahoma Inspection Bureau
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Colbert, 1898

Description: Insurance map sheet showing an area of Colbert in Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: September 1898
Creator: Clarkson's Fire Map
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Colbert, 1900

Description: Insurance map sheet showing an area of Colbert in Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: December 1899
Creator: Clarkson's Fire Map
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Durant, 1902

Description: Insurance map sheet showing an area of Durant in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: December 1902
Creator: Clarkson's Fire Map
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Durant, 1902

Description: Insurance map sheet showing an area of Durant in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: December 1902
Creator: Clarkson's Fire Map
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Durant, 1902

Description: Insurance map sheet showing an area of Durant in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: December 1902
Creator: Clarkson's Fire Map
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Durant, 1903

Description: Insurance map sheet showing an area of Durant in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: October 1903
Creator: Clarkson's Fire Map
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Durant, 1903

Description: Insurance map sheet showing an area of Durant in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: October 1903
Creator: Clarkson's Fire Map
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Durant, 1903

Description: Insurance map sheet showing an area of Durant in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: October 1903
Creator: Clarkson's Fire Map
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

On the Gallows' Edge: Capital Punishment, Appeals, and Presidential Clemency in Indian Territory, 1896-1907

Description: This article continues Von Creel's study of the administration of justice in Indian Territory courts and expands upon the application of capital punishment. Von Creel details the cases of nine individuals who were convicted of capital crimes but who escaped hanging. Their stories involve the complicated legal processes of appeal, application for presidential clemency, commutation of sentence, and post-verdict motions.
Date: Summer 2006
Creator: Creel, Von Russell
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

One Succeeded, One Did Not: Bacone College and the Oklahoma Presbyterian College, 1910-80

Description: Article explores the success and failure of two American Indian institutions of higher education; Bacone College and Oklahoma Presbyterian College. While Bacone still serves students in the twenty-first century, Oklahoma Presbyterian closed in the 1960s. This article identifies the reasons why Bacone survived, and Oklahoma Presbyterian College did not.
Date: Spring 2013
Creator: Crum, Steven J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

William Elbert Utterback

Description: Article provides a biographical tribute to lawyer and banker William Elbert Utterback. Charles Evans describes his upbringing and education in Mississippi, experience in the United States Army, and involvement in the community and business in the Durant region of Oklahoma.
Date: Winter 1953
Creator: Evans, Charles
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
Back to Top of Screen