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Voices from the Land Run of 1889

Description: Article describes the opening of Unassigned Lands in Oklahoma by the federal government, and the land run that followed in 1889 by pioneers hoping to score land to homestead. Brad Agnew includes documentation of personal accounts from those who participated or observed the event, and provides historical context for the motivations of settlers.
Date: Spring 1989
Creator: Agnew, Brad
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Summer 1989

Description: Notes and Documents column including a letter from Aulena Scearce Gibson, the secretary of the Southwest Oklahoma Genealogical Society, to the editor of the Chronicles of Oklahoma correcting an error from Gordon Moore's work in the 1988 Winter issue. It explains the process of indexing the Oklahoma Tract Books and the fee charged.
Date: Summer 1989
Creator: Aulena Scearce Gibson
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Last Prehistoric People: The Southern Plains Villagers

Description: Article provides an archaeological overview conducted by Robert L. Brooks and Robert Bell of the evidence identifying groups of people known as the Southern Plains Villagers who resided in Oklahoma from 800 A.D. until 1500 A.D. The two authors describe the different group locations over the years as phases and complexes, and provide details gained from archeological findings.
Date: Autumn 1989
Creator: Brooks, Robert L. & Bell, Robert E.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"He Has Builded His Own Monument": Will T. Little and the Legacy of '89

Description: Article provides a biographical tribute to Will T. Little, a pioneer of the Unassigned Lands who was the first to write and print a news publication there. Kenny L. Brown describes the life of the man and the impact he made, which included environmental advocacy and the planting of trees in Perry's courthouse square.
Date: Autumn 1989
Creator: Brown, Kenny L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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