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Dissolution of the Wichita Reservation: Part 1

Description: Article begins to chronicle how the Cherokee Commission allotted lands in the Wichita Reservation in an effort to dissolve the region for settlement.
Date: Summer 1944
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Dissolution of the Wichita Reservation: Part 2

Description: Article continues to chronicle how the Cherokee Commission allotted lands in the Wichita Reservation in an effort to dissolve the region for settlement. This article focuses on the Wichita tribe's efforts to receive appropriate allotments within the community.
Date: Autumn 1944
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Establishment of the Wichita Reservation

Description: Article details the treaties made between the United States federal government and the Comanche and Wichita tribes regarding the allotment of land outside of the Five Civilized Tribes territory.
Date: Winter 1933
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Gold in Oklahoma: The Last Great Gold Excitement in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1889-1918

Description: Article discusses the hunt for gold and other minerals in the Wichita Mountains of Oklahoma. Duane K. Hale uncovers the history of mining in southwestern Oklahoma from the last half of the nineteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth, including the discovery of ancient mines and dig sites left by earlier prospectors.
Date: Autumn 1981
Creator: Hale, Duane K.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Spanish "Arrastra" in the Wichita Mountains

Description: Article relates the discovery of an "arrastra," an ore grinding machine used centuries beforehand by Spanish prospectors, in the Wichita Mountains. W. Eugene Hollon discusses personal experiences studying the find, the history of mining shafts, early Spanish mining activities in Mexico, and early prospecting activities in the Wichita Mountains.
Date: Winter 1956
Creator: Hollon, W. Eugene
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Battle of Wichita Village

Description: Article details the events that led to the Battle of Wichita Village, a battle fought between Texan troopers and the Comanche tribe.
Date: Summer 1937
Creator: Nye, W. S., Captain
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Refuge for the Longhorn

Description: Article describes the process of acquiring a herd of nearly extinct Longhorns for the Wichita National Forest and Game Preserve, beginning with the first purchase from a ranger from the preserve in 1910, Frank Rush.
Date: Spring 1984
Creator: ODell, Judy Kaye
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Bringing Back the Big Game: The Reintroduction of Elk to the Wichita Mountains

Description: Article explores the circumstances surrounding the decision to move starving Rocky Mountain elk from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to the Wichita Mountains National Forest and Game Preserve in southwestern Oklahoma in 1911, and the Progressive conservation ideals behind bringing the elk to Oklahoma.
Date: Autumn 2010
Creator: Pearce, Matthew Allen
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Wichita Death Customs

Description: Article explores the death customs associated with the Wichita tribe as a source of recorded information to assist archeologists and ethnologists in understanding these cultural traditions and interpret the findings of burial sites. Carl Schmitt provides more specific detail using the accounts of Wichita tribe members and then draws his own conclusions about the practices.
Date: Summer 1952
Creator: Schmitt, Carl
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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