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Lieutenant Averell's Ride at the Outbreak of the Civil War

Description: Article introduces and includes the description of Lieutenant William W. Averell's journey from the Washington D.C. to Fort Smith at the outbreak of the Civil War carrying an order from the War Department. Muriel H. Wright explains the contents of the order, which was the withdrawal of troops from Indian Territory, and what it meant for the people of the area.
Date: Spring 1961
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Lieutenant William E. Burnet Letters: Removal of the Texas Indians and the Founding of Fort Cobb, Part III

Description: Article provides a continuation of the letters of William E. Burnett, an officer in the U.S. and later Confederate Army. In this third part of Raymond Estep's article, the removal of American Indians from Texas and the founding of Fort Cobb are highlighted.
Date: Spring 1961
Creator: Estep, Raymond
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Spring 1961

Description: Notes and Documents column including a document about the life and career of American Indian artist Acee Blue Eagle and the quarterly staff report of the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Spring 1961
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

William L. McClellan, Choctaw Agent, West

Description: Article explores the life and work of the author's great-great-grandfather, William L. McClellan, agent of the Choctaw Nation in the early nineteenth century. Ben Collins Pickett's uses correspondence from the time to construct a picture of McClellan's operations as he procured his appointment and constructed the Choctaw Agency building.
Date: Spring 1961
Creator: Pickett, Ben Collins
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Bridgeport by the Canadian

Description: Article discusses the history, growth, and development of the town of Bridgeport on the Canadian River. Chrystobel Berrong Poteet describes the industries that gave birth to its location, the transportation methods used to cross the river, and the businesses established in the area.
Date: Summer 1961
Creator: Poteet, Chrystabel Berrong
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Honorable Thomas P. Gore: The Blind Senator

Description: Article describes the life and career of Oklahoma's blind Senator, Thomas P. Gore. Monroe Billington illustrates Gore's upbringing, the injury that resulted in blindness, his marriage and family, politics, and speech delivery.
Date: Summer 1961
Creator: Billington, Monroe
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

In Dugouts and Sod Houses

Description: Article discusses the temporary shelters pioneers constructed in the wake of the Oklahoma land runs. Veda Giezentanner elaborates on the process of creating sod houses and dugouts, the difficulties faced by early pioneers, and the ways settlers made a living.
Date: Summer 1961
Creator: Giezentanner, Veda
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Memorial Address: Oklahoma's Heritage

Description: Article provides a memorial address in honor of Judge Edgar S. Vaught, Anabell Gum, and Roy M. Johnson. Judge Orel Busby explores the romanticism of pioneer history in Oklahoma and the individuals that helped build the state.
Date: Summer 1961
Creator: Busby, Orel
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Summer 1961

Description: Notes and Documents column including two last letters on the life of Lieutenant William E. Burnet, a review of the newly established Museum of the Great Plains, and a tribute to historian Carolyn Thomas Foreman.
Date: Summer 1961
Creator: Maury, Dabney Herndon; Burnet, David G.; Haliburton, R., Jr. & Albert, Carl Bert
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Otis Hoover Richards: 89'er

Description: Article honors the life and career of Otis Hoover Richards, a scribe and pioneer of Oklahoma Territory who made the 1889 land run. Glenn A. Welsch includes a memorial tribute to the man written by Mr. O. F. (Fant) Word.
Date: Summer 1961
Creator: Welsch, Glenn A.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Pioneer Family in Old Greer County

Description: Article discusses the life of the Chitwood family on the Oklahoma frontier in Greer County. Adelia Clifton's adapted version of Maggie Chitwood Kilpatrick's manuscript includes stories cattle herding, conditions in the dugout house they lived in, and early education.
Date: Summer 1961
Creator: Clifton, Adelia
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Sarah Ann Harlan: From Her Memoirs of Life in the Indian Territory

Description: Article provides an introduction to and includes the memories of Sarah Ann Harlan, a pioneer woman who was able to live in the Choctaw Nation with her husband on account of her heritage. Harlan's account includes stories of her family and upbringing on a plantation near the Alabama-Mississippi state line.
Date: Summer 1961
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975 & Harlan, Sarah Ann
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Fall 1961

Description: Notes and Documents column including a document about the publication of a cumulative index for The Chronicles of Oklahoma, and a story about the name of Oklahoma, which is derived from the Choctaw words for "red people."
Date: Autumn 1961
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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