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The Early Chisholm Trail to Abilene, Kansas, 1867-71

Article describes the path of the Chisholm Trail from 1867 to 1871. There were two pathways used by Texas trail drivers to Kansas. One route is well-documented and depicted on modern maps as the "Chisholm Trail." This article demonstrates that a more easterly route was the first route used to trail herds to Abilene, Kansas, from 1867 to 1871.

Date: Summer 2015

Creator: Kraisinger, Gary & Kraisinger, Margaret

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

From the Tennessee River to Tahlequah: A Brief History of Cherokee Fiddling

This article traces the history of fiddle playing among the Cherokee and illustrates the importance of fiddle music to the people.

Date: Winter 2009

Creator: Castro, J. Justin

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Willard Johnston: Homesteader and Frontier Banker, 1881-1904

Article studies the development of frontier banking as exemplified in Willard Johnston's interests, which began in Shawnee and expanded to include numerous financial institutions and communities around the state.

Date: Winter 2009

Creator: Hightower, Michael J.

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Thrice Purchased: Acquisition and Allotment of the Citizen Potawatomi Reservation

Article explores the arrival of the Potawatomi in central Oklahoma after being pushed out of their communally held Kansas reserve and into the Indian Territory, the acquisition of a new reservation, and the means used to force them to own land as individuals.

Date: Spring 2008

Creator: Kraft, Lisa

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Alex Howat versus John Wilkinson: Power, Personality, and Ideological Battles in the United Mine Workers

Article examines the factional in-fighting that tore apart the United Mine Workers solidarity as they prepared to strike in 1922. The ideological battle starred John Wilkinson, "renegade radical" Alex Howat, and Oscar Ameringer.

Date: Spring 2005

Creator: Sewell, Steven L.

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"And The Skies Are Not Cloudy All Day": Drought and the Cherokee Outlet Land Run

This article details the difficulties that settlers of the Cherokee Outlet faced and how they coped with adverse conditions. Many environmental and economic factors contributed to their success or failure, including a major drought on the Southern Plains that coincided with the opening of the Cherokee Outlet in 1893.

Date: Winter 2003

Creator: Sweeney, Kevin Z.

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"An anxiety to do right": The Life of Judge John Hazelton Cotteral, 1864-1933

Article provides a portrait of John H. Cotteral, the first federal judge for the Western District of Oklahoma and the first Oklahoman to occupy the bench of the circuit court of appeals. The article explores both the man and the legal opinions he wrote throughout his forty-year career.

Date: Autumn 2000

Creator: Leitch, Kevin C.

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Brothers of Influence: Auguste and Pierre Chouteau and the Osages before 1804

This article explores the pivotal roles that Auguste and Pierre Chouteau played in the European influence on the Osage tribe in the late eighteenth century which radically altered Osage social structure.

Date: Autumn 2000

Creator: Hurt, Douglas A.

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Funeral Program for Ardis J.W. (Jack) Bumphus

Date: April 15, 2000

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: Down Home Blues Club & OK Blues Hall of Fame

[Photograph 2012.201.B1019.0400]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Here is Phillips' first service station on opening day November 19, 1927, Wichita, KS."

Date: April 27, 1997

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1370.0010]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Date: 1997

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Affidavit of Dexter T. McDade

Affidavit of Dexter T. McDade stating that he killed Dougie Dunn and Benito Bowie was not involved. Explained his reasons for implicating Benito Bowie.

Date: September 25, 1996

Creator: McDade, Dexter T.

Item Type: Legal Document

Location: 37.864944 -96.835100

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society