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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

William Meredith Cunningham: An Oklahoma Proletariat Novelist

Article presents a biography of William Cunnigham and reveals the ways in which his novels, poetry, and other writings championed the industrial-agricultural working class of his native state of Oklahoma.

Date: Autumn 2008

Creator: O'Dell, Larry

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

2003 Letter Felder Homestead Centennial Farm

Letter from Oklahoma Historical Society approving the Felder Homestead as a Centennial Farm.

Date: 2003

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Okeene Historical Preservation Group

Watonga's Day in the Sun or Trickster Comes to Town

Article describes the events surrounding the 1941 Cheyenne protest at the Watonga Post Office, including documentation of the event from various perspectives. The protest against cultural misrepresentation in the town mural was painted in a humorous light at the time, and illustrated the state of Indian-white relations in Oklahoma on a small-scale.

Date: Winter 1988

Creator: Silberman, Arthur

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Funeral Program Horace King

Funeral program for Horace King.

Date: May 2, 1988

Item Type: Pamphlet

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

Blue Skies and Prairie

Illustrated book describing Okeene, Oklahoma family histories.

Date: 1976?

Creator: Okeene Historical Committee

Item Type: Book

Partner: Okeene Historical Preservation Group

Bank notes

Three bank notes from (1-2 Watonga State Bank, and (2 Tradesmen's National Bank

Date: {1937,1939,1945}

Item Type: Text

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Card with hand on them

Card from a church Sunday school group/person. Front cover with a person's hands together for prayers.

Date: unknown

Creator: Dillon, Johnna

Item Type: Text

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Certificate from the Postmaster General of the U.S.

Certificate from the Postmaster General of the U.S. The postmaster at this time is Frank H. Hitchcock. The certificate is blank.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Text

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Envelope from TB Ferguson Collection

Envelope "from Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dessau to Mrs. Max Shaw"

Date: unknown

Item Type: Text

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"The Hard workers. A Tale of the Border Wars"

A written document as a story

Date: unknown

Item Type: Text

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Letter from TB Ferguson announcing candidacy to Republican Party for Governor of Oklahoma

Formal announcement from TB Ferguson concerning candidacy to run for Governor of Oklahoma for the Republican Party

Date: unknown

Creator: Ferguson, Thomas Benton

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Letter from the Governor (presumably TB Ferguson? to Alva J. Niles, Esquire

Correspondence from the Governor (presumably TB Ferguson? to Alva J. Niles, Esquire, Blackwell, Oklahoma Territory

Date: unknown

Creator: Ferguson, Thomas Benton

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Letterhead and Envelope]

letterhead for "The New Moore Hotel" with Fred C. Miller as Proprietor, in Miami, Oklahoma. Also within the envelope is an advertisement for Quinn Advertising Agency. Written notes on the backside of the Quinn Advertising Agency advertisement: "We've distributed your adv master on these 3 day for $5.00 ( word by express to payer and will do you good"

Date: unknown

Item Type: Text

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Mrs. Mary Jean Heade Community Improvement Program Card

Company card. This for "Community Improvement Program General Federation of Women's Clubs/Sears, Roebuck And Co." Name at the bottom: "Mrs. Mary Jean House Director Community Improvement Program."

Date: unknown

Creator: Sears, Roebuck And Co.

Item Type: Text

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes from TB Ferguson on speaking in different towns

Written notes about speaking and thoughts concerning societal impression by TB Ferguson on The New More Hotel letterhead

Date: unknown

Creator: Ferguson, Thomas Benton

Item Type: Text

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

poem card

Message card for what looks to be for Christmas. Typed: "Instead of the touch of a friendly hand, the touch of your hand and mine, I send you a message meaning more Than gifts of bread and wine. For food is gone when the feast is o'er, The bread lasts but a day, But friendship such as mine for you Will never pass." Handwritten is "John & Mary Cody(?)"

Date: unknown

Item Type: Poem

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Statement of Payment to Postmaster for Postage]

Payment slip addressed to the Postmaster for postage, and two other entities (illegible and envelope from The Watonga Republican in Watonga, Oklahoma

Date: unknown

Item Type: Text

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Edmund Gasseau Choteau Guerrier: French Trader

Article chronicles the life of Edmund Guerrier, a trader who was fluent in English, French and several Native American languages. He helped to facilitate many land negotiations and treaties between the Native populations and the United States' government.

Date: Winter 1969

Creator: Barde, Fred S. & Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Application of Homestead Tax Exemption

Application for Homestead Tax Exemption from Elva Ferguson in Watonga, OK School District 42, Block 124, Lots 1-6, signed by Elva Ferguson and Deputy County Assessor Melrose Bouher

Date: January 28, 1946

Creator: County Assessor of Blaine County

Item Type: Legal Document

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Letter to The Watonga Republican, "Dear Madam"

Correspondence stating that $10.00 check was sent from Leo G. Mann

Date: April 23, 1939

Creator: Mann, Leo G.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Watonga Republican (Watonga, Okla.), Vol. 45, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 30, 1937

Weekly newspaper from Watonga, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Date: December 30, 1937

Creator: Frye, Charles O.

Item Type: Newspaper

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Watonga Republican (Watonga, Okla.), Vol. 45, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1937

Weekly newspaper from Watonga, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Date: December 23, 1937

Creator: Frye, Charles O.

Item Type: Newspaper

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Watonga Republican (Watonga, Okla.), Vol. 45, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 16, 1937

Weekly newspaper from Watonga, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Date: December 16, 1937

Creator: Frye, Charles O.

Item Type: Newspaper

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

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Willard Johnston: Homesteader and Frontier Banker, 1881-1904

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2003 Letter Felder Homestead Centennial Farm

Watonga's Day in the Sun or Trickster Comes to Town

Funeral Program Horace King

Blue Skies and Prairie

Bank notes

Card with hand on them

Certificate from the Postmaster General of the U.S.

Envelope from TB Ferguson Collection

"The Hard workers. A Tale of the Border Wars"

Letter from TB Ferguson announcing candidacy to Republican Party for Governor of Oklahoma

Letter from the Governor (presumably TB Ferguson? to Alva J. Niles, Esquire

[Letterhead and Envelope]

Mrs. Mary Jean Heade Community Improvement Program Card

Notes from TB Ferguson on speaking in different towns

poem card

[Statement of Payment to Postmaster for Postage]

Edmund Gasseau Choteau Guerrier: French Trader

Application of Homestead Tax Exemption

Letter to The Watonga Republican, "Dear Madam"

The Watonga Republican (Watonga, Okla.), Vol. 45, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 30, 1937

The Watonga Republican (Watonga, Okla.), Vol. 45, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1937

The Watonga Republican (Watonga, Okla.), Vol. 45, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 16, 1937