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First Oklahoma Oil was Produced in 1859

Description: Article chronicles how oil was found and produced within Oklahoma, beginning in the Cherokee Nation. The article focuses on the legislation passed by the tribal court regarding oil production.
Date: Winter 1926
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma City's First Mass Transit System: Who Brought the Streetcars for People to Ride?

Description: Article describes the history and development of the electric railway system in Oklahoma City, including the involvement of major companies in the streetcar franchise. Kim K. Bender describes some of the successes as well as failures the system experienced as Oklahoma City continued to expand.
Date: Summer 1994
Creator: Bender, Kim K.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Money Matters: The Stamp Scrip Movement in Depression-Era Oklahoma

Description: Article expanding on the previous 2004 article on Oklahoma's reaction to the depression era banking crisis of early 1933. In this article, Gatch ties the origin of the scrip movement to the writings of Yale University's professor Irving Fisher and traces the implementation of scrip schemes in nearly three dozen Oklahoma towns and explains the reasons for scrip's early success and rapid demise.
Date: Autumn 2006
Creator: Gatch, Loren C.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"This is Not United States Currency": Oklahoma's Emergency Scrip Issues during the Banking Crisis of 1933

Description: Article describes the process and results of creating local currency to meet the demands of the Oklahoma community during the banking crisis of 1933. Loren Gatch provides details about the issuance of the emergency scrip, including the response of public officials and struggling citizens.
Date: Summer 2004
Creator: Gatch, Loren C.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"Empire of Shaffer" The County that Never Was

Description: Article discusses the conflict between Stillwater and Cushing County over the formation of Shaffer County, a tract of land that would include Cushing-Drumright oil field. Dan Adrian Purvis examines census data and election results of the attempt to discover the impact success would have had on the counties of Oklahoma.
Date: Autumn 1986
Creator: Purvis, Dan Adrian
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"To Preserve Local History": The WPA Historical Records Survey in Oklahoma, 1936-1942

Description: Article describes the history and process behind the Historic Records Survey instituted by the Works Progress Administration during the 1930s. At a time when the economy was suffering due to the Great Depression and the impact of the Oklahoma dust storms, the project provided employment, preservation of local records, and promoted the value of research and archives.
Date: Summer 1983
Creator: Clark, Blue
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Dead Woman's Crossing: The Legacy of a Territorial Murder

Description: Article describes the events surrounding the murder of Katie DeWitt James in 1905, a crime which led to a bridge over Big Deer Creek being dubbed "Dead Woman's Crossing." Sue Woolf Brenner investigates the mysterious case and the questions still left unanswered that led to the creation of a local legend.
Date: Autumn 1982
Creator: Brenner, Sue Woolf
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Winter 1964-65

Description: Notes and Documents column including documents about and including the winning essay for the Oklahoma City Public Schools annual contest, the OHS playing host to the AALSH, Oklahoma historic sites, and a book of songs about Indian Territory.
Date: Winter 1964
Creator: Davis, Howard Caldwell; Fraker, Elmer L. & Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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