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Necrology, Summer 1958

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died; this issue discusses educator and former Secretary of the State Board of Education George Clair Wells.
Date: Summer 1958
Creator: Balyeat, Frank A.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Pioneer Days in the Cherokee Strip

Description: Article describes the 1893 opening of the Cherokee Strip as experienced by the author and her family. Clara Williamson Warren Bullard describes her family's settlement of their claim, water scarcity, growth of communities, and the cultivation of land.
Date: Autumn 1958
Creator: Bullard, Clara Williamson Warren
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Saddle Mountain Mission and Church

Description: Article discusses the story of Miss Isabel Crawford, a Baptist missionary who took up work ministering to the Kiowas at the Saddle Mountain Mission and Church. Hugh D. Corwin provides context to her journey and includes excepts of Crawford's account of her life there.
Date: Summer 1958
Creator: Corwin, Hugh D.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The First Panhandle Land Grant

Description: Article describes the history of the first land grant in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Raymond Estep discusses how the Mexican state of Coahuila y Texas issued a large land grant to Stephen Julian Wilson under an empresario contract to settle 200 families there, and how the land changed hands over the years.
Date: Winter 1958
Creator: Estep, Raymond
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Old Osage Customs Die with the Last Pah-hue-skah

Description: Article discusses the history of the "White Hair" or Pah-hue-skah family lineage of the Osage from the Louisiana Purchase to the period of removal. Frank F. Finney explores the chiefs of this family and the ways they retained Osage traditions throughout history.
Date: Summer 1958
Creator: Finney, Frank F.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Osages and Their Agency During the Term of Isaac T. Gibson, Quaker Agent

Description: Article describes the establishment and growth of the Osage Agency that eventually became Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Frank F. Finney describes efforts by the founder of the Agency, Quaker Agent Isaac T. Gibson, the obstacles to its establishment, and skirmishes that occurred with neighboring tribes.
Date: Winter 1958
Creator: Finney, Frank F.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Captain David McNair and His Descendants

Description: Article describes the life and career of Captain David McNair, a prominent figure in the Cherokee Nation and owner of a boat yard on the Conasauga River. Carolyn Thomas Foreman discusses the people he helped throughout his life and includes correspondence from the time to create a clearer portrait of the man.
Date: Autumn 1958
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

New Officers of the Historical Society

Description: Article provides biographical information about the new officers of the Oklahoma Historical Society and states their new titles. Colonel George H. Shirk has been elected new President of the OHS, H. Milt Phillips in the first Vice President of the OHS, and Mrs. Edna Bowman is the new Treasurer.
Date: Summer 1958
Creator: Fraker, Elmer L.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Wyandotte Mission: The Early Years, 1871-1900

Description: Article discusses the history of the Wyandotte Mission from 1871 to 1900. A. M. Gibson describes the establishment of the mission school, the curriculum offered there, and the communities it served to educate and provide religious services to.
Date: Summer 1958
Creator: Gibson, Arrell M.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Memories of the Indian Territory Mission Field

Description: Article describes the author's personal experiences as a student and teacher in Indian Territory. Lilah Denton Lindsey explores her own experience in the mission field as well as those she worked with. Included is an excerpt of a story told to her by Dr. R. M. Loughridge about early mission work in the area.
Date: Summer 1958
Creator: Lindsey, Lilah Denton
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Old Ingalls: The Story of a Town That Will Not Die

Description: Article explores the growth of the town of "Old Ingalls" and accounts of the crime that occurred there during a time when bandit gangs roamed Oklahoma Territory. Leslie McRill includes newspaper accounts as well as excerpts from the diary of a town doctor, Dr. J. H. Pickering.
Date: Winter 1958
Creator: McRill, Leslie A.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, Winter 1958-59

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died; this issue discusses lawyer, business, and pioneer Richard Clyde Allen.
Date: Winter 1958
Creator: Moore, William B. & Branson, Fred P.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Committee Report Butterfield Overland Mail

Description: Article includes the report made by the Committee of the Oklahoma Historical Society for the tracing of the Butterfield Overland Mail Route and the selection of twelve sites along the route for historical makers to be placed. The Committee provides an in-depth description of their journey and the historic sites they visited.
Date: Winter 1958
Creator: Oklahoma Historic Sites Committee
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma Historic Sites Survey

Description: Article provides an introduction to a survey of Oklahoma historic sites completed by the Oklahoma Historic Sites Committee of the OHS, and includes a list of 550 historic sites organized alphabetically and by county.
Date: Autumn 1958
Creator: Oklahoma Historic Sites Committee
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Summer 1958

Description: Notes and Documents column including documents about the dedication of a bust of Robert Lee Williams, the OHS annual tour, the history of the Oklahoma Panhandle, the establishment of Boggy Depot State Park, the history of St. John's Mission in Prairie City, the history of Sivler City on the Chisholm Trail, a correction, and Oklahoma historical markers.
Date: Summer 1958
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Winter 1958-59

Description: Notes and Documents column including documents about a new brochure published by the Oklahoma Historical Society, historical notes about events, individuals, and sites, the Butterfield Overland Mail centennial, and notes on the boundary disputes between Texas and Oklahoma.
Date: Winter 1958
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Resolution on General William S. Key

Description: This article provides a resolution honoring the contributions of William S. Key, President of the Oklahoma Historical Society, as he leaves his position. The Board of Directors attests to his dedicated work in the past ten years of affiliation with the OHS.
Date: Summer 1958
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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