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Texanna

Description: Article examines life and business at Texanna, Oklahoma, a town settled by Cherokees who relocated there from Texas. Though now a ghost town, Carolyn Thomas Foreman explores the town's history through accounts of travelers who documented it and citizens who lived there.
Date: Summer 1953
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

North Fork Town

Description: Article illustrates the history of North Fork Town, its settlement by the Creeks, the religious denominations that took root there, and the schools that were eventually built in the area. Carolyn Thomas Foreman discusses the missionaries that helped found these schools and the growth of the town.
Date: Spring 1951
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Fishertown

Description: Article describes the establishment of Fishertown, a village in the Creek Nation that cropped up near North Fork Town in the nineteenth century. Carolyn Thomas Foreman traces the genealogy of the Fisher family who founded the town, and describes its early growth and development.
Date: Autumn 1953
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

My Pioneer Home in Old Greer County

Description: Article describes the author's experiences traveling to and growing up in old Greer County. Laressa Cox McBurney describes the wagon journey, the type of pioneer home they had, neighbors, mail, and school on the frontier.
Date: Spring 1964
Creator: McBurney, Laressa Cox
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Jackson Lewis of the Confederate Creek Regiment

Description: Article discusses the life and community involvement of Jackson Lewis, a Muscogee (Creek) doctor who served in the Confederate Army and the people of his community in Eufaula, Oklahoma.
Date: Spring 1963
Creator: King, Jerlena
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Honey Springs National Battlefield Park Movement

Description: Article outlines the events surrounding the centennial anniversary of the Battle of Honey Springs, the largest battle fought during the Civil War within present-day Oklahoma. The battle was the catalyst for Federal troops to gain control of the territory through the capture of Fort Smith. A commemorative park was created for the battlefield.
Date: Spring 1969
Creator: Fischer, LeRoy H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Location of the Battle of Round Mountains

Description: Article provides a summary of the information collected by the author from various sources about the location of the Battle of Round Mountain. Angie Debo discusses the debate over its precise location and the work of the Payne County Historical Society.
Date: Spring 1963
Creator: Debo, Angie
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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