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The Saline Courthouse Massacre

Description: Article describes the events of the "Saline Courthouse Massacre," an event which included the deaths of storeowner Thomas Baggett and elected sheriff Dave Ridge, and the history of the Saline District in the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma. Omer L. Morgan uses documentation of the event to construct a picture of what happened.
Date: Spring 1955
Creator: Morgan, Omer L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0363B.0350]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "COMMANDER'S GAVEL CHANGES HANDS right after the election of new officers at the state Disabled American Veterans convention here Sunday."
Date: June 12, 1955
Creator: Peterson, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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