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Homesteading in Roger Mills County: The Wilcox Family

Description: Article explores the struggles faced by the Wilcox family who homesteaded land in Roger Mills County through excerpts of family memoirs and correspondence. Margaret E. Brown also provides a wider context to the difficult economic and weather conditions farmers in 1900s Oklahoma faced.
Date: Summer 1995
Creator: Brown, Margaret E.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Case of the Wandering Wobblie: The State of Oklahoma v. Arthur Berg

Description: Article follows the court case of the State of Oklahoma v. Arthur Berg, who was accused as being guilty of radicalism as a part of the Industrial Workers of the World, an international labor union. Von Russell Creel describes the proceedings and the atmosphere of Oklahoma in the early 1920s against radical unionism.
Date: Winter 1995
Creator: Creel, Von Russell
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Politics and Greed? Allotments and Town Building Schemes in the Cherokee Outlet

Description: Article describes the contention that occurred between Cherokee leaders, the U.S. government, and speculating homesteaders in the Cherokee Outlet over the designation of county seats. Karen Dye explores how land allotments given to seventy Cherokee citizens were coveted and disputed during the territorial period of Oklahoma's history.
Date: Autumn 1995
Creator: Dye, Karen
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Butternut and Blue: Confederate Uniforms in the Trans-Mississippi

Description: Article describes the issues faced by the Confederate Army when their government could not supply uniforms for the troops while they were in the field, contributing to their ragtag appearance. Whit Edwards dwells on some of the difficulties this caused, including the yellowed look of unlaundered uniforms creating the "butternut" nickname for troops.
Date: Winter 1995
Creator: Edwards, Whit
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Site of Camp Comanche: Dragoon Expedition of 1834

Description: Article recreates the meeting of a troop of U.S. dragoons with a group of Comanches in 1834 through historical documentation and evidence collected by the Oklahoma Historical Society. Through the investigation, museum director Gillett Griswold seeks to the determine the physical location of Camp Comanche.
Date: Autumn 1995
Creator: Griswold, Gillett
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Deadly Currents: John Ross's Decision of 1861

Description: Article expounds on the situation Chief John Ross faced as leader of the Cherokees during the Civil War. Ari Kelman provides details about factionalism within the Cherokee Nation, the impossibility of neutrality during wartime with pressures from both Federal and Confederate armies, and the personal political intentions of the Cherokee leader.
Date: Spring 1995
Creator: Kelman, Ari
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"Let the People Rule": William Jennings Bryan and the Oklahoma Constitution

Description: Article illustrates the influence of Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan on the Oklahoma Constitution and Constitutional Convention. Robert D. Lewallen explores Bryan's political career as well as his populist beliefs, and the way populism was received by society at the time.
Date: Autumn 1995
Creator: Lewallen, Robert D.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Regionalism at the University of Oklahoma

Description: Article describes the influence of William Bennet Bizzell, former president of the University of Oklahoma, in promoting Southwest regionalism. Richard Lowitt explores how regional literature and art flourished under his tenure, and examples of materials that were created and preserved during this time.
Date: Summer 1995
Creator: Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Last Choctaw Execution: A Case of Law and Disorder

Description: Article explores the history of government in the Choctaw Nation and the last execution, the shooting of County Sheriff Joe Hoklotubbee by Silon Lewis and group of men from the National Party. James C. Milligan and L. David Norris examine the crime that occurred in the Choctaw Nation, what exacerbated the lawlessness in the area, and law enforcement practices.
Date: Winter 1995
Creator: Milligan, James C. & Norris, L. David
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Super Chief, Humble Man: The Life of Allie P. Reynolds

Description: Article provides a biographical tribute to the life and career of Allie Pierce Reynolds, an Oklahoma-born athlete who eventually became pitcher for the New York Yankees. Max J. Nichols explores how Reynolds began to explore his own Creek heritage as time went on, and includes excerpts from his 1992 interview with the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Spring 1995
Creator: Nichols, Max J.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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