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Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 33, Number 1, Spring 1955

Description: Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 33, Number 1, Spring 1955. It includes a letter about an overland journey from Jefferson City to Fort Gibson in 1858, a document about the memory for Mary Greenleaf, a poem by John Walter Sams about "The Ghost of Wapanucka," and a resolution in memory of Oklahoma poet Lynn Riggs.
Date: Spring 1955
Creator: Aligator; Shirk, George H. & Sams, John Walter
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Herbert Hiram Champlin

Description: Article provides a biographical tribute to Herbert Hiram Champlin, pioneer, banker, and community figure. Henry B. Bass traces Champlin's upbringing, business successes, and explores how the banker aided his fellow citizens during the Great Depression.
Date: Spring 1955
Creator: Bass, Henry B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 33, Number 3, Fall 1955

Description: Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 33, Number 3, Fall 1955. It includes documents about the Irving Tour of 1955, General Mathew Arbuckle's Grave and other historical markers, the tour of the Old Butterfield Overland Mail Route, the passing of Mrs. Reese Kincaide, restoration of the home of a Chickasaw governor, correspondence, and a list of recent accessions to the OHS library.
Date: Autumn 1955
Creator: Bass, Henry B.; Runyan, Alice; Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975; Oneal, Ben G.; Estill-Harbour, Emma & Mitchell, Edith
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

American Airlines Along the Butterfield Mail Route

Description: Article discusses the work of the author, an American Airlines pilot on the Butterfield Overland Mail Route. Vernon H. Brown describes the history of the route and its founder, its layout in Oklahoma, and plans for the Oklahoma Semi-Centennial Celebration that included a marking of the route.
Date: Spring 1955
Creator: Brown, Vernon H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Dr. Henry G. Bennett as I Knew Him

Description: Article describes the career and accomplishments of Dr. Henry G. Bennett, who was president of Oklahoma A & M College, now Oklahoma State University, from 1928 to 1951. Berlin B. Chapman, who was a professor of history during Bennett's tenure, describes his impression of the president's impact.
Date: Summer 1955
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Guthrie, from Public Land to Private Property

Description: Article discusses the rush of homesteaders claiming land on the original townsite of Guthrie and the legal difficulties that followed. Dr. B. B. Chapman examines documentation of the events at the turn of the nineteenth century to construct a picture of early Guthrie.
Date: Spring 1955
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Immigrants in the Choctaw Coal Industry

Description: Article explores the immigrant communities that sprouted in the Choctaw Nation with the influx of miners working for coal companies entering the area. Stanley Clark also uses government reports to construct a picture of the hazardous working conditions in the mines and the toll it took on the lives of the miners.
Date: Winter 1955
Creator: Clark, Stanley
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Hook Nine Ranch in the Indian Territory

Description: Article describes the establishment of the Hendrix and Royer Ranch, also known as the Hook Nine Ranch, in Indian Territory. Ellsworth Collings discusses the founders and the results of their cattle business, providing details about the ranch and its surroundings.
Date: Winter 1955
Creator: Collings, Ellsworth
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Some Reminiscences of the Battle of the Washita

Description: Article discusses the Battle of Washita, the attack on Cheyenne Chief Black Kettle's village, from the perspective of two survivors, Moving Behind and Wolf Belly Woman. Theodore a. Ediger and Vinnie Hoffman provide historical context to the interviews they conducted with these Cheyenne women.
Date: Summer 1955
Creator: Ediger, Theodore A. & Hoffman, Vinnie
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Thomas T. Montgomery

Description: Article provides a biographical tribute to Dr. Thomas T. Montgomery, president emeritus of Southeastern State College and member of many educational community organizations. Charles Evans puts the man's contributions in context and describes the progress of education in Oklahoma from 1889 to the present day.
Date: Spring 1955
Creator: Evans, Charles
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Reminiscences of a Trader in the Osage Country

Description: Article recounts the experiences of James Edwin Finney, a trader who joined a band of Osages which included John N. Florer. Finney describes life and customs of Osage hunters, an encounter with a war party, a list of Osage chiefs and leaders in the 1870s, and the settlement of the Pawnees nearby.
Date: Summer 1955
Creator: Finney, James Edwin
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

S. Alice Callahan: Author of Wynema a Child of the Forest

Description: Article describes the life and work of S. Alice Callahan, author of Wynema Child of the Forest and teacher at the Harrell Institute in Muscogee, Indian Territory. Carolyn Thomas Foreman explores the contents of the book, its titular individual, and includes excerpts of Callahan's work.
Date: Autumn 1955
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Billy Bowlegs

Description: Article describes the life and personality of Billy Bowlegs, Seminole chief and warrior who fought against the encroachment of white settlers in the Seminole Wars. Carolyn Thomas Foreman explores the legacy of the man through accounts and documentation from the nineteenth century.
Date: Winter 1955
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Lost Cherokee Treaty

Description: Article describes a treaty the Cherokee Nation made with the U. S. government over a tract of land referred to as Wafford's Settlement. Carolyn Thomas Foreman explores the journey of recovering the treaty, which initially was lost and only found twenty years later after much correspondence between the Cherokees and high-ranking government officials.
Date: Summer 1955
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Election of J. Y. Callahan

Description: Article describes the election of James Yancy Callahan representing Oklahoma Territory as a delegate to the U. S. House of Representatives, signaling a victory for the Populist Party. Elmer L. Fraker describes the rise of the populists and their collaboration with the Democratic party in the territorial period of Oklahoma's history.
Date: Autumn 1955
Creator: Fraker, Elmer L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Music on the Indian Territory Frontier

Description: Article discusses the music curriculum at the Cherokee National Female Seminary and the drive made by the music teacher to teach the daughters of the Edmondson family, the focus of the article. Kathleen Garrett explores the growth of music in Indian Territory.
Date: Autumn 1955
Creator: Garrett, Kathleen
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

An Early Day Railroad Agent in the Kiowa-Comanche Country

Description: Article explores the reminiscences of the author, who was an agent for the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad in the Kiowa Nation. Milbern C. Harper provides a narrative about his friendships with Chief Lone Wolf and his son, Will Lone Wolf, the story of white destruction of American Indian land and resources he learned from an old warrior, and the history of land allotments in the area.
Date: Autumn 1955
Creator: Harper, Milburn C.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"My Life in the Indian Territory--Augusta C. Metcalf"

Description: Article describes life on the banks of the Washita River for Augusta Corson Metcalf, who moved to Indian Territory with her family in 1886. Melvin Harrel provides annotation to her experiences, and includes sketches the artist created of her frontier days.
Date: Spring 1955
Creator: Harrel, Melvin & Metcalf, Augusta Corson
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Some Recollections

Description: Article provides some recollections of the author, who was one of the settlers who made the Oklahoma land run in 1889. James K. Hastings describes the lust for land experienced by the Sooners, life on the frontier, the growth of towns and business, and his own experiences teaching.
Date: Winter 1955
Creator: Hastings, James K.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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