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John Jasper Methvin

Description: Article chronicles the life and career of Josh Jasper Methvin, a preacher, missionary, and superintendent of schools within Indian Territory.
Date: Summer 1941
Creator: Babcock, Sidney Henry
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, Autumn 1944

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including William Balser Skirvin, Enloe Vassallo Vernor, Napoleon D. Blackstone, and Iser H. Nakdimen.
Date: Autumn 1944
Creator: Branson, Fred P.; Martin, Benjamin & Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Reminiscences of Old Stonewall

Description: Article documents the significance of several businesses, such as a neighborhood school and a general store, within the town of Stonewall, Oklahoma that resided in the Chickasaw Nation.
Date: Summer 1942
Creator: Burris, George W.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Red River Raft

Description: Article details how the United States government removed the Red River Raft, a natural dam that extended approximately 100 miles across the Red River, blocking passage from the Mississippi River.
Date: Autumn 1941
Creator: Caldwell, Norman W.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Dissolution of the Wichita Reservation: Part 2

Description: Article continues to chronicle how the Cherokee Commission allotted lands in the Wichita Reservation in an effort to dissolve the region for settlement. This article focuses on the Wichita tribe's efforts to receive appropriate allotments within the community.
Date: Autumn 1944
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Settlers on the Neutral Strip

Description: Article chronicles how settlers moved and occupied the Neutral Strip within Oklahoma Territory through negotiations made between the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes and the federal government.
Date: Spring 1940
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Dissolution of the Osage Reservation: Part 3 & Early History of Armstrong Academy

Description: Article consists of two articles that relate to the history of the state of Oklahoma. The first article continues to chronicles the dissolution of the Osage Reservation, the last reservation to be dissolved for allotments after the territory was opened for settlement. The second article chronicles the establishment of the Armstrong Academy within Choctaw Nation.
Date: Spring 1943
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B. & Moffitt, James W.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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