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Marking the Butterfield: Retracing the Indian Territory Segment of the 1858-61 Butterfield Overland Mail Stagecoach Road

Description: In 2018 the National Park Service recommended that the Butterfield Overland Mail Stagecoach Road be designated a National Historic Trail. Sixty years earlier, OHS staff marked this important trade and transit route with historical markers. This article retraces the road, describing the landmarks as they appeared on the 1958 trek as well as their present conditions.
Date: Spring 2019
Creator: Dragoo, Susan Penn
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1203.0098]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma City's Bryan Standridge and Billy Coddington won Golden Gloves regional titles in Hutchinson, Kan., on Saturday and have qualified for the national championships, set for Monday through May 15 in Little Rock, Ark."
Date: April 6, 1993
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1376.0532]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Wilson was a teenager in Miami, Ok, when the famous lecturer brought his drought relief tour to the stage of the Coleman Theater."
Date: November 22, 1992
Creator: Argo, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0383.0218]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dr. Art Martin, a retired physician, takes a turn as volunteer motorman and trolley historian along the electric streetcar route through Forty Smith."
Date: July 5, 1991
Creator: Argo, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0383.0219]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A relic from Fort smith's public transportation system in 1926 has been restored to its original state as a tourist attraction."
Date: July 5, 1991
Creator: Argo, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1323.0042]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Arkansas Republican gubernatorial candidate Sheffield Nelson speaks with Paula Unruh of Tulsa at his Little Rock Arkansas campaign headquarters."
Date: January 5, 1990
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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