The chronicles of Oklahoma’s history are more complete because of these three women: Muriel Wright (editor of The Chronicles of Oklahoma), Angie...
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Gunsmoke: an American Institution
Every post-war baby boomer with a TV was weaned on Gunsmoke. The show ran for an amazing 20 years, from 1955-1975. Marshal Matt Dillon, Miss Kitty,...
Tragic Powwow
June 1, 1887 Absent from duty for five days, the Apache Kid, along with four other Apache scouts under his command, ride single file into the...
The Old Military Post Road
The Old Military Post Road that stretches from Minnesota to Louisiana was the first north-south highway to be built by the United States in the...
The Racial Frontier
Men of African descent were in the West since the time of Spanish exploration in the 16th century. Estevanico, a Black slave from Morocco, was among...
Spicing Up Your Kitchen
U.S. Army troops have been chowing down on chili since the 1846 war with Mexico. But the army’s official chili recipe was not published until 1896...
Imagining the African American West
Fewer Blacks settled in the West than other groups, but they had a distinct and early presence. For example, the first Black man to visit the West...
The Conquest of Texas: Ethic Cleansing in the Promised Land
Anderson, professor of history at the University of Oklahoma, specializes in Indian history. His research is astounding, abundant and detailed....
Sheriff Harvey Whitehill, Silver City Stalwart
This is more than just a biography of a sheriff and his part in taming the West. Bob Alexander presents a detailed history of the entire region and...
Scorched Earth
Hidden in this account of Yellowstone’s fires (all of them, not just the terribly destructive “burn” of 1988) is a pretty fair outline-history of...
Tipis on the Terreplein
On September 20, 1886, 383 men, women and children of the Chiricahua and Warm Springs Apache bands arrived in Jacksonville, Florida. They were on...
She Taught the Kid a Lesson
So little information exists about the childhood and youth of Billy the Kid that many of us, happening upon the merest morsel, swallow it eagerly...