Voices of America

The Voices of America history book series feature moving first-person accounts gleaned from oral history interviews.Learn about life on a Minnesota farm, in a Chicago firehouse, or on the reservations of the Tahlequah and Cherokee Nation. Visit San Antonio in the 1920s or discover how Italian-Americans contributed to World War II. From stories of pioneer women to African-American communities on plantations, this series of history books brings our towns, cities, and communities to life.
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An Oral History of Tahlequah and The Cherokee Nation
An Oral History of Tahlequah and The Cherokee Nation
The Observer: Letters from Oklahoma Territory
The Observer: Letters from Oklahoma Territory

An Oral History of Tahlequah and The Cherokee Nation

9780738507828

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These pages are filled with memories and favorite tales that capture the essence of life in the Cherokee Nation. Ms. Duvall invites the reader to follow the tribe from its pre-historic days in the southeast, to early 20th century life in the Cookson Hills of Oklahoma. Learn about Pretty Woman, who had the power over life and death, or the mystical healing springs of Tahlequah. Spend some time with U.S. Deputy Marshals as they roam the old Cherokee Nation in pursuit of Indian Territory outlaws like Zeke Proctor and Charlie Wickliffe, or wander the famous haunted places where ghost horses still travel an ancient trail and the spirits of long-dead Spaniards still search for gold.
An Oral History of Tahlequah and The Cherokee Nation

The Observer: Letters from Oklahoma Territory

9780738520155

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R.H. Wessel was the owner, editor, and publisher of the Frederick Enterprise / Frederick Press, and a leading citizen from the day he first came to Frederick, Oklahoma, in 1902 until his death in 1956. He is best known for his column "The Observer," for which this book is titled. He left behind a considerable legacy of his adventurous life through letters, photographs, documents, and historic files. His experiences in Lawton during the 1901 Land Lottery and the following homestead years in Frederick are covered in this book.

As a newspaperman, with a love for telling a story, his letters are an incredible documentation of life on the Oklahoma frontier, as well as his love story by mail with Margaret Scow, the bride he brought to Oklahoma after "proving up" on his homestead and obtaining his own newspaper.

The Observer: Letters from Oklahoma Territory