Vol. 39, No. 2 Published monthly by the Oklahoma Historical Society, serving since 1893 February 2008 Fort Gibson excavation uncovers new details of historic site More of the archaeological resources of the Oklahoma Historical Society’s Fort Gib- son Historic Site were revealed through trowel and screen in excavations on Novem- ber 2 through 5, 2007, according to Bob Rea, OHS Military Sites director. Previous investi- gations at the WPA–built replica stockade site, using the historic record, coring, geo- physical survey, and excavations, had lo- cated remnants of the original Fort Gibson stockade. That dig, conducted on March 26–29, 2007 (see Mistletoe Leaves,May 2007), had uncovered stone foundations at two locations that supported the stock- ade’s log-walled buildings. “Those discover- ies were the culmination of many years of speculation and research that settled the long-standing debate over the original site,” said Rea. With that knowledge in hand, more extensive investigative efforts were developed to expand the knowledge and understanding of history at Fort Gibson. A plan for further testing came together November 2–5, 2007, as volunteers and staff expanded on the work started in March. According to Rea, this time the pro- ject was a cooperative effort between the Oklahoma Historical Society, Dr. Leland Bement, Oklahoma Archaeological Survey, Although the purpose of excava- and volunteers from the Oklahoma An- tions and the project’s most signif- thropological Society. Bement supervised icant finds were the locating of the staff and the OAS membership that con- stone foundations, the emergence sisted of people from all backgrounds with of material culture items from the an intense interest in Oklahoma archaeol- units provided more verification of ogy. With about thirty participants working the archaeological timeline. Mili- alternately over the four-day period, the tary and civilian artifacts included trowel and screen work proceeded at a items from the early nineteenth steady pace. “The volunteers’ combined century through the later WPA years of experience, their perseverance in stockade construction. “As is often boring through layers of rock, and their the case in archaeology, questions plain old hard work were essential to the resolved often lead to more ques- success of the project,” Rea added. tions that beg for answers. Al- The areas adjacent to the two locations though a good deal of what re- uncovered in March were extended to learn mains has been located, more more about the structure. At the first loca- work at the site is needed to iden- tion, a grid series of test units revealed two tify additional resources in order parallel lines of dressed-stone foundations to better protect them,” noted Rea. that supported the log walls with the re- Project participants were Dr. mains of a fireplace hearth between them. Leland Bement, Oklahoma Ar- The second area revealed similar informa- chaeological Survey, as supervis- tion. Additional finds from the November ing archaeologist, OHS Military work were that of two separate remnants of Sites Director Bob Rea, and Fort stone foundations located on private prop- Towson site supervisor John Da- erty. With these two additional sites, the vis. The Fort Gibson staff included general size and extent of the original David Fowler, Omar Reed, and stockade can now be determined. A good ChrisMorgan.Themembersofthe deal of the stockade had been destroyed Oklahoma Anthropological Society over the years by the construction of a rail- are due a large thank-you for road bed, roads, residences, and the WPA making the project a success. stockade itself. (Photos by Bob Rea). In 1964 the collecting impulse expanded New Members, December 2007 into museums and sites scattered across the state. In addition to the financial and * Indicates renewed memberships in a higher category. organizational demands of a mini-empire, the role of employer and community lead- Director’s Circle ership in rural areas pulled the Oklahoma M. Stanley Lee, Oklahoma City Director’s *Tom and Phyllis McCasland, Dallas, TX Historical Society into the orbit of the J. B. and Patti Saunders, Edmond Column legislature. New opportunities surfaced in the 1970s Fellow and 1980s as federal grants opened doors Mike and Julie Ann Wiley, Edmond and raised standards. As the staff ex- Associate panded with a new generation of ambitious Norman and Sue Ann Duckworth, Tulsa baby boomers, the internal demands for Randy Floyd, Oklahoma City By Bob L. Blackburn expanded programs matched the external Friend Executive Director expectations for something other than Lester and Marilyn Branch, Guthrie collecting. *Mike and Susan Edwards, Oklahoma City *Jerry and Donna Goodman, Tulsa That long and winding road led to the As a historian, I have been trained to rec- *Tom Klos, Oklahoma City Oklahoma History Center, a reorganization Mrs. Monir Mohmadi, Nichols Hills ognize the ebb and flow of good times, bad of the staff, and higher standards in all pro- *Elizabeth Rasmussen, Edmond times, the right decisions, and the wrong grams. The results are evident everywhere, *Spiro State Bank, Spiro directions. Whether it is the history of a from museums and historic sites to the Family person, an institution, or a city, each story digital revolution and the aggressive mar- Carolyn Abernathy, Tulsa is structured around those turning points. keting of services and programs. John and Catherine Armitage, Oklahoma City Dr. and Mrs. Glenn A. Ashmore, Oklahoma City The story of the Oklahoma Historical So- So where does the story go now? ciety is no different. Brian and Amanda Bell, Yukon The Oklahoma Historical Society is Sheila Brecht, Ardmore Birth came in 1893 when a group of pio- poised for another turn in the road. We Ashley Cagle and Kathy Cagle, Lawton Dana Cesar, Oklahoma City neers gathered in Kingfisher and decided to have the leadership with the best board in create an organization to collect newspa- Robert and Kathy Crout, Mustang state government. We have a strong staff of Charles and Christine Dettlaff, Yukon pers and other materials documenting the dedicated public servants who are not Carolyn DuBois, Anadarko Joe and Eunice Ellis, Oklahoma City drama they were experiencing. afraid to push and pull a heavy load. And Adolescence came with the stature of Bill Frosch, Oklahoma City we have a public that is ready to support Richard and Janice Goforth, Welling territorial and state status, a move to the our efforts. Margie Hamilton, Anadarko campus in Norman, and the shift back to While in the heat of battle, we must step Lawrence and Gay Hellman, Oklahoma City the nonacademic world in 1902 with the Kay Herman, Raleigh, NC back a little and look at the distant horizon. *Van and Liz Hughes, Edmond move to the Carnegie Library in Oklahoma We must check our priorities, list our as- Brenda Jindra, Cashion City. Lorne Johnson, Clinton sets, and recognize obstacles in our way. Peggy King, Edmond The organization entered its young As a historian, it is my pleasure to both adulthood in 1930 when it moved into the Rosemary Kramme, Oklahoma City observe and be part of that story as it un- Sherry Kueffler, Midwest City Wiley Post Historical Building at Northeast folds into the future. To me, it is a bright Donisha Lane, Tulsa Twenty-first and Lincoln Blvd. Experience Joyce Lasley, Shawnee and promising future. Mr. and Mrs. Rick Lippert, Oklahoma City was gained through aggressive collecting, es- Jeanne Love, Anadarko pecially the Indian Archives, the growing Bobby and Ann McDonald, Oklahoma City newspaper collection, and genealogical ma- Donald L. Miller, Edmond terials tracing the collective experiences of Saralin Mitchell, Enid *Albert and Linda Myers, Pryor Oklahoma families. *Thomas and Martha Jane Nash, Dallas, TX *Jimmy and Freda Owens, Vian DeAnn Parham, Oklahoma City Development News Cont’d. on page 3 By Tim Zwink Oklahoma Historical Society I am very pleased to announce that we re- Publications Division cently received notification that the trustees of the Kirkpatrick Family Fund have awarded two Dianna Everett, Ph.D., Editor Linda D. Wilson, Assistant Editor grants to the Oklahoma Historical Society. William E. Siemens, Graphic Artist The first is a matching grant in the amount of $8,000 to create an endowment fund at the Membership Office: Alma Moore 405/522-5242 Oklahoma City Community Foundation to provide support for the Guthrie Carnegie Li-
Hidden Collections . . . Tulsa Race Riot Commission Collection By Larry O’Dell Beginning in 1997 the Oklahoma Histor- ical Society spearheaded the research for the Tulsa Race Riot Commission. After the final report appeared in 2001, the society retained many of the records that the com- mission collected. This collection (2006.18) includes seven cubic-foot boxes and over- size maps. Several copies of the final docu- ment, Tulsa Race Riot: A Report by the Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, are kept in the Research Division, as well as a PDF of the study on the OHS website. Partnering with several institutions and scholars, the commission attempted to cre- ate a state-sanctioned study to clear up this infamous and relatively unknown event in Oklahoma’s history. The compiled records included original research from scholars, pictures, newspaper articles both historic and contemporary, books, war- on both sides, estimated to be between fifty The commission also sanctioned Tulsa ranty deed records, building permits, Tulsa and three hundred persons. resident Eddie Faye Gates to video inter- County District Court Records filed be- Some of the scholars participating in the views with riot survivors. The Oklahoma tween 1921 and 1923, and other material. writing of the final report included historian Historical Society holds copies of these inter- A database taken from Tulsa City Directo- Scott Ellsworth, premier African American views. These are the “Survivor Stories,” and ries, the 1920 Census, Sanborn Fire Insur- scholar John Hope Franklin, renowned an- they can be viewed inside the John and Elea- ance Maps, files of court cases, and Mary thropologist Clyde Snow, Oklahoma State nor Kirkpatrick Research Center in the Parrish’s Events of the Tulsa Disaster,help Archaeologist Robert Brooks, anthropologist Oklahoma History Center. The archival com- create a picture of the African American Lesley Rankin-Hill, attorney Alfred Brophy, mission records have been microfilmed (rolls community before and after the riot. The and the late Oklahoma historian Danney OHS 201–OHS 207) and can also be exam- whitemobsdestroyedmorethanthirty-five Goble. ined at the library. blocks of north Tulsa, with the death toll, Be an Oklahoma History OHS Places . . . Center volunteer ! Fort Towson Have you ever wanted a hands-on expe- rience with artifacts? Would you like to help HC 63, Box 1580 children and adults learn about Oklahoma’s Fort Towson, OK 74735-9273 fascinating history? Come out to the Phone: 580/873-2634 Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Oklahoma History Center on Saturday, Sat.-Sun., 1–5 p.m. February 23 for an Open House and visit Admission: Free; donations accepted. with dozens of current volunteers and staff. Directions: Fort Towson, in southeastern They’ll explain the experiences you can Oklahoma, is located approximately 14 have that will really help Oklahoma’s citi- miles east of Hugo on U.S. Highway 70. zens learn from the History Center’s exhib- its and activities. From 1 to 4 p.m. staff and volunteers will be on hand to answer ques- tions and give tours of the OHC to prospec- Situated in far southeastern Choctaw County of Oklahoma, Fort Towson is one of five tive volunteers. military sites operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society. Fort Towson served intermit- A short presentation will be made on the tently as an important frontier bastion from 1824 to 1865. Named for Col. Nathan Towson, Volunteer Services Program at 1:30 p.m., a hero of the War of 1812, the site was originally known as Cantonment Towson when Col. followed by Q & A and mini-tours. Volun- Matthew Arbuckle and two companies of men of the Seventh Infantry cleared the area for a teers assist the museum staff on a daily ba- small garrison in May 1824. For five years the soldiers tried to remove settlers who believed sis with greeting guests, giving tours, and the area was part of Miller County, Arkansas. The troops also constructed roads to connect sharing information about the state’s his- the site with Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Fort Jesup, Louisiana. Considered unsuccessful, tory and her artifacts. If you have a love of the post was abandoned in June 1829, and Miller County settlers burned it to the ground. history, enjoy interacting with the public, In preparation for the removal of the Choctaw from the southeastern part of the United and want to share the stories of Oklahoma, States to Indian Territory, the post was ordered reopened on the same site in November you are encouraged to apply to the pro- 1831. On February 8, 1832, it was designated as Fort Towson. In addition to serving as a gram. New volunteer training is scheduled terminal point for the Choctaw, the fort was a staging area for troops during the Mexican for March 8. War (1846–48). The site was again abandoned in 1854 only to be resurrected during the Registration is encouraged but not re- Civil War (1861–65). On June 23, 1865, Cherokee Brig. Gen. Stand Watie surrendered at quired. Prospective volunteers may contact Doaksville, near the fort. Oklahoma History Center Volunteer Coor- A visitor center and a period sutler’s store are open to the public. The Oklahoma Historical dinator Robbin Davis at 405/522-0754 or Society acquired the property in 1967, and Fort Towson was added to the National Register of visit
Hampton, Barbara, Oklahoma City It Takes More Hart, David M., Oklahoma City Chinese brush painting donated Henry B. Plant Museum, Tampa, FL Than Money . . . John, Ellen, Lawton In October 2007 Ms. Kristie Ming Tan Jones, Richard D., Choctaw donated her painting Homeward Bound to ...tocreatecollectionsandexhibitsthat Keeler, Robert W., Portland, OR the Oklahoma Historical Society to be fea- Kellner-Cross, Linda, Oklahoma City fullfill the Historical Society’s goals. It takes Kintsel, Joel, Oklahoma City tured in the special exhibit A Scissortail Re- the donations of an artifact, an art work, a Lister, Geraldine, Pauls Valley turns: The Chinese Experience in Oklahoma, document, or a whole collection of those Matthews, Stan, Tucson, AZ on display in the Oklahoma Museum of His- Maxwell, Ann M., Edmond things that help us tell Oklahoma’s story. It McGinnis, Marilyn, Glendale, CA tory at the Oklahoma History Center. The also takes people—volunteers who put McPherson, Linda, Watonga Chinese brush painting is an original piece their time where others put their money or Meadows, Gayle, Enid and uses watercolors on matte board. Ms. Moedt, Margaret Landrum, Cashiers, NC their artifacts. Here are the names of some Moon, Willie R., Jr., Oklahoma City Tan has been an Artist-in-Residence since of your friends and associates who under- Nathmon, Barbara, Vian 1993 and has instructed art classes at the stand those needs: Oklahoma Coaches Association, Oklahoma City Oklahoma City Museum of Art since 2002. Oklahoma County Retired Educators Association, , Oklahoma City Research Division Donors Oct.-Dec. 2007 Oklahoma Genealogical Society, Oklahoma City Apt, Brent, Olympia, WA Parent, Tandi, Checotah Arbogast, Bonnie M., Newberg, OR Phillips, Bob, Flagstaff, AZ Beard, Elly B., Oklahoma City Phillips, Dr. Edward, Sherman, TX Berd, Jackie, Oklahoma City Plockot, Carol, Oklahoma City Boeger, Grace, Ada Ponca City Library, Ponca City Bohrer, Estate of Helen Adair, Bellevue, WA Pushkar, Jan Burge, Southwest Ranches, FL Bradley, Louis C., Oklahoma City Reed, Nell, Midwest City Brown, Marquetta, Oklahoma City Reser, Betty, Lawton Clark, Letha Channell, Tishomingo Richardson, Estate of Louis Jr., Silver Spring, MD Cooprider, Lois, Yukon Seikel, Robert, Shawnee Cox, Barbara, North Richland Hills, TX Shoemaker, Arthur, Hominy Currier, Phillip J., Henniker, NH Shurden, Frank and Kathryn, Henryetta Davis, Robbin, Oklahoma City Stedman, Jon, Denton, TX Fennell, Patricia B., Oklahoma City Stone, June, Oklahoma City First National Bank & Trust Co. of McAlester Tate, Jerod Impichchaachaahá, Longmont, CO Fisher, Bruce, Oklahoma City Taylor, Jo Ann, Nichols Hills Fleming, Paul, Oklahoma City Tinsley, Winfred, Seminole Freeny, John Ellis, Edmond Turner, Alvin, Norman Gaston, Virginia, Norman Voss, Betty J., Oklahoma City George, Cybil, Bethany Welge, William D., Oklahoma City Glass, Pat, Oklahoma City Welsh, James R. and Dorothy D., Noble Groendyke, John D., Enid Wilson, Duane E., Naperville, Dr. Blackburn, Chinese artist Ms. Kristie Ming Grunsted, Shelly, Norman IL Hall, William, Burlington, ON, Canada Tan, and OHS Board President Leonard Logan (OHS staff photo). Endowment funded for Carnegie Library in Guthrie Guthrie’s Historic Carnegie Library, the site of the 1907 State- ognized at a reception held in November at the Carnegie Library to hood Ceremonies and of the 2007 reenactment, has received three announce the establishment of the endowment. major donations toward the establishment of an endowment fund. “Oklahoma’s centennial celebration focused much attention on The fund will provide for future maintenance and upkeep, an- the historic significance of the building and allowed us to raise nounced Guthrie Museum Complex Director Valerie Haynes. funds to make much-needed repairs. This endowment, if it is added “These donations have been given to the Carnegie Library, with the to with future donations, will ensure that the building will continue stipulation that the money be invested, and the principle remain in- to be cared for as it should be,” said Haynes. The staff of the Guthrie tact. This allows for the donation to have a much greater impact Museum Complex will continue fund-raising efforts to increase the over a longer period of time than if it were spent all at once,” Haynes Carnegie Library endowment. noted. ThehistoricCarnegieLibraryisopentothepublic,freeof Donations from the Davis family, formerly of Guthrie, and Jeff charge, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. For more and Carol Hirzel of Guthrie were received, as well as a grant from information contact Haynes at the Oklahoma Territorial Museum the Kirkpatrick Foundation. The Davis and Hirzel families were rec- at 405/282-1889.
Drummond Home to host Historic Overholser Mansion restoration antique doll exhibit receives $250,000 donation The Fred Drummond Home will host its annual doll and valentine exhibit during Devon Energy has provided a contribu- the entire month of February. For the Vic- tion of $250,000 for the restoration of the torians, dolls were more than just play Overholser House, an Oklahoma Historical toys. Society property managed by Preservation The exhibit will demonstrate the inter- Oklahoma. esting history of dolls. The display will also Built in 1903 in Oklahoma City at 405 demonstrate how they were used in the Northwest Fifteenth by Henry and Anna advertising world as well as for teaching Overholser, the mansion was among the tools. For the child, however, dolls were first to be constructed in the Heritage Hills playthings and just something to love. neighborhood. The exhibit will offer an array of china, TheDevongrantcomesaspartofa bisque,paper,cloth,andcomposition fund-raising campaign that has brought in dolls, all loaned by local doll afficionados. funding from Leslie and Cliff Hudson and The Drummond Home is located at 305 the Insasmuch Foundation. North Price St. in Hominy. Hours are One of the city’s social centers in the Wednesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. early twentieth century, the mansion was to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. listed in the National Register of Historic For more information call the staff at Places in 1970 (NR 70000536). 918/885-2375.
homes. On any day she may be teaching a OHS FACES . . . class on hat making or the art of crafting Victorian Valentines using ribbon, lace, Martha Ray and flowers. On New Year’s Eve 2007 and 2008 she called dances at the Centennial Ball and the Centennial Remembrance Ball Historic Homes Director, held at the History Center. Ray restores textiles, makes clothing Outreach Division patterns, and photographs artifacts. She Snip, snip, stitch, stitch, and a dosey do. gives instructions on the construction and The energetic and vivacious Martha Ray sewing of historically accurate clothing and started working at the Oklahoma Histori- emcees the many fashion shows that OHS cal Society as a temporary in 1988. Her offers to the public. first job involved giving tours at Pawnee Bill She can cleverly and proficiently make Ranch and cleaning bathrooms. She be- faux food, as evidenced by her husband’s came a permanent employee in 1990 and experience of trying to bite into a pecan now serves as director of historic homes for and remarking, “Oh, that’s not real!” Ray the Oklahoma Historical Society. gives visitors to her home fair warning not Prior to her employment with the OHS to eat anything from her refrigerator and Ray taught speech, drama, and art for she likes drama, she can play dress-up for freezer. twenty-two years at the Choctaw, Boise City, adaybutthenreturntomodern-day Martha Ray is an ambassador for OHS and Pawnee high schools. She has a teach- conveniences such as taking a hot shower. and serves the agency well with her many ing degree from Central State University She said, “I have the best of both worlds.” talents and her positive, always-upbeat (now the University of Central Oklahoma) She has always enjoyed art and crafts. and can-do attitude. in Edmond. She does oil painting and claims that there Speaking of applying her experience, ed- are only two crafts cannot do, macramé ucation, and talents, Ray told Mistletoe and tatting. Leaves that she loves “everything about With the variety of duties that Ray ac- her job. Every day is different.” Because complishes, every day can be different. She directs the operation of OHS’s nine historic Centennial Farm and Ranch Reminder! Annual Meeting is February happenings at the April 16, 17, and 18 Program adds properties Cherokee Strip Regional Start planning to go to Ardmore in April Heritage Center to annual list for the OHS’s 2008 Annual Meeting. Regis- TheHeritageCenter’sOutreachSpacein During the Centennial Year of 2007 the tration will start at 3 p.m. at the Ardmore Enid’s Oakwood Mall will be the site of nu- Oklahoma Historical Society, in partner- Convention Center on Wednesday, April merous events in February 2008. ship with the Oklahoma Department of 16, followed by a reception for the On Saturday, February 2, at 1 p.m., Agriculture,added91farmsand14 Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame. Martha Ray, Director of the Historic Homes ranches to the Centennial Farm and Thursday’s and Friday’s paper sessions, Division of the OHS, will give a presenta- Ranch Program. Since the inception of the April 17 and 18, will focus on the general tion on Victorian Valentines. program in 1989, a total of 1,149 families theme “Boundaries, Bridges, and Border- At 12 noon on Wednesday, February 13 have qualified for recognition. They are lands: The Red River in Oklahoma His- Glen McIntyre will continue his lecture se- placed in all areas of the state. tory.” Scholars will discuss topics related ries on Oklahoma history with the Chero- To qualify for a Farm or Ranch Award, to the conference theme as well as other kees and the Trail of Tears. the property must be a minimum of 40 interesting subjects. On Saturday, February 16, at 1 p.m. acres; it must be grossing annual sales of Meeting events also include the Annual Omar Reed of the Fort Gibson Military Park at least $1,000; and a family member Luncheon, the meeting of the Membership, will give a First Person Impression of a Buf- must have owned, operated, and occupied and a tour of Fort Washita on Thursday, falo Soldier. the property for at least one hundred con- and the Awards Luncheon on Friday. To conclude the month, at noon on tinuous years. Leased-out property quali- The conference hotels for the 2008 An- Wednesday, February 20 Kathy Dickson, fies if the owner is over sixty-five years of nual Meeting in Ardmore are the director of the Outreach Division of the age. For further information, contact Glen SpringHill Suites by Marriott, 2501 Cen- Oklahoma Historical Society, will give a R. Roberson at 405/521-6387 or via tennial Drive, and LaQuinta Inn, 2432 Vet- presentation on Preserving Your Family’s e-mail at
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Correction In the January 2008 Mistletoe Leaves article on the 2008 OHS Annual Meeting at Ardmore, the room rate at the SpringHill Suites by Marriott was listed in error as $70 plus tax. The correct room rate is $94 plus tax. We apologize for any incon- venience this may have caused. If you have any questions, contact Tim Zwink at 405/522-5217 or at