Everything OK History Has to Offer

What was the Dawes Act 1887?

dissolved tribal ownership, and gave specific amounts of land to each individual Indian

Dawes Act 1890

same as 1887, but now all tribes that divided Indian Territory

Curtis Acts

made the Natives subject to federal law

Payne, Logan, Kingfisher, Canadian, Oklahoma County, Cleveland

counties in the unassigned lands in the heart of Oklahoma

What did the Boomers attempt multiple times?

they marched to OKC to build towns in Indian Territory, the African American army sent them back to Kansas

David L. Payne

King of Boomers, started newspaper called the Oklahoma War Chief

Who was the new leader of the Boomers after David L. Payne died from drinking milk?

William Couch

Springer Amendment

provides for the opening of the unassigned lands to white settlers

When was the first land run?

April 22, 1889

What were some of the first towns in unassigned land?

Guthrie, Edmond, Oklahoma Station (Oklahoma City), Verbeck (Moore), Norman, Stillwater, Lisbon (Kingfisher)

Guthrie population vs. Oklahoma Station population on April 23

Guthrie- 10,000 OK Station- 12,000

Two types of homes due to lack of trees:

sod and dugout (in the side of a hill)

What happened on May 2, 1890?

Oklahoma Organic Act which established a territorial government

Who is George W. Steele?

the first governor of Oklahoma Territory

What 3 schools did George W. Steele establish?

OU in Norman, Normal schools (teachers) in Edmond, and OSU in Stillwater (Agricultural and Mechanical)

Where did Texas take Oklahoma to court for this county?

Greer County, Oklahoma got no mans land, and the Red River

First capital of Oklahoma Territory

Guthrie

Largest land run?

Cherokee Outlet, it turned into a lottery system, drew numbers and gave the land to the highest bidder

The size of the land that people "ran" for in the land run was

160 acres

What was the only school in state for African Americans?

Langston

What towns were the Southwestern and Northwestern normal schools?

Southwestern- Weatherford, Northwestern- Alva

Why were towns created in Oklahoma Territory?

helped railroad companies make money, became roads for cars and turned into ghost towns

What was the original stop of the Katy Railroad?

Sapulpa

Early crops grown after the land run were..

sorghum cane, oats, maize, broomcorn, winter wheat, sand plum

Broomcorn

used for making brooms

Winter wheat

"turkey red wheat" wheat planted in the autumn and harvested in the early summer

Most productive crop in southwestern Oklahoma

Cotton

The population of Indian Territory led to a call for…

statehood

Sequoyah

what the people of Indian Territory wanted to name their state

Charles Haskell

the leader of the Democrats at the Oklahoma Constitution Convention

William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray

president of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention

What happened on June 16, 1906?

the Hamilton Statehood Bill (Enabling Act) was provided to join the twin territories

What was the purpose of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention?

to join Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory into a state

How was the Oklahoma government first structured?

one of the first state to have direct elections to US senators, income taxes, governors elected on off years of the president and only serve one term

What happened on September 17, 1907?

the people of Oklahoma voted to approve the constitution and elected the first governor

First governor of Oklahoma?

Charles Haskell

When did President Theodore Roosevelt sign the state proclamation?

November 16, 1907

What did we do to celebrate the joining of the twin territories?

Mock Wedding

Where did Haskell take the oath of office?

Hotel Royal

What was the population of Oklahoma when it became a state?

1.5 million

Oklahoma joined the US as the ____ state.

46th

Wild-catter

someone who goes to look for oil

Henry Kendall

the original name of the University of Tulsa, actually started in Muscogee

Kate Barnard

was the first female elected to a state position, elected charities and collections

The Enabling Act

Guthrie would remain the capital until 1913

June 11, 1910

three cities up for capital of Oklahoma: Guthrie, Oklahoma City, and Shawnee; Oklahoma City wins

Lee-Huckins

first office where haskell (first governor) took office

Lee Cruce

was elected the second governor; ordered construction of state capital, was not finished in 1917 because of WWI; cost 1.5 million, dome in 2002 was 21 million to add to the state capital

Nellie Johnstone

first commercially successful, profitable oil well in 1897

Red Fork

was the first successful oil field around Tulsa was the red fork oil field; was when Tulsa began to grow into that area

Robert Galbreath

wild-catters who hit a gusher on the Ida E. Glenn farm; now a town named Glenpool

Frank Chesley

wild-catters who hit a gusher on the Ida E Glenn farm; now a town named Glenpool; causes Tulsa grow more

Ida E. Glenn

farm where pool of oil was found

Harry Sinclair, Thomas Gilcrease, William Skelly, and Harry Chapman

all made their money from the oil business then became a philanthropist; then would give their money to the city of Tulsa and to charities

Waite Phillips

mainly got their money from Bartlesville, donate lots of money; retreat is called Woolaroc

Tom Slick

king of the wild-catters; town in OK named after him: Slick

Cushing

Pipeline Cross of the World; Obama spoke here as president

Drumright

largest pool of oil Tom Slick ever found; was a town of 10,000 now down to 1,000

Watonga

was first paved road in Oklahoma;

Cyrus Avery

was a former county commissioner and then became involved in the US highway system; found out a highway was going to be built from Illinois to los Angeles-Highway 66; made deal with people to have highway come through Tulsa instead of Kansas

Osage

was the richest tribe in Oklahoma because of how much oil was discovered in the county; negotiated with oil companies under an elm tree in Pawhuska now known as the "Million Dollar Tree"

Greenwood

was thriving area in downtown Tulsa, they could make money but not spend it; May 30, 1981; many, MANY people were killed; turning point, white people wanted to kill all black people because a white woman accused a black man of assault

Wiley Post

lost an eye in oil excursion, known for flying airplanes, was born in Texas; he invented the pressure suit

WKY

first radio station west of the Mississippi River in 1922;

Will Rogers

most famous Oklahoman who never lived in Oklahoma; had a daily radio show where he would read the news, comedy shows, and etc.; born in Indian Territory, was a silent movie actor, was in a plane with Wiley Post and crashed in Point Borough, Alaska

John Walton

he was elected governor in 1922; 10 months later he was impeached and removed from office, was using marshall law, he let prisoners out without fulfilling there sentence; started a program for free textbooks for schools they had to exclude the teachings of Darwin

Charles Darwin

would not allow his teachings; it was God or nothing else; Oklahoma was the first state to say this because of the bible belt

John Steinbeck

he wrote the Grapes of Wrath and then was turned into a movie

Woody Guthrie

was the singer of the era

E.W. Marland

1934; in the oil business; helped control a tri-state oil production; brought her niece and nephew and adopted them; wife passed away; married daughter

FYI: Bob Dunn

invented the electric steel guitar

FYI: Piggly Wiggly

store owner invented the grocery cart

FYI: Carl McGee

invented the parking meter

FYI:Charles Floyd

became a hero bank-robber, when he was killed, his funeral was the largest funeral ever attended in Oklahoma history

Allen Wright

Chief of Choctaw that suggested Oklahoma at the second meeting with the natives in 1866

Battle of Soldier Spring

the second battle against Comanche and Lt. Colonel A. W. Evans

Bootleggers

people that would hide their alcohol in their pant legs because there was no alcohol allowed in Indian territory

Camp Nichols

fort that Kit Carson establishes in the Panhandle to protect people along the Santa Fe Trail

Charles Goodnight

made the chuckwagon to carry food and find good rest spots also made the Goodnight-Loving Trail, which skipped Oklahoma.

Cheyenne War Chief Roman Nose

continually led his people off the reservation

Chief Black Kettle

Chief of the Cheyenne at the battle of washita

Chilocco

school in Kay County to educate Native Americans, Wes Studi went here

Colonel George Custer

stationed at Ft. Supply and took off with his 7 cavalry to attack Chief Black Kettle

D.N. Cooley

commissioner of Indian Affairs

Describe a cattle drive.

head north with 2500 to 3000 cattle, making 25 dollars a month, feeding cattle along the day for more money, constant threat of stampede

Doolins and Daltons

famous outlaws that would hide out in Oklahoma

Drover

the head person of the cattle drive that would hire 8 to 10 cowboys and steer the herd north

East Shawnee Trail

the very first cattle trail that went though Oklahoma

Ft. Sill

built in the Wichita Mountains to control the Comanche

Homestead Act

1862 law that gave 160 acres of land to citizens willing to live on and cultivate it for five years

How did Jesse Chisholm die?

eating bear meat from a copper kettle

How did people hear the Battle of Washita and what did they do when they heard the screams of women and children?

there was no noise pollution so warriors heard it and came to the rescue, although most were stopped by Major Joel Elliot

How many died at Ft. Smith due to hangings?

79

How much of the civilized tribes were lost during the Civil War?

1/4

Isaac Parker

federal hanging judge at Ft. Smith

Jesse Chisholm

created the most successful trail that went through Oklahoma and headed to Abilene

Joseph McCoy

came up with cattle pens, finally built his first after many tries in Abilene, Kansas which lead to the most successful trail

Lewis Ross

drilled a deep water well and struck oil in 1872 in Oklahoma

Lt. Colonel A. W. Evans

he led the attack of Noconee Comanche (leading raids into Texas)

Major General Philip Sheridan

government sent him to control Cheyenne from roaming of the reservations