Oklahoma history

In spite of his small stature, Billy McGinty is the stuff of legends in Payne County, Oklahoma and beyond. During his life he was many things: A cowboy, a bronc buster and a war hero who charged up San Juan Hill with Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders during the Spanish-American war.

A brief history of Poteau's Public Schools, including the first free school in Indian Territory.

North of Vernon 1890s

***Pick up your FREE Activity Pack*** In 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, allowing settlers to claim land, providing they lived on the land and improved it. In 1889, the Indian Appropriations Act was signed by Benjamin Harrison, opening up two million acres of land for settlement. The land opened was in Oklahoma, where Native American tribes were just resettling about being removed from their lands through relocations such as the Trail of Tears. In only a few years, seven land…

"Boley" is a planned series about the famed "black town" of Oklahoma's Okfuskee County that is supposed to become "television's first premium black Western," according to reports.

University of Oklahoma anthropologists uncover giant skeletons at the Spiro Mounds site.

FREE Oklahoma Unit Study for grades 3-8 -- learn about the "Sooner State" with books, arts and crafts, recipes, and more!

The unforgettable saga of America's last frontier—the Oklahoma Country. Never has the story of this great land and people been told like John will do it.

Fort Gibson Entrance, Wikimeia By Alanna Radle Rodriguez After the Louisiana Purchase, there was a series of forts built along the southwestern border of the US with the intent to maintain peace between the US and the tribes. These forts included Fort Towson, Fort Washita, Fort Arbuckle, Fort Sill, Fort Reno, Fort Supply, and Fort Gibson, all of which are in Oklahoma. In 1824, Fort Gibson was established as the furthest west fort created by the US Army. Colonel Arbuckle of Fort Smith…