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  2. Cherokee Heritage Center - Wikipedia

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    The first newspaper in Oklahoma was the Cherokee Advocate, published September 26, 1844. The first four years the Heritage Center was in the basement of Mr. Hagerstrand's home. In 1966, a formal design contract was negotiated with the architectural-engineering firm of Hudgins, Thompson, Ball, and Associates (of Tulsa, Oklahoma ), which included ...

  3. List of Oklahoma placenames of Native American origin

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    This is a list of Native American place names in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.Oklahoma has a long history of Native American settlement and reservations. From 1834 to 1907, prior to Oklahoma's statehood, the territory was set aside by the US government and designated as Indian Territory, and today 6% of the population identifies as Native American.

  4. Boomers (Oklahoma settlers) - Wikipedia

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    "Boomers" is the name used for a group of settlers in the Southern United States in what is now the state of Oklahoma. They were participants in the "Boomer Movement." These participants were white settlers from 1879–1889 who believed the so-called " Unassigned Lands " within the Indian Territory were public property and open to anyone for ...

  5. List of the oldest buildings in Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    Murrell Home: Park Hill, Oklahoma: 1844 House Historic plantation house Barracks at Fort Gibson: Fort Gibson, Oklahoma: 1844-1867 Fort [1] [2] Judge Franklin Faulkner House: Sallisaw, Oklahoma: 1845 House Wheelock Church: Millerton, Oklahoma: 1845-1846 Church Chocktaw stone church, oldest church building in OK Edwards Store: Latimer County ...

  6. Old Stock Americans - Wikipedia

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    Old Stock American (also known as Pioneer Stock, Founding Stock or Colonial Stock) is a colloquial name for Americans who are descended from the original settlers of the Thirteen Colonies. Historically, Old Stock Americans have been mainly Protestants from Northwestern Europe whose ancestors emigrated to British America in the 17th and 18th ...

  7. History of Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    Flag of Oklahoma. The history of Oklahoma refers to the history of the state of Oklahoma and the land that the state now occupies. Areas of Oklahoma east of its panhandle were acquired in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, while the Panhandle was not acquired until the U.S. land acquisitions following the Mexican–American War (1846–1848).

  8. Cherokee history - Wikipedia

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    Early American ethnographer James Mooney, who lived with and studied the Cherokee in the late 1880s, was the first to write about the decline of the former hierarchy in relation to this revolt. [7] By the time Mooney lived with the Cherokee, their development of religious practitioners was more informal.

  9. History of Tulsa, Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    By this time the area was known as 'Tulsey Town' and had grown to be a trading post and cattle town. According to Oklahoma historian, Angie Debo, Lewis Perryman had multiple wives and many children, including at least five sons: Legus C., Sanford W., Thomas W., George and Josiah C., all of whom became prominent in Tulsa's early history. [5]