Just published in the Chronicles of Oklahoma in their “Notes and Documents” section, a short piece on an important artifact associated with one of Beale’s 1859 wagon bridges in eastern Oklahoma. Read more below!
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New Butterfield article in OutdoorX4
“The Butterfield Trail in Indian Territory: Time Travel on Wheels,” OutdoorX4, Issue 50.
Butterfield’s Overland Mail in the Indian Territory
Just published in the quarterly of the Oregon-California Trails Association, see my latest article on Butterfield’s Overland Mail in the Indian Territory.
Death on the Butterfield
My new article published in Desert Tracks, the journal of the Southern Trails chapter of the Oregon-California Trails Association, tells a tale of intrigue at a remote relay station on the Butterfield Overland Mail in the Choctaw Nation. Read it here!
The Butterfield Overland Mail in Oklahoma
I’ve recently compiled a number of resources on the Butterfield Overland Mail in Oklahoma into one page on my web site. Find it here: https://susandragoo.com/butterfield-oklahoma/
The Illusion of Wisdom: Hiking the Grand Canyon
The latest issue of TrailGroove magazine is out, and with it my photo on the cover and the story of my most recent backpacking trip into the Grand Canyon. See it here (beginning on page 17): https://www.trailgroove.com/issue54.html
Preserving the Okmulgee Colored Hospital
In the early twentieth century segregation touched every facet of life, including health care. Okmulgee’s African American community came together in the 1920s to build a hospital providing care to many who could not afford it. With the advent of integration the Okmulgee Colored Hospital closed its doors, but it has retained its historic integrityContinue reading “Preserving the Okmulgee Colored Hospital”
Book Review: 2Up and Overloaded by Tim Notier
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The Long Road Home by Travis Monroe (outdoorx4.com)
Nice work by author and photographer Travis Monroe, photographer Jake Dragoo, and of course Bill Dragoo, and a few of my photos too, in “The Long Road Home,” featured in OutdoorX4, Issue 38:
Arkansas: Natural Treasure
Read my article, Arkansas Natural Treasure, published in OutdoorX4’s Issue 37, here:
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