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Native Americans hunting buffalo had to find a way to ensure every family got sufficient meat to survive.
Continue reading "Native Americans Hunting Buffalo or How Kiowas Held the Buffalo"
Oklahoma salt mines were once a huge industry in this area. Once, in the late 1700s, it led to murder.
Continue reading "Oklahoma Salt Mines and the Time They Were Real Murder"
Zebulon Pike Is famous for trekking to the Rocky Mountains in 1806 and getting an impressive peak named for him.
Continue reading "Zebulon Pike Should Have Gone to Oklahoma, Not the Rockies"
Ancient Oklahoma had people living in it long before Columbus discovered the New World.
French explorers in America wound their way down the Mississippi River after the French colonization of North America.
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History of the Comanche includes a long, often tragic history, made darker in 1717 when Don Juan de Padillo attacked.
Continue reading "History of the Comanche and the Day a Spaniard Destroyed a Tribe"
Spanish Explorers in Oklahoma came hoping to find gold. What they discovered was hunger, peril, and disappointment.
Continue reading "Spanish Explorers in Oklahoma and Their Devastating Gold Lust"
Looking for places to visit in Oklahoma? Here are ten amazing places you've got to see.
Continue reading "Places To Visit in Oklahoma That Are Amazing"
Native American Missions were established in the 1880s by Mennonites who caused more harm than good.
Continue reading "Native American Missions and Mennonites in Indian Territory "