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Oklahoma Historical Society Annual Meeting

Boundaries, Bridges & Borderlands: The Red River in Oklahoma History

Schedule of Events


WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16

Registration

Valero Hall (main lobby), Ardmore Convention Center 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Reception

Salon 2, Ardmore Convention Center 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

THURSDAY, APRIL 17

Registration

Valero Hall (main lobby), Ardmore Convention Center 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Session I: Salons D & E (Plenary Session)
8:30 am – 10:00 am
Shipwreck on the Red River, 1838: The Archaeology of the Steamboat Heroine

Moderator: Dan Provo, Director, Oklahoma Museum of History, Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City

  • “Discovery: The Excavations of the Steamboat Heroine,” John Davis, Director, Fort Towson Historic Site, Oklahoma Historical Society, Fort Towson
  • “The History and Architecture of Oklahoma’s Red River Steamboat Wreck,” Kevin Crisman, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Texas A&M University, and Principal Investigator, Institute of Nautical Archaeology, College Station, Texas
  • “Shake, Rattle and Roll: Steam Machinery on the Western Rivers,” Glenn Grieco, Professional Shipbuilder and Research Associate, Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
  • “Nails, Boots, Barrels and Bones. . . Oh My! Conservation of the Heroine’s Diverse Artifacts,” Helen Dewolf, Research Associate, Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

Break - Valero Hall (main lobby) 10:00 am – 10:30 am

Session II: Salon 1
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
The Sage of Tishomingo: William H. “Alfalfa Bill” Murray

Moderator: Paul F. Lambert, Membership Coordinator, Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City

  • “Murray: Madison or Maniac?” Kirk Rodden, Associate Professor of Political Science, Murray State College, Tishomingo
  • “Alfalfa Bill: An Effective and Significant Governor,” Alvin O. Turner, Emeritus Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of History, East Central University, Ada

Session III: Salon 2
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Military History in the Red River Region, Part 1

Moderator: Gerald Krows, Nineteenth Century Historical Reenactor and Oklahoma History Center Volunteer, Moore

  • "Fort Towson: Then and Now,” John Davis, Director, Fort Towson Historic Site, Oklahoma Historical Society, Fort Towson
  • “Fort Washita,” Larry J. Marcy, Director, Fort Washita Historic Site, Oklahoma Historical Society, Durant
  • “Fort Sill,” Towana Spivey, Director/Curator, Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum, Lawton

Session IV: Salon B
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Rivers of History

Moderator: Roger Bromert, Board Member, Oklahoma Historical Society, and Professor of History, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford

  • “Arklahoma: International Intrigue and Treaty Making in the Middle Red River Valley, 1810-1830,” C. Fred Williams, Professor, Department of History, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas
  • “The Origin of the Arkansas Riverbed Case,” Richard Green, Chickasaw Nation Tribal Historian, Oklahoma City

Luncheon
Salon C
12:15 pm – 2:00 pm

Leonard Logan, President, OHS Board of Directors, presiding. Address by Galen Culver, photojournalist for KFOR television.

Annual Meeting of the Membership

Salon C, 2:15 pm – 2:45 pm

Re-Organizational Board Meeting

OHS Board of Directors
2:45 pm

Bus Ride to Fort Washita

Departs from Ardmore Convention Center
5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

“An Evening at Fort Washita”

Fort Washita Historic Site, 6:30 pm

FRIDAY, APRIL 18

Registration

Valero Hall (main lobby), Ardmore Convention Center 8:00 am – 12:00 pm

Session V: Salon 1
8:30 am – 10:00 am
Sports and Community in Southern Oklahoma

Moderator: David Seeley, Sports Editor, The Daily Ardmoreite, Ardmore

  • “Chikashsha ikapochcha’to’li’: Chickasaw Stickball,” Josh Hinson, Director, Museums and Exhibits, Chickasaw Cultural Center, Ada
  • “Minor League Baseball in Southern Oklahoma,” Royse Parr, Member of Society of American Baseball Research, Baseball Historian, and Author, Tulsa

Session VI: Salon 2
8:30 am – 10:00 am
The Red River: An Uncertain Boundary

Moderator: Deena Fisher, Dean of the Woodward Campus and Associate Professor of History, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, and Board Member, Oklahoma Historical Society, Woodward

  • “The Red River Boundary Dispute,” Glen Roberson, Director, Certified Local Government Programs, State Historic Preservation Office, Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City
  • “Establishing the ‘Vegetation Line’ on the South Bank as the Political Boundary Between Oklahoma and Texas,” Dean Couch, General Counsel, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, Oklahoma City

Session VII: Salon B
8:30 am – 10:00 am
Military History in the Red River Region, Part 2

Moderator: Daniel Lawrence, Board Member, Oklahoma Historical Society, and Historical Reenactor, Norman

  • “The Civil War in the Red River Region,” Patricia Adkins-Rochette, Historian and Author, Duncan
  • “Benjamin H. Colbert: Legacy of a Chickasaw Rough Rider,” Michelle Cooke, Manager, Libraries, Archives, and Collections, Chickasaw Nation, Ada

Break - Valero Hall (mail lobby) 10:00 pm – 10:30 pm

Session VIII: Salon 1
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Oklahoma: A Diverse Society

Moderator: Linda Reese, Associate Professor of History, History Department, East Central University, Ada

  • “A Separate People: The Oklahoma Amish,” Marvin Kroeker, Emeritus Professor of History, East Central University, and Board Member, Oklahoma Historical Society, Ada
  • “Efforts to Regulate Itinerant Medicine Vendors in the First Oklahoma Legislature, 1907-1908,” Carl Buckner, Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Norman

Session IX: Salon 2
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
World War II in Southern Oklahoma

Moderator: Rodger Harris, Oral Historian, Research Division, Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City

  • “In South Central and Darkest Oklahoma: The Prisoner of War Camp at Tishomingo,” William P. Corbett, Professor of History, History Department, Northeastern State University, and Board Member, Oklahoma Historical Society, Tahlequah
  • “Military Footprints in Southern Oklahoma: Ardmore Army Air Field, 1942-1945,” Gary D. Simmons, Retired Director, Agriculture Division, and Vice President, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore

Session X: Salon B
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
“We Can Take It!”—The Civilian Conservation Corps at Platt National Park

Moderator: Jack D. Baker, President, National Trail of Tears Association, Member, Cherokee Nation Tribal Council, and Board Member, Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City

Panel Members:

  • Bruce Noble, Superintendent, Chickasaw National Recreation Area
  • Ron Parker, Chief of Interpretation, Chickasaw National Recreation Area
  • Nancy Binderim, Interpreter, Chickasaw National Recreation Area
  • Ken Ruhnke, Landscape Architect, Chickasaw National Recreation Area
  • Andrew Castleberry, Interpreter, Chickasaw National Recreation Area

Annual Awards Luncheon
Salon C, 12:15 pm

Meal and Presentation of Awards. Leonard Logan, President, OHS Board of Directors, presiding.