Grade 3: Social Studies Academic Standards

3.3.5 Describe early expeditions into Oklahoma such as those of Coronado, Washington Irving, and George Catlin.

Oklahoma History Center Education Resources

History Alive! Living History
Fur Trader

Traveling Trunks
14 Flags Over Oklahoma
Fur Trade
Oklahoma Explorers

The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture

Dianna Everett, "European Exploration"
Tom Lewis and Sara Jane Richter, "Coronado Expedition"
Stan Hoig, "Irving, Ellsworth, Latrobe, and Pourtalès Expedition"
David C. Hunt, "Catlin, George"
Brad Agnew, "Dodge-Leavenworth Expedition"
Bruce W. Hoagland, "Cross Timbers"

Research Center Resources

Jimmy M. Skaggs, Ranch and Range in Oklahoma (Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1983)
Muriel H. Wright, George H. Shirk, and Kenny Arthur Franks, Mark of Heritage (Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1976)
Joseph A. Stout Jr. Frontier Adventurers: American Exploration in Oklahoma (Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1982)

Audio/Visual

Online Primary Sources

Pedro Reyes Castaneda, "The Journey of Coronado, 1540–1542: From the City of Mexico to the Grand Canon of the Colorado and the Buffalo Plains of Texas, Kansas, and Nebraska, as told by himself and his followers" George Parker Winship, ed. (New York: A.S. Barnes, 1904)
Washington Irving, A Tour of the Prairies (1835)
H. Leavitt Ellsworth, B. Damon Simison, and S. Thomas Simison, Washington Irving on the Prairie (New York: American Book Company, 1937)
Wa- másh-ee-sheek, He Who Takes Away; Wa-chésh-uk, War; Mink-chésk, Three Distinguished Young Men, by George Catlin, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Tcha-tó-ga, Mad Buffalo, Murderer of Two White Men, by George Catlin, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Comanche War Party, Chief Discovering the Enemy and Urging his Men at Sunrise, by George Catlin, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Wichita Lodge, Thatched with Prairie Grass,by George Catlin, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Shin-ga-wás-sa, Handsome Bird, by George Catlin, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Shé-de-ah, Wild Sage, a Wichita Woman, by George Catlin, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Ball-play Dance, Choctaw, by George Catlin, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Wa-ho-béck-ee, a Handsome Brave, by George Catlin, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Tál-lee, a Warrior of Distinction, by George Catlin, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Túnk-aht-óh-ye, Thunderer, a Boy, and Wun-pán-to-mee, White Weasel, a Girl, by George Catlin, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Ball-play of the Choctaw--Ball Up, by George Catlin, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Additional Resources

Coronado Expedition, 1540s
"Coronado Expedition, 1540s," The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library, New York Public Library Digital Collections

Map of Coronado and Army
George A. Root, Map of Routes of Coronado and Army, 1912, University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History