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A New Book Series

2012-01-27T13:19:00.003-06:00

After I finished the final edits on God's Little Miracle Book II, as said, "OK Lord. What's next?"
Within three days I had a line on six more true inspirational stories to write. Soooooo, I'm back at it again. Check out this new series in paperback and e-reader at:
http://tinyurl.com/6wzrfdy Barnes & Noble

http://tinyurl.com/cgfvr38 Amazon.com

Let me know what you think.

How to Write from a Diary

2011-08-01T12:33:00.004-06:00

Carol Newman (http://angelinyourinkwell.blogspot.com/2011_07_01_archive.html) featured me in her blog recently.

Late Sooner Featured in Blog

2011-07-20T11:31:00.002-06:00

Carol Newman featured me in her blog this week.
www.angelinyourinkwell.com

Barnes and Noble

2008-03-16T15:58:00.001-06:00

On March 15, 2008, Barnes and Noble at Zona Rosa in North Kansas City hosted a signing of The Late Sooner and Cup of Comfort Book of Prayer which I have a piece in.

Tulsa Book Club

2007-11-11T22:18:00.000-06:00

This past week Sally spoke to a book club in Tulsa where they enjoyed a delicious meal of pot roast, corn bread and dessert in a lovely home. As you can see, several dressed in 1889 attire.

First Families of the Twin Territories

2007-08-31T10:52:00.000-06:00

August 4th the Historical Museum hosted a celebration of the First Families of the Twin Territories in Oklahoma City.

These are the winners of the costume contest.

Book Club

2007-08-05T17:26:00.000-06:00

Sally visited with a book club in Oklahoma City recently. The hostess served ham and beans with cornbread, apple pie and ice cream . . . and of course, turnips.

Want to Speak With the Author?

2007-07-28T08:57:00.000-06:00

Would your classroom or book club like to schedule an interview with the author via telephone? Interviews may be arranged at your convenience. Go to SallyJadlow.com and click the CONTACT button. An e-mail window will pop up. Put TELEPHONE INTERVIEW in the subject line.
Let's have a party!

Coming Appearances

2007-07-28T08:55:00.000-06:00

APPEARANCES
Sally will be signing books in Oklahoma City at the Full Circle Bookstore on Friday, August 3rd from 5-7 pm.
She will be an exhibitor at the Historical Museum Saturday, August 4th, just east of the capitol building for the celebration of the First Families of the Twin Territories.
Come meet the author of “The Late Sooner.”
Cox Network will air an interview with Sally about “The Late Sooner” September 10th through the 15th.

The Twin Territories

2007-07-25T19:49:00.000-06:00

Before Oklahoma was a state, it was two separate territories. The east was Indian Territory and the west was settled mostly by whites. In 1907 they finally hammered out the agreement to become one state--Oklahoma.

The symbol of this "marriage" was an Indian maid and a farmer standing in a marriage ceremony, forming a single state. Outside the Territorial Museum in Guthrie, is a life-sized bronze statue of these two shown at the right.

Medicines in the 1800s

2007-07-11T20:51:00.001-06:00

Laudanum was a common use for a wide variety of pains, both real and imagined. This derivative of opium was often used for illness, particularly for any form of diarrhea. Even though it made the patient more corfortable, physicians did not recognize its addictive characteristics. One could order 4 oz. of Laudanum out of the 1897 Sears & Roebuck catalogue for $.29 or a dozen bottles for $3.00.

German Measles

2007-06-30T14:21:00.000-06:00

When Lucy was four months pregnant, she contracted German Measles. This can result in growth retardation, cataracts, rashes, deafness, and congenital heart and organ defects. In today's society, abortion would have been an expected "cure." The connection between German Measles and birth defects were not discovered until 1941. If little Nora had been aborted, thirty-seven people would not be alive today and seventeen mates would have different spouses.

Pastors in Early Oklahoma

2007-06-28T09:59:00.000-06:00

When settlers wanted to get married, pastors were few and far between. In Sanford's case, he speaks in his diary of calling a "presiding elder" to perform the wedding serivce. The presiding elder was an elder in the Methodist church who oversaw churches in a certain district. This term continued until 1939 when three Methodist denominations joined and the title became "district superintendent."

Newspapers in the Indian Territory

2007-06-04T15:06:00.000-06:00

Fifteen newspapers were published in Indian Territory. The Cherokees published one. The Cherokee Advocate, a national paper in English and Cherokee; The Chickasaw Nation had seven papers, all by non-citizens and whites; and the Choctaws printed three newspapers, one of which was Indian. Four newspapers were published in the Creek Nation; the Seminoles had none.

New Photos Up

2007-05-28T09:23:00.000-06:00

Check out the new photos about "The Late Sooner" at http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=11a0n8ig.z6i6hc8&x=1&y=-vd8xxv

2007-05-28T09:09:00.000-06:00

If you are looking for free genealogical research in Oklahoma, the Logan County Genealogical Society in Guthrie, OK is a very helpful place. www.rootsweb.com/~oklcgs/ Logan County was the first territorial capitol of Oklahoma.
Also, help is available at the Oklahoma History Center’s genealogy library in Oklahoma City. You can e-mail them at OKGenSoc@aol.com

Fifth Land Run

2007-05-21T22:35:00.000-06:00

Surplus lands of the Kickapoo Indians were claimed in the last land run on May 23, 1895.

Fourth Land Run

2007-05-06T20:40:00.000-06:00

On September 16, 1893 about 100,000 people participated in the run for land in the Cherokee Outlet, making it the largest of all the land openings. The western half was drier and suitable only for grazing. It remained largely unclaimed until the 1900's.

3rd Land Run

2007-04-29T11:14:00.000-06:00

The third land run opened the Cheyenne-Arapaho reservation on April 19,1892. The eastern half, which contained most of the Indian allotments, filled quickly. The western half was used primarily for grazing.

Second Oklahoma Land Run

2007-04-21T12:58:00.000-06:00

The lands of the Iowa, Sac, and Fox Indians opened for non-Indian settlement on September 22, 1891. Approximately 20,000 homeseekers rushed for 7,000 quarter-sections of land. Each quarter-section is 160 acres.

Guthrie, Oklahoma

2007-04-09T21:29:00.000-06:00

When the sun rose April 22,1889 Guthrie, Oklahoma consisted of a water tank, two section houses, and a train depot. By the end of the day, the first capitol of Oklahoma was a city of tents with a population of 10,000 to 15,000 people.

Oklahoma City Beginnings

2007-03-24T06:27:00.000-06:00

On the morning of April 22, 1889, Oklahoma City was a treeless prairie around a train stop.Lathered horses and multiple double-engined 24-car trains poured in all day. By night-fall, Oklahoma Station was a community of more than 10,000--a city born in a day.

Unassigned Lands

2007-03-17T09:16:00.000-06:00

In the first land run of 1889, most of the land offered had not been assigned to any tribe. Ten years earlier in 1879, Elias C. Boudinot, a prominent mixed-blood Cherokee lawyer, discovered this fact. He created a fire storm when he published a letter urging the opening of the Unassigned Lands to non-Indians. Thought to be working with the railroads and the boomers, he was called a traitor by his people.

First Oklahoma Land Run

2007-03-04T15:42:00.000-06:00

April 22, 1889, an estimated 50,000 pioneers crowded along the borders of the Unassigned Lands to make the first land run in Oklahoma history. The race began at high noon. They came by train, horse, buggy, and bicycle to win 160 acres of their very own.

Farming in Oklahoma

2007-02-25T15:07:00.000-06:00

About 900 A.D. Indians of Oklahoma grew beans, corn, and pumpkins. In the 1850's mixed-blood plantation owner Choctaw Robert M. Jones cultivated more than 5,000 acres and shipped his cotton to New Orleans on his own steam boats.

Military Posts

2007-02-17T13:54:00.000-06:00

To control the Plains tribes after the Civil War, the government established a chain of forts from the Dakotas to Texas. In the Indian Territory the new western outposts were Fort Sill, Fort Reno, and Camp Supply. From these bases of operation, troops tacked and battled elusive Indians, chased and arrested horse thieves, and found and drove out the persistent armies of boomers led by David L. Payne and William Couch. In 1889 troops from Fort Reno supervised the land run.

General Allotment

2007-02-11T13:20:00.000-06:00

The General Allotment Act, passed by Congress in 1887, was the beginning of the end for tribal sovereignty and reservations in the Indian Territory. After the government reached agreements with a tribe, heads of families received 160 acres of land, while single individuals under 18 received 80 acres. Allottees were able to choose which land they wanted. After the allotment was completed, surplus lands were purchased from the tribes and made a part of the public domain, thus paving the way for the numerous land openings. As each parcel was opened, it was added to Oklahoma Territory, important steps in the state-making process.

CATTLE TRAILS ACROSS OKLAHOMA

2007-02-03T23:11:00.000-06:00

Longhorn cattle trails from Texas to Kansas railheads spanned the era from 1866 to 1889. Four primary trails cut through the Indian Territory: the East Shawnee Trail, the West Shawnee Trail, the Chisholm Trail, and the Great Western or Dodge City Trail.

Appearance at Main Library-Johnson County

2007-01-18T21:41:00.000-06:00

I will be speaking at the Main Johnson County Library, 87th And Farley, Overland Park, KS, on Tuesday evening, January 23, 2007 at 7:00 P.M. about writing "The Late Sooner." Come join us. Everyone welcome.

Jesse Chisholm

2007-01-14T12:41:00.000-06:00

Jesse Chisholm, half-Scot, half-Cherokee, was a dominant force on the frontier as a trader, interpreter, and guide. He arranged numerous peace councils with the Indians, accompanied several important military expeditions, and blazed a wagon trail through the center of the Indian Territory which became known as the Chisholm Cattle Trail.

Five Civilized Tribes and The Civil War

2007-01-07T11:19:00.000-06:00

At the time of the Civil War, the Five Civilized Tribes owned most all of what became Oklahoma except for the Panhandle and Old Greer County. As punishment for siding with the Confederacy, the federal government took away the western half of their lands. These were the lands opened to settlers later in Oklahoma history.
They attempted to enter the Union as the state of Sequoyah in 1905, but instead joined Oklahoma Territory to become one state in 1907.

Five Civilized Tribes-Continued

2006-12-30T14:50:00.000-06:00

The first removals of the Indian tribes to the West began in the 1790s when groups of Cherokees moved to the Arkansas River Valley. As Americans swept into their homelands, pressure on the tribes increased. During the 1830s more than 49,000 members of the Five Tribes were forced west over what became known as the Trail of Tears.
General Winfield Scott served as the person in charge of this forced move. Fort Scott, Kansas located in South-east Kansas, derived its name from this general. Established in 1842, it served as a protector for settlers against Indian attacks. The fort has been restored and is a National Historical Site. It is open to the public year round.

Five Civilized Tribes

2006-12-30T14:40:00.000-06:00

The Five Civilized Tribes--the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole--were the latgest and most numerous tribes in the Indian Territory. During the Revolutionary War they occupied lands in the Colonial Southeast, from the Carolinas and Florida to Tennessee and Mississippi.

Railroads in Oklahoma

2006-12-24T20:40:00.000-06:00

The first railroad across the Indian Territory was built in 1871 from Vinita to Durant. Others came in 1882 and 1887. The Santa Fe line ran through the Unassigned Lands. Without the railroads, the land run of 1889 may never have happened.

Oklahoma Panhandle

2006-12-16T13:57:00.000-06:00

In 1889, the Panhandle of Oklahoma was under jurisdiction of no state or territory. It was truly a No Man's Land. For years it was used by ranchers when squatters arrived in 1886. A year later they formed a government and organized the area as Cimmaron Territory. The action was never approved by Congress. No Man's Land became part of Oklahoma Territory in 1890.

Oklahoma Populated Before 1889

2006-12-10T17:21:00.000-06:00

The land called the Indian Territory was not a wilderness in 1889. To the east of the Unassigned Lands were the Five Civilized Tribes, the Osages, and other tribes moved from previous frontiers. To the west were reservations for the Plains Tribes. In both directions were towns, railroads, newspapers, stagecoach routes, schools, and even telephone lines. It was a land with a rich legacy, a blend of many cultures and the dreams of may people. The land run 9f 1889 was only one chapter in the dramatic history of Oklahoma.

The Unassigned Lands

2006-12-01T14:57:00.000-06:00

Did you know that when the government parcled out lands to the various Indian tribes, there was a section they forgot? It was right in the middle of what is now the state of Oklahoma. Elias C. Boudinot, a mixed-blood Cherokee lawyer discovered it and published a letter in 1879 urging the opening of the Unassigned Lands to non-Indians. He was thought to be working with the railroads and the boomers. He was called a traitor by his people. This was the land opened in 1889 for the first Oklahoma Land Run.

Requirements for Land Ownership

2006-11-22T10:01:00.000-06:00

In order to claim land, you first had to register at the claims office. In the land run of 1889 the offices were located in Guthrie and Kingfisher, OK. You had to make some kind of dwelling and live on the land for five years. You couldn't leave the land for longer than six months at any one time. If you failed to meet these requirements, the land reverted back to the land office. After five years, you could apply for a patent, which in todays language would be a deed. The President of the United States signed the patent and sent it back to the land office who sent it on to the land owner.Then you were the proud owner of 160 acres.

First Land Run of the Unassigned Lands of the Oklahoma Territory

2006-11-15T17:58:00.000-06:00

Did you know the land was not all taken in one day in the first opening of the Oklahoma Territory on April 22, 1889?

2006-11-15T17:54:00.000-06:00

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Book Signing

2006-11-15T15:17:00.000-06:00

I will be under the clock tower next to Farm to Market Coffee Shop in downtown Overland Park on December 23, from 9:00 AM till noon, weather permitting, to sign copies of "The Late Sooner" and "Sonflower Seeds." In case of inclement weather, I'll be in the coffee shop. See you there!