Oklahoma History Academic Standards
OKH.3.2 Assess the impact of the cattle and coal mining industries on the location of railroad lines, transportation routes, and the development of communities.
Oklahoma History Center Education Resources
Traveling Trunks
Cowboy
The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture
David Dary, "Cattle Drives"
Jim Hoy, "Cattle Industry"
Steven D. Dortch, "Chisholm Trail"
Carl N. Tyson, "Shawnee Trail"
Carl N. Tyson, "Western Trail"
Eric Goostree, "Mining Towns"
Steven L. Sewell, "Coal"
Augustus J. Veenendaal, Jr., "Railroads"
Augustus J. Veenendaal, Jr., "Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway"
Augustus J. Veenendaal, Jr., "Fort Smith and Western Railway"
Augustus J. Veenendaal, Jr., "Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway"
Augustus J. Veenendaal, Jr., "Oklahoma Central Railway"
Donald E. Green, "Settlement Patterns"
Research Center Resources
Rennard A. Strickland, The Indians in Oklahoma (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1981)
Robert E. Smith, Oklahoma's Forgotten Indians (Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1981)
Jimmy M. Skaggs, Ranch and Range in Oklahoma (Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1983)
Donovan L. Hofsommer, Railroads in Oklahoma (Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1977)
John W. Morris, Drill Bits, Picks, and Shovels: A History of Mineral Resources in Oklahoma (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: 1982)
Audio/Visual
Choctaw Coal and Railroad Camp https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1083099/
Frisco Steam Engine https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1079100/
Railroad Workers https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc574030/
Seven Scouts for the Pacific Railroad https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1082234/
Ozark & Cherokee Central Railroad https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1596685/
Front page of the Oklahoma State Capitol, April 22, 1904 https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc125420/
Online Primary Sources
"Railroad Maps and Plans," Linda Hall Library
"Railroad Journals from the 19th Century," Linda Hall Library
"Railroad Maps, 1828–1900," Library of Congress
"Indian Territory showing railroad systems, June 30, 1902," United States Department Of The Interior, and United States Commission To The Five Civilized Tribes (Washington, DC: The Dept, 1902), Library of Congress
"Indian Territory showing townsites approved to June 30, 1902," United States Department Of The Interior, and United States Commission To The Five Civilized Tribes (Washington, DC: The Dept, 1902), Library of Congress
"Indian Territory showing railroad systems, June 30, 1903," United States Commission To The Five Civilized Tribes (Washington, DC: The Dept. of the Interior, 1903), Library of Congress
Additional Resources
Railroads of Oklahoma, (Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Department of Transportation, 1978)
Oklahoma Railway Museum
"Eric Standridge, "Early Railroads of Southeast Oklahoma," Owlcation
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