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Fort Sill (Okla.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Fannie M. Townsend Hair Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: WHC-M-246
Scope and Contents

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Collector. Newspaper clippings (1901); certificates (1901-1911) from the United States Land Office, Lawton, Oklahoma; and a manuscript (n.d.) written by Fannie Townsend Hair concerning the naming and route of the Chisholm Trail in Oklahoma, with comments by Edwin C. McReynolds.

Dates: 1901-1911
Found in: Western History Collections / Fannie M. Townsend Hair Collection

Lovie Whitaker Collection

 Collection — Box W-42
Identifier: WHC-M-1963
Scope and Contents

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Collector. Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and printed material (1953-1963), relating to the Army's attempt to take over a part of the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge for a missile firing range.

Dates: 1953-1963
Found in: Western History Collections / Lovie Whitaker Collection

Southwestern Oklahoma Survival Association Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-583
Scope and Contents

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Correspondence; news releases; clippings; and municipal, organizational and legislative resolutions (1957-1959) regarding the Army's plan to create a missile firing range at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and the formation of a regional citizens' coalition, the Southwestern Oklahoma Survival Association, which eventually thwarted the plan. Also included in this collection is information regarding prior expansions of Fort Sill, Oklahoma, 1869-1957.

Dates: 1957-1959
Found in: Western History Collections / Southwestern Oklahoma Survival Association Collection
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