Monthly Archives: November 2013

Lewis Red Eagle and Willie Bigheart – Students at Osage Indian School – 1917

Posted on November 27, 2013 by admin

Real Photo Postcard, 1917 Written in ink on the back: “Genva McQuain. Lewis Redeagle, Willie Bigheart. Osage Indians. Friends of mine at O.I.S. 1917” These handsome young scholars attended O.I.S. (the Osage Indian Government School (1912-1953) in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. The … Continue reading →

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GLAMORLAND – the Ozarks, 1944

Posted on November 22, 2013 by admin

By Richard Gear Hobbs, PhD, copyright 1944. This is a rather scarce but not particularly valuable example of the kind of soporific writing Mark Twain loved to satirize. His ridicule of James Fenimore Cooper (see “Fenimore Cooper’s Literary Offenses” – … Continue reading →

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A Chronology of Development on the Osage River and Tributaries

Posted on November 5, 2013 by admin

For our presentations this month for the Greenway Network at River Soundings and for the Big Muddy Speaker Series in St. Charles, we created this chronology of development on the Osage River. DAMMING THE OSAGE: A Chronology of Development on … Continue reading →

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