Susan spent years poring over old maps and accounts to find rutted traces along the eastern shore preserved by the formation ...

Early settlers in the twin territories had a lot of toothaches. But there were no dentists to ease their pain most of the time -- only those who traveled from place to place periodically. That was ...

In retrospect, and probably even at the time, the chances of success were slim indeed: creation of an all-Black territory and eventually a state out of a hunk of the United States already deeded to ...

From the establishment of a government for Oklahoma Territory in what is now western Oklahoma, and from the beginning of the reservations held by various Indian tribes in what is now eastern Oklahoma, ...

Texas is an immense landscape, and the land seems to stretch on forever. The question of the Texas border has resulted in many disputes. One infamous land dispute in the late 1800s resulted in a piece ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear Oklahoma’s plea to reinstate the murder conviction and death sentence of an American Indian. The justices on Monday said they will review an appellate ...