The Pioneer Newspaper June 1898-1905
This publication shows life in the Twin Territories: births, deaths, weddings, businesses, and humor. Other historic information includes: early railroads, Muskogee's trolley system, political discussions, Indian affairs, and statehood controversies. Use KEYWORDS to search the index, then request a digital copy of the microfilmed newspaper article. MCGS members can view a 179 page flipbook of the full publication after logging into their account and selecting "PIONEER" from the menu of items available to members only.
Your searches will be more interesting and successful if you will use KEYWORDS as well as surnames and place names, i.e., use "killed", "shot", "died", "death", "buried", "ill", "sick", etc. Also KEYWORDS such as "visit", "out of town", "in town", the name of a business, topics, historic events etc. are helpful. Be creative!
HINT: open the flipbook to view in FULL SCREEN, 2 page mode and use Ctrl+F to search each of the open pages