Transcribed for OKGenWeb by Bill Hallman.
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The First Eight Months of Oklahoma City
OKLAHOMA CITY, THE McMASTER PRINTING COMPANY
1890

INTRODUCTION

In all probability it was a fatal hour when this little book was conceived.

It is the author's first grab at the garments of Fame through the sword's antagonist-although the greater part of the book was written with poor lead pencils.

No songs, roundelays or hot air blasts of poetic inspiration adorn the pages of this work. The writer's Pegasus would never ride well, and in consequence no lofty epics, lowly ballads or idyllic dreams ever disturbed either his sleeping or waking hours.

It has been the intention to give plain, truthful sketches of the settlement and wonderful growth of Oklahoma City. They have been gathered from observation, the public prints of the city, and from individual experiences. This book is published for the money there is in it and to aid in the work of bringing brains and capital to the Queen City of Oklahoma, whose future is obscured by no sign of shade or shadow.

"BUNKY"


SUNDAY BEFORE MONDAY, APRIL 22d. 1889
MONDAY, APRIL 22d, 1889
IN OKLAHOMA CITY THE 22d
TUESDAY, APRIL 23d
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 24
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, APRIL 25 AND 26
SATURDAY, APRIL 27
SUNDAY, APRIL 28
MONDAY, APRIL 29
TUESDAY, APRIL 30
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1
GROWTH AND PROGRESS OF THE CITY
  SOUTH OKLAHOMA
  GRAND AVENUE
  THE MASONIC FRATERNITY

REGISTRY OF THOSE PRESENT
FIFTY-TWO DAYS AFTER THE OPENING
  BUSINESS
OKLAHOMA CITY'S BEAUTIFUL RIVER AND VALLEY
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT SCHEME
   DELEGATES
FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE OPENING
  ENTERPRISING AND ENDURING
  T. M. RICHARDSON
  FEATHERED CLAIM JUMPERS
  THE OKLAHOMA JOURNAL
  MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

HOW A WOMAN TOOK A RANCH 
  this story is an attempt at humor, it contains no facts, 
  but does contain words that may be offensive to others

LAMENTATIONS OF A. BOOMER, ESQ.
G. A. R.
A POEM IN MEATS
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
RALPH C. GUTHRIE
BOARD OF TRADE
FIRST THINGS
   MARRIAGE
   SERMON
   BIRTH
   CHURCH BELL
   FIRE
   HORSE RACE
   THE FIRST BURGLAR
   FIRST RELIEF ASSOCIATION

CAPTAIN W. L. COUCH
   THE RESIGNATION OF CAPTAIN COUCH
   ELECTION PROCLAMATION

HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
   SKETCH OF THE FOUNDER OF SAINT JOSEPH'S CHURCH
   SKETCH OF THE FOUNDING OF ST. JOSEPH' S CHURCH AT OKLAHOMA CITY
   ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH SINCE AUGUST 4TH
   APPENDIX

DR. I. W. FOLSOM
HISTORY OF THE KICKAPOOS
THE OKLAHOMA CHIEF [Newspaper]
COON'S PHARMACY
    R. J. COON
OKLAHOMA FLOUR AND FEED DEPOT
THE CITY'S HISTORY IN BRIEF
   MAYOR BEALE TO THE COUNCIL
Y. M. C. A.
BANK OF OKLAHOMA CITY
VALUABLE FACTS
THANKSGIVING IN OKLAHOMA
FIRST LITERARY SOCIETY IN THE TERRITORY
CHURCH & HARRAH
DR. C. J. WYNCOOP
CITIZENS BANK
THE BAPTIST CHURCH IN OKLAHOMA CITY
THE DRY GOODS PALACE OF WEDEMEYER, CLAY & CO.
   E. E. ELTERMAN
   SAMUEL CLAY
   J. H. WEDEMEYER
THE CITY'S FIRST POSTMASTER
HISTORY OF THE M. E. CHURCH IN OKLAHOMA CITY 
   A SKETCH OF ITS PASTOR, REV. A. G. MURRAY
A BUSY YOUNG MAN
   William Hanwyn Ebey
C. A. GALBRAITH
THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC TERRI TORIAL CONVENTIONS
LEWIS COUNTRYMAN
RETAIL LUMBER DEALERS ASSOCIATION OF THE INDIAN TERRITORY
CURTIS L. WAGNER
CHAS. W. MEACHAM
SIDNEY CLARKE
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH
ADOLPH NEWMAN
COLONEL W. C. JONES
ONE REAL ESTATE MAN - JOHN ELIASON
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
THE EVENING GAZETTE
D. E. H. WILKINSON
DR. G. F. DEAN
CAPTAIN D. F. STILES
COMPTON HOUSE
THE OKLAHOMA CITY TIMES
SOUTH OKLAHOMA
   G. W. Patrick
OKLAHOMA CITY DITCH AND WATER POWER COMPANY
C. P. WALKER
THE PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION OPENING OKLAHOMA TERRITORY

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