Michael D. WilliamsOBSESSIONI was looking through my phone for a picture and ran across a screenshot about a ”Noir” story contest from, Alta, a California publication…5 min read·Dec 22, 2020----
Michael D. WilliamsThe Starry Night of April 22, 1889I drive a lot; a forty-plus minute commute back and forth to work, kids to school and activities, and all those little things that come…3 min read·Sep 12, 2019----
Michael D. WilliamsHand Rolled Cigars in Territorial OklahomaThe Oklahoma Territorial Museum has in our collection cigar making equipment and photographs from the Traband cigar factor, 205 W. Oklahoma…3 min read·Jul 27, 2018----
Michael D. WilliamsThe Adventures of Flossie Hitchcock and Sadie Burche Of the U. S. MarshalsEvery so often a story makes its way back to us about two Lady Deputy U. S. Marshals doing field work in the Indian Territory. The story…7 min read·Jan 30, 2018--1--1
Michael D. WilliamsReturn to the Frontier: What Does the Future Hold for the Great Plains?Not long after I started working at the Oklahoma Territorial Museum, the Popper thesis of the “Buffalo Commons,” came up in conversation. I…9 min read·Jan 4, 2018----
Michael D. WilliamsRain Follows the Plow…OK, not really“No one can question or doubt the inevitable effect of this cool condensing surface upon the moisture in the atmosphere as it moves over by…2 min read·Dec 8, 2017----
Michael D. Williams1890’s Guthrie O.T. Pharmacy Prescription FormsI am organizing my document folder and ran across the first collection I worked on at the Oklahoma Territorial Museum. This is just an…3 min read·Dec 5, 2017----
Michael D. WilliamsThe Guthrie Land Office, April 22, 1889…Two men staffed the land office in Guthrie on April 22, 1889, John L. Dille, the Register of Deeds, and Cassius M. Barnes, the Receiver of…3 min read·Dec 4, 2017----
Michael D. WilliamsDeath of the man who killed, the man who killed Jesse JamesThis is one of my favorite stories of the Territorial period of Oklahoma history. The other day a friend of the museum Fred Staff called us…4 min read·Nov 29, 2017--3--3
Michael D. WilliamsOctober at the Oklahoma Territorial Museum: A Conference, A Carnival, and A Writing WorkshopOctober is a busy month for us at the Oklahoma Territorial Museum, especially the third week. We will be attending the Mountain-Plains…4 min read·Oct 2, 2017----
