Document Registry

 

Watson, Archer Hunter, Sr. Manuscript Collection

Coverage: 
1910
Source: 
Papers, .10 foot

Description
State official. Correspondence (1910) from Watson to his fiancée regarding the controversial decision to move the capital of Oklahoma from Guthrie to Oklahoma City. Watson was a member of the State Corporation Commission and these letters reflect an inside knowledge of the conflict. Also included in this collection is a news clipping regarding the hostility of citizens in Shawnee, Oklahoma, to Watson’s support for the Oklahoma City site.