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Greg James,
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Thank you for pointing out why my huge book is important to Indian Territory history.
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I thought you may want to see my “identification, passports” entries in my Name Index.
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identification, passports
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passports, passes, passwords, identification papers, 134, 135, 136, 191, 195, 218, 221, 223, 224, 267, 309, 310, A-157, N-150
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Other sociological entries in my 146-page Name Index are can be seen on my web pages. ..By the way, I address the non-sexy subject of "starvation".
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http://www.bourlandcivilwar.com/CollectiveTerms.htm
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http://www.bourlandcivilwar.com/SociologicalEntriesIndexes.htm
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The reason you did not know about the “Bourland’s men up and down the South bank of Red River” aspect of Indian Territory history is because I’m the first to transcribe, interpret, and index these hard-to read documents. ..Yes, this should have been the subject of graduate theses years ago, but it is too much work for one kid to do for one unappreciated degree. ..The kicker is that some think “if it has not been researched by now it must not be important”. ..Another reason is that most researchers stop at the state border: my research is unique because it addresses the Civil War era in the area bounded by Oklahoma City, Dallas, Texarkana, and Childress to Jones Counties, Texas.
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I did this work expressly to DRASTICALLY change the Oklahoma history survey textbooks. ... an unintended consequence, the Texas textbooks will also be changed. ..Yes, I hope that because of my work, the textbooks will be completely different within ten years.
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In the webpage mentioned below, I indexed a 97-page 1976 University of Arkansas Master’s Thesis entitled: FORT ARBUCKLE, OUTPOST IN INDIAN TERRITORY, 1850-1870, in which the student skipped the Civil War. ..Did you notice that an Arkansas college student wrote this thesis.? ..I blame our Oklahoma university presidents for not insisting that our history be written. ..I have unearthed a substantial number of original documents about Fort Arbuckle that is, yes, enough for another thesis.

http://www.bourlandcivilwar.com/FortArbuckleIndex.htm
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Northern Oklahomans may not know that the Oklahoma high school history textbooks have NOTHING to say about Southern Oklahoma, i.e., the Washita Valley. ..That makes no sense since our “Grade Number One” farmland stretches over many more acres than any other "Grade Number One" land section of Oklahoma. ... My dad raised broomcorn and cattle in Garvin County OK, so I know a bit about fertile soil.
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The four people who helped me for hundreds of hours with this study did so because they wanted to correct some misconceptions: ..“Texas history textbooks reflect that most of Texas history happened South of Dallas and that most of Oklahoma history happened Northeast of Tulsa.”
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I concentrate on studying the 1863-1868 era when the records were scant. ..In order to compile the history of Southern Oklahoma and North Texas, the military units listed below that traversed the area South of the South Canadian River extending to the North and West Frontier must be better defined. At the same time we are striving to define the Indians and outlaws that the military men were chasing. ..My website sort of outlines the these military units on patrol.
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1) Wells' Battalion: Scanland's Company A, most recruits from the Montague Co TX area; Good's-Gillette's Company B, initially Wells' Battn was recruited from the Panola Co TX area. (581 men)
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http://www.bourlandcivilwar.com/WellsBattn.htm
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2) Pyron's 2d TX Cav, Co H, 2d Arizona Brigade, commanded by Capt. J.M. Roark (158 men)
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http://www.bourlandcivilwar.com/Pyron2dTexasMtdCavalry.htm
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3) LeKoester's Co E, Baird's-Showalter's 4th TX Cav, 4th Arizona Brigade (119 men)
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http://www.bourlandcivilwar.com/LeKoester.htm
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4) McCord's 46th Frontier Cavalry (1,273 men)
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5) Martin's 5th TX Cavalry Partisan Rangers (812 men)

6) remnants of Baylor's Ladies' Rangers, Pyron's 2d TX Cav, Co I, 2d Arizona Brigade

http://www.bourlandcivilwar.com/BaylorsLadiersRangers.htm
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http://www.bourlandcivilwar.com/MoreLadiesRangers.htm

7) Brush Battalion, commanded by Major J.R. Diamond. (496 men)

8) Bourland's Border Regiment Cavalry (850 men)
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We are trying to define the Arizona Brigade from which many men in these eight units first served.
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http://www.bourlandcivilwar.com/ArizonaBrigade.htm
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I am a one-man show ... albeit a substantial show. ..Unfortunately, Southern Oklahoma did not have the likes of Grant Foreman to spur researchers to delve into the tediously hard-to-read relevant records that sheds light upon Southern Indian Territory. ..About 70 % of my 1,046-page study is from handwritten records and about 90 % is from contemporaneous sources. .. It addresses the Civil War era in the area bounded by Oklahoma City, Dallas, Texarkana, and Childress to Jones Counties, Texas.
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Yes, I have also enjoyed our colloquy.
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Patti, prochette@Juno.com
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