An informative announcement: on May 17th & 18th there will be a meeting of the Texas Map Society in the Edmon Low Library on the Campus of Oklahoma State University. An important note before giving the deeper info., there is a $100 Early Registration fee 'til the 10th, after which jumps to $115; and there is a field trip Fri. to the Cherokee Strip Museum in Enid. The higher points of interest for this forum come on Sat. with a discussion of Indians and Indian Territory Maps:The Early Years. Another interesting discussion is: Opening the Wilderness: Military Roadbuilders in Indian Territory, 1825-1860. Any questions can be directed to John Phillips at john.phillips@okstate.edu, or under the texasmapsociety.org website.

Robert