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Picher's Alcohol: Problems It Caused, Leigha Burns
Picher's Alcohol: Problems It Caused, Leigha Burns
Theory and Practice: HIST430
Alcohol played a major part in the life of a miner and in his community. The outlawing of alcohol in the country caused lots of things in the life of the miner and in his surrounding community. Across the country crime rates began to rise as more people were found with illegal alcohol or were arrested for altercations that they had been involved in because of being intoxicated.
Early Prospecting Of The Tri-State District And How It Affected The Picher Field, Charles E. Janssen
Early Prospecting Of The Tri-State District And How It Affected The Picher Field, Charles E. Janssen
Theory and Practice: HIST430
Early mining is critical to understand how it set the stage for the tri-state district of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri to become one of the world's foremost produces of lead and zinc ore from approximately 1880-1950. The particular geological deformation of this region led to prospecting and mining on a hyper-industrial level with the focal point being in and around the Picher-Cardin district of northeastern Oklahoma in Ottawa County. From the initial discovery of lead and zinc ore through the boom and output peak of 1929, the tri-state region saw the discovery, boom, mining techniques, and technological advancements in this …
Going Above And Beyond In A Time Of Need, Vicki Engledown
Going Above And Beyond In A Time Of Need, Vicki Engledown
Theory and Practice: HIST430
Since Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross in 1881, families and communities have come to expect that in times of need, the Red Cross will be there for them. But in Picher Oklahoma in the 1930s, the Red Cross extended its generosity past the point it needed to be. The comes a point in time when a community needs to take responsibility of its citizens instead of relying on the handouts of others. Today there are millions of people that take advantage of government systems; this was no different during the hardships of the Great Depression in the 1930s. …
Open Mines: Deadly Consequences, Alex Schell
Open Mines: Deadly Consequences, Alex Schell
Theory and Practice: HIST430
Problems of the open mines in the Tri-State area had been a hot topic for many years in the early 1900s. The problems that the surrounding communities faced were deadly. Many people, unknowingly, stepped into open mine shafts and were seriously injured or even killed. Properly closing mines after they had been stripped of all their valuable ore was not a priority of the mining companies; seeing how there was no enforcement of the laws when it came to closing down mines and covering up open mine shafts, many companies just left the open shafts uncovered. It was widely known …
Undersold: Government Intervention On Indian Land Leases In The Tri-State Area, Lauren Arthur
Undersold: Government Intervention On Indian Land Leases In The Tri-State Area, Lauren Arthur
Theory and Practice: HIST430
Until the early 1800s, the state of Oklahoma was only open prairie. Unsettled and mainly used as a yearly hunting ground for some Plains Indians, Oklahoma was, to French travelers, land of little opportunity. It was Indian land; therefore it was not available to the French. Yet when they sold the land to the United States in 1803, the young government took control of the land and the people who have been living there for thousands of years. One-hundred years later when minerals were found on Quapaw-restricted land in Oklahoma, the government attempted to pass legislation in order to protect …
Educational Impacts In Picher, Oklahoma And The Surrounding Tri-State District, Amanda Callaway
Educational Impacts In Picher, Oklahoma And The Surrounding Tri-State District, Amanda Callaway
Theory and Practice: HIST430
The thirties was a rough decade for our nation's history. It was a time of "Great Depression" when the stock market crashed in 1929. The crash led to major inflation and scarcity of jobs all over the United States. Picher, Oklahoma was in need of operational mines during this time. The people there would do whatever it would take to keep their jobs. This became so extreme that people in the community began not taking care of their homes, keeping good hygiene, and using proper safety precautions. The town seemed to lack education to the outside world. Many today are …
The Truth About Operator And Union Relations In The Tri-State Mining District, Anthony Nelson
The Truth About Operator And Union Relations In The Tri-State Mining District, Anthony Nelson
Theory and Practice: HIST430
Higher wages, fewer hours, better working conditions--that would be the general mantra of most unions in the United States during the first part of the twentieth century. After the passage of the National Industrial Recovery Act in 1933, which gave employees the right to bargain collectively, unions were empowered and began sending out organizers all over the country. Unfortunately, such a cookie-cutter platform would not be so easily applied in the Tri-State lead and zinc mining district of Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. As union organizers mobilized in the Tri-State district, they stuck to the familiar procedure of agitating and ranting …
Depression And Decline In The Tri-States, Joey Zdeb
Depression And Decline In The Tri-States, Joey Zdeb
Theory and Practice: HIST430
There were once unsettled and wild lands in the Indian territory of northwest Oklahoma, in the lowland valleys of southeastern Kansas, and even the vast hills of the southwestern Ozrks of Missouri. But this once clean and tranquil land is no more due to the mining and encampment of the Tri-State area of Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. In the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, there was a large movement of people into the Tri-State area. This was a result of new found minerals able to be mined, and with that came jobs, land, and new opportunity for the …
Workmen's Compensation: Mining Injuries In The Tri-State Mining District, 1930-1946, Ariel Yager
Workmen's Compensation: Mining Injuries In The Tri-State Mining District, 1930-1946, Ariel Yager
Theory and Practice: HIST430
Workmen's compensation is an evolved form of disability. It started in the 1920s and is still changing today. J.E. Halterman found this out when he went to work one day for the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company in 1930 in Coffeyville, Kansas. He left work missing the first three fingers on his right hand from working with a buzz saw. He sued the company for compensation of the loss of his fingers. During the trial it came out that the shield on the buzz saw was so defective and worn that it could not perform its job to protect the worker. …
The Spring Floods Of 1936: Picher And The Red Cross Unite, Allison Williford
The Spring Floods Of 1936: Picher And The Red Cross Unite, Allison Williford
Theory and Practice: HIST430
In the early 1900s, the Great Depression, great droughts, a huge tornado, and great floods roared through the United States, hitting the East Coast, the West Coast, and the Midwest. These troubling periods and incidents left many families without homes or incomes. Therefore, these families had no choice but to reach out to others for help, the main source being toward the Red Cross and places in America where trouble was much less than the disaster's home front. Without the help of the Red Cross, the disaster stricken flood areas would not have survived.
Government Involvement In The Mining Industry, Jake Storey
Government Involvement In The Mining Industry, Jake Storey
Theory and Practice: HIST430
Mining was one of the most prominent industries in the Tri-State District from the 1880s through the 1950s. This time period was very instrumental to the development of the Tri-State region of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. Mining offered employment to many in the area, and mining camps would seemingly spring up overnight in some case. There is a very good case made that work in the mines was extremely hazardous to one's health. Falling rocks, working with explosives, and working in a dusty, damp area were all a part of a miner's day. Prior to government legislation, men could have …
World War Ii From The Mining Shaft, Lucian Myers
World War Ii From The Mining Shaft, Lucian Myers
Theory and Practice: HIST430
One of America's most powerful weapons in World War II was its labor force. It was one of the contributing factors to the Allied victory in the war. Not only could the U.S. field better armies than its opponent, but it could supply them for a longer period of time over a longer distance. The labor force and communities of those laborers in America were transformed during the war. People who had not previously worked outside of their homes now worked in the labor force. Also there were people in the labor force who left it to go enlist in …
Prohibition And The Effects On Social History In The Tri-State Area, Grant Laforge
Prohibition And The Effects On Social History In The Tri-State Area, Grant Laforge
Theory and Practice: HIST430
Today we as citizens of this country believe that rights and liberties rule the air. On January 16th, 1919 however, an amendment for prohibition was ratified, making alcohol consumption illegal. The whole country was affected by this amendment. In the East there were many organized crime related incidents related to prohibition. Other parts of the US that were affected by this amendment and bootlegging were prominent.
From Leftovers To Treasured Lands: Discovery Of Lead And Zinc In The Indian Territory Of Northeastern Oklahoma, Chance Riley
From Leftovers To Treasured Lands: Discovery Of Lead And Zinc In The Indian Territory Of Northeastern Oklahoma, Chance Riley
Theory and Practice: HIST430
Indian relations have been a major part of American society since America was discovered, and as Americans continued to expand farther west, these issues became increasingly magnified. There are many stories of the trials and tribulations that many Native Americans faced as they were continually persecuted and forced to give up their land. Stories such as the Trail of Tears sprout up in most textbooks throughout schools. However, there are many other stories that seem to slip through the cracks and do not receive near as much spotlight in history lessons today. The story of the Quapaw Tribe, who were …
A Community Giving A Helping Hand: Tri-State District Tornado, Andrew Prater
A Community Giving A Helping Hand: Tri-State District Tornado, Andrew Prater
Theory and Practice: HIST430
On the evening of February 24, 1935, a deadly tornado ravaged through the Tri-State District towns of Commerce, Douthat, Picher, Hockerville, Ok, Shoal Creek, Stapleton, MO, and Baxter Springs, KS. The total number of people impacted from the rare February tornado totaled 286. This disaster did not happen at an ordinary time in history, it happened at a time when many families were struggling to feed and cloth their families and at a time when the national unemployment rate exceeded twenty-five percent during the "Great Depression." During this time of great distress and unemployment, a community that was centered around …