Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of the "West Territories to Statehood" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
admission, Indian Territory, Oklahoma, statehood, territory, Utah, Wyoming
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

Wyoming

"The Deed is Done"
The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), July 11, 1890, Image 1, col. 5.
"Wyoming Makes Tremendous Forward Stride"
The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), December 31, 1905, Last Edition, Section Two, Image 27, col. 1.
"Prosperity, Expansion and Promise in Wyoming"
Deseret Evening News (Great Salt Lake City, UT), December 15, 1906, Part Four, Image 64, col. 1.
"Wyoming--Banner Sheep State of Union"
The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), December 29, 1907, Mining Section, Page 9, Image 45, col. 1.

Utah

"Is Ready for Statehood"
The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), December 24, 1892, Columbian, Page 21, Image 21, col. 1.
"Statehood Symposium"
The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), December 25, 1893, Page 3, Image 3, col. 1.
"The Dawn of Statehood"
The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), January 1, 1896, Image 9, col. 1.
"Statehood for Utah; Admitted to the Union by Proclamation of President"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), January 5, 1896, Page 2, Image 2, col. 2.
"Utah's Star is Now Shining: "The Queen of the West" at Last Takes Her Place Among the Sisterhood of States"
The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), January 5, 1896, Image 1, col. 1.

Oklahoma

"Oklahoma. The "Beautiful Land," Rich and Prosperous, is Not Yet Ready for Statehood"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), February 24, 1901, Page 6, Image 30, col. 1.
"The Glad Hand to Entering Oklahoma; The New Star in Our Flag--Then and Now Show Miraculous Changes--Land of Fertility and Progress"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian (Hopkinsville, KY), July 7, 1906, Page 3, Image 3, col. 4.
"The Passing of Indian Territory; Oklahoma, the Newest Star in the Galaxy of States has Absorbed It"
Deseret Evening News (Great Salt Lake City, UT), January 19, 1907, Last Edition, Part Two, Image 24, col. 1.
"Next Week Oklahoma Becomes the Forty-Sixth State in the Union"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), November 10, 1907, Image 17, col. 1.
"Admission of Oklahoma; The Forty-Sixth State Formally Entered the American Union Saturday"
The Ocala Evening Star (Ocala, FL), November 18, 1907, Image 1, col. 1.

Territories to Statehood, the West: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America