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(Albert Einstein)
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Gary L. Cheatham
Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.
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Kansas Territory in 1857
- Academic Background:
- B.S. (Missiology), Northwest Christian College (now Bushnell University)
- M.Div., Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University
- M.S.L.S., School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
- Research and Publication Interests:
- Cherokee Nation in the 19th century
- Osage Nation in the 19th century
- Quapaw Tribe in the 19th century
- Kansas in the 1850s and 1860s
- Useful Online Resources for the Above Research Interests:
- American Civil War in Missouri (State Historical Society of Missouri)
- American Journeys: Eyewitness Accounts of Early American Exploration and Settlement (Wisconsin Historical Society)
- Ancestry.com
- Annals of Kansas (1875)
- Annual Reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs (1826-1932) (University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries)
- Arizona Memory Project (Arizona State Library)
- Arkansas Digital Archives (Arkansas State Archives)
- California Digital Newspaper Collection (University of California, Riverside)
- Cherokee Advocate (Cherokee Newspaper, 1845-1906 / Oklahoma Historical Society)
- Chronicles of Oklahoma (Oklahoma Historical Society)
- Chronicling America (Library of Congress / Advanced Search / Collections List)
- Chronicling America (Library of Congress / Search and Newspaper Directory)
- Civil War Veterans in Kansas (Kansas Historical Society)
- Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection
- Confederate Veteran (Vols. 1-30, 1893-1922 / HathiTrust)
- Confederate Veteran (Vols. 1-40, 1893-1932 / University of Pennsylvania Library)
- Congressional Globe, 1833-1873 (Library of Congress)
- Congressional Globe, 1833-1873 (UNT Digital Library)
- Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (National Archives)
- David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
- Denver Public Library Digital Collections
- Descriptive Rolls for Civil War Soldiers in Kansas Regiments (Kansas Historical Society)
- Digital Library of the KSGenWeb
- Digital Public Library of America
- Digital Southern Historical Collection (University of North Carolina)
- Digitized Kansas Maps (Wichita State University Libraries)
- FamilySearch
- Find a Grave
- Fold3
- Gateway to Oklahoma History (Oklahoma Historical Society)
- Genealogy Gophers (80,000 genealogy and history books)
- General Land Office Records (U.S. Dept. of the Interior)
- Geographic Names Information System (U.S. Geological Survey)
- GovInfo (Free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government)
- HathiTrust Digital Library
- Historical Maps of States (University of Alabama)
- History Hub: Crowdsourcing Platform (National Archives)
- History of the State of Kansas, Vol. 1 (by William G. Cutler, published by A.T. Andreas, 1883)
- History of the State of Kansas, Vol. 2 (by William G. Cutler, published by A.T. Andreas, 1883)
- History of the State of Kansas / 2 vols. in 1 (by William G. Cutler, published by A.T. Andreas, 1883)
- IDA Treaties Explorer (National Archives)
- Index to District Court (Third District: Salt Lake County) Probate Case Files (1852-1896)
- Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties (Kappler's) (Oklahoma State University)
- Indian-Pioneer Papers Collection (University of Oklahoma)
- Internet Archive
- Jackson County, Missouri, Recorder of Deeds (Full Text Historical Public Records)
- Jesuit Digital Collections & Resources (Jesuit Archives & Research Center, St. Louis, Missouri)
- Kansas County Plat Atlases (Kansas Historical Society)
- Kansas Historical Quarterly, 1931-1977 (Kansas Historical Society)
- Kansas Memory (Kansas Historical Society)
- Library of Congress Digital Collections
- Louisiana Digital Library (Louisiana Digital Consortium)
- Making of America Collection (Cornell University Library)
- Missouri Birth & Death Records Database, Pre-1910 (Missouri Digital Heritage)
- Missouri City Directories (Missouri Digital Heritage)
- Missouri Civil War Records (Missouri Digital Heritage)
- Missouri County Histories (Missouri Digital Heritage)
- Missouri Digital Heritage (Homepage)
- Missouri Digital Newspapers (State Historical Society of Missouri)
- Missouri Historical Review (State Historical Society of Missouri)
- Missouri Land Records, 1777-1969 (Missouri Digital Heritage)
- Missouri Soldiers' Records: War of 1812 - World War I (Missouri Digital Heritage)
- National Archives: Access to Archival Databases
- National Archives Catalog
- National Park Service: The Civil War Search for Soldiers
- Nebraska Memories (Nebraska Library Commission)
- Nebraska Newspapers (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
- New Mexico Archives Online (University of New Mexico)
- New Mexico Historical Newspapers (University of New Mexico)
- Newspapers.com
- Newspapers.com (Search by paper name)
- Oklahoma Confederate Pension Index Cards (Oklahoma Digital Prairie)
- Oklahoma Digital Maps (Oklahoma State University)
- Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas)
- Place Names of Colorado (Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies)
- St. Louis Catholic Historical Review, 1918-1923 (HathiTrust)
- Salt Lake City Tax Assesment Rolls, 1856-1892 (Utah Division of Archives and Records Service)
- Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 (National Archives)
- State Digital Resources (Library of Congress)
- State Historical Society of Missouri Digital Collections
- Territorial Papers of the United States (HathiTrust)
- Texas Digital Archive: Confederate Pension Applications
- Texas Digital Newspaper Program (University of North Texas)
- Texas Rangers (Historical Partial List)
- Texas State Library and Archives Commission
- TopoView: Historical Topographic Maps (U.S. Geological Survey)
- Tribal Treaties Database (Oklahoma State University)
- University of Missouri Digital Library
- U.S. Civil War Draft Registration Records, 1863-1865 (name index, Ancestry)
- U.S. Senate Journal: First Forty-Three Sessions of Congress (Library of Congress)
- Utah Digital Newspapers (University of Utah)
- Utah Division of Archives and Records Service Collections (Historical Index)
- Utah Government Digital Library (full text access to archived issues of Utah Historical Quarterly)
- Utah State Digital Archives (Utah Division of Archives and Records Service)
- War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (and Navies) (Making of America / Browse)
- War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (Ohio State University / Search)
- War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (HathiTrust / Original from University of Michigan / Browse and Search)
- War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (and Navies) (enter the title to retrieve all the individual volumes that are keyword searchable / from UNT)
- Western History Collections - Native American Manuscripts (University of Oklahoma)
- Wyoming Digital Newspaper Collection (University of Wyoming & Wyoming State Library)
- Other Useful Online Resources:
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- Air University Press
- Army Publishing Directorate (Gateway to Doctrine publications, Field Manuals, etc.)
- Defense Technical Information Center
- Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
- Ike Skelton Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library
- Institute for the Study of War
- Marine Corps Supplement to the Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
- Modern War Institute at West Point
- Rand Corporation
- U.S. Army Center of Military History
- Wayback Machine
- Privacy Search Engines:
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- DuckDuckGo
- StartPage
- Site maintained by Gary Cheatham
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- gary@cheathams.org
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Cheatham's Publications
Last updated: February 10, 2026
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Think before you speak. Read before you think.
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We are questioners by nature; answers just get in the way.
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The important thing is not to stop questioning.