A history of the Sooner state that includes stories of explorers and traders, the great migration of thousands of members of the Five Civilized Tribes to its undeveloped plains and woodlands, warfare waged by its Plains Tribes in the 19th century, the military expeditions and the establishment of forts and posts, the Civil War, the great cattle drives, the exciting land openings, statehood, oil wells, politics, its drought problems, etc.