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Banking In Oklahoma 1907 2000
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Author : Michael J. Hightower
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2014-09-10
Banking In Oklahoma 1907 2000 written by Michael J. Hightower and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-10 with History categories.
The story of banking in twentieth-century Oklahoma is also the story of the Sooner State’s first hundred years, as Michael J. Hightower’s new book demonstrates. Oklahoma statehood coincided with the Panic of 1907, and both events signaled seismic shifts in state banking practices. Much as Oklahoma banks shed their frontier persona to become more tightly integrated in the national economy, so too was decentralized banking revealed as an anachronism, utterly unsuited to an increasingly global economy. With creation of the Federal Reserve System in 1913 and subsequent choice of Oklahoma City as the location for a branch bank, frontier banking began yielding to systems commensurate with the needs of the new century. Through meticulous research and personal interviews with bankers statewide, Hightower has crafted a compelling narrative of Oklahoma banking in the twentieth century. One of the first acts of the new state legislature was to guarantee that depositors in state-chartered banks would never lose a penny. Meanwhile, land and oil speculators and the bankers who funded their dreams were elevating get-rich-quick (and often get-poor-quick) schemes to an art form. In defense of country banks, the Oklahoma Bankers Association dispatched armed vigilantes to stop robbers in their tracks. Subsequent developments in Oklahoma banking include adaptation to regulations spawned by the Great Depression, the post–World War II boom, the 1980s depression in the oil patch, and changes fostered by rapid-fire advances in technology and communication. The demise of Penn Square Bank offers one of history’s few unambiguous lessons, and it warrants two chapters—one on the rise, and one on the fall. Increasing regulation of the banking industry, the survival of family banks, and the resilience of community banking are consistent themes in a state that is only a few generations removed from the frontier.
Banking In Oklahoma Before Statehood
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Author : Michael J. Hightower
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2013-10-10
Banking In Oklahoma Before Statehood written by Michael J. Hightower and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-10 with Business & Economics categories.
This lively book takes Oklahoma history into the world of Wild West capitalism. It begins with a useful survey of banking from the early days of the American republic until commercial patterns coalesced in the East. It then follows the course of American expansion westward, tracing the evolution of commerce and banking in Oklahoma from their genesis to the eve of statehood in 1907. Banking in Oklahoma before Statehood is not just a story of men sitting behind desks. Author Michael J. Hightower describes the riverboat trade in the Arkansas and Red River valleys and freighting on the Santa Fe Trail. Shortages of both currency and credit posed major impediments to regional commerce until storekeepers solved these problems by moving beyond barter to open ad hoc establishments known as merchant banks. Banking went through a wild adolescence during the territorial period. The era saw robberies and insider shenanigans, rivalries between banks with territorial and national charters, speculation in land and natural resources, and land fraud in the Indian Territory. But as banking matured, the better-capitalized institutions became the nucleus of commercial culture in the Oklahoma and Indian Territories. To tell this story, the author blends documentary historical research in both public and corporate archives with his own interviews and those that WPA field-workers conducted with old-timers during the New Deal. Bankers were never far from the action during the territorial period, and the institutions they built were both cause and effect of Oklahoma’s inclusion in national networks of banking and commerce. The no-holds-barred brand of capitalism that breathed life into the Oklahoma frontier has remained alive and well since the days of the fur traders. As one knowledgable observer said in the 1980s, “You’ve always had the gambling spirit in Oklahoma.”
At War With Corruption
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Author : Michael J. Hightower
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2021-07-13
At War With Corruption written by Michael J. Hightower and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
At War with Corruption began as a biography of Bill Price, the U.S. attorney and Republican candidate for high office who spearheaded prosecutions in the most pervasive public corruption spectacle in American history: the Oklahoma county commissioner scandal. Price’s determination to root out the rascals and restore faith in governance branded him as the biggest corruption buster in the state’s history. Price’s career in law and politics serves as a portal into corruption in Oklahoma. Episodes in that narrative include land swindles (soonerism) at the dawn of Oklahoma history; theft of Native Americans’ property and steamrolling of their cultures that reached a nadir in the Osage murders; the Supreme Court scandal of 1964–65; Leo Winters’ alleged misuse of state taxes (what was the treasurer doing with the people’s money?); Governor David Hall’s trial and conviction on charges of extortion; prosecutions of drug syndicates, Penn Square Bank insiders, and Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners on the take; and the systemic bribery in county governance that inspired this book. Price shatters the myth that Oklahomans have been uniquely tolerant of, and susceptible to, corruption. He blames structural flaws and inadequate legislation for tempting law-abiding citizens to heed the call of their darker angels. Although Price failed in his gubernatorial and congressional campaigns, he has influenced policy through philanthropies that set a high bar for civic engagement. At War with Corruption reveals the sinister side of human nature. Yet its intention is not to depress, but rather to uplift and to show what is possible when public servants work together to frame effective laws and promote justice.
1889
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Author : Michael J. Hightower
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2018-09-20
1889 written by Michael J. Hightower and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-20 with History categories.
After immigrants flooded into central Oklahoma during the land rush of 1889 and the future capital of Oklahoma City sprang up “within a fortnight,” the city’s residents adopted the slogan “born grown” to describe their new home. But the territory’s creation was never so simple or straightforward. The real story, steeped in the politics of the Gilded Age, unfolds in 1889, Michael J. Hightower’s revealing look at a moment in history that, in all its turmoil and complexity, transcends the myth. Hightower frames his story within the larger history of Old Oklahoma, beginning in Indian Territory, where displaced tribes and freedmen, wealthy cattlemen, and prospective homesteaders became embroiled in disputes over public land and federal government policies. Against this fraught background, 1889 travels back and forth between Washington, D.C., and the Oklahoma frontier to describe the politics of settlement, public land use, and the first stirrings of urban development. Drawing on eyewitness accounts, Hightower captures the drama of the Boomer incursions and the Run of ’89, as well as the nascent urbanization of the townsite that would become Oklahoma City. All of these events played out in a political vacuum until Congress officially created Oklahoma Territory in the Organic Act of May 1890. The story of central Oklahoma is profoundly American, showing the region to have been a crucible for melding competing national interests and visions of the future. Boomers, businessmen, cattlemen, soldiers, politicians, pundits, and African and Native Americans squared off—sometimes peacefully, often not—in disagreements over public lands that would resonate in western history long after 1889.
Foreclosed
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Author : Christopher K. Odinet
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-02-07
Foreclosed written by Christopher K. Odinet and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-07 with Business & Economics categories.
Analyzes the poorly regulated world of mortgage servicers and offers reforms designed to protect consumers and ensure financial stability.
Annals Of Wyoming
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Annals Of Wyoming written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with West (U.S.) categories.
Rustics Roughnecks And Financiers
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983-01-01
Rustics Roughnecks And Financiers written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983-01-01 with Oklahoma categories.
Chronicles Of Oklahoma
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Author : James Shannon Buchanan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Chronicles Of Oklahoma written by James Shannon Buchanan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Indians of North America categories.
Proceedings Of The Tenth Annual Convention Of The Oklahoma Bankers Association Held At Oklahoma City Oklahoma May 21st And 22nd 1906
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Author : Oklahoma Bankers Association. Convention
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1906
Proceedings Of The Tenth Annual Convention Of The Oklahoma Bankers Association Held At Oklahoma City Oklahoma May 21st And 22nd 1906 written by Oklahoma Bankers Association. Convention and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1906 with Banks and banking categories.
Territorial Bank Notes Territory Of Oklahoma 1890 1907
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Author : Chris Steenerson
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2021-02-27
Territorial Bank Notes Territory Of Oklahoma 1890 1907 written by Chris Steenerson and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-27 with categories.
"Exploring The Certified Currency Plate Proofs" is a reference work indexing the National Bank Notes of the Territory of Oklahoma produced between 1890-1907 by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. This volume brings together four titles into one: National Bank Notes - Territory of Oklahoma - 1890-1907 - Plate Proof Census SummaryNational Bank Notes - Territory of Oklahoma - 1890-1907 - Plate Proof Examples - Part 1National Bank Notes - Territory of Oklahoma - 1890-1907 - Plate Proof Examples - Part 2National Bank Notes - Territory of Oklahoma - 1890-1907 - Plate Proof Examples - Part 3The series provides a visual tour through the certified plate proofs created by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and held in the National Numismatic Collection at the National Museum of American History. The Book series is intended for educational use only and to assist future researchers.