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NEW! Used Books now Available in our Online Store
Our Talbot Library online store is now offering used books for sale!
These are great history, Native American, and other books we have had in our library, but now are offering for sale. Most of these are in great condition but with library labels and markings. We have included great photos and condition of each book. We have added only a few so far of our used book collection that is going up for sale! But check back often as we get them added! You may shop for the Used Books here! Donations to the Talbot Library & MuseumWe are always grateful and excited when we receive great donations to our library and museum!
Recently we receive a few great donations including a Talbot crochet piece, a rare autobiography, and some history and Cherokee research materials. Click here to read more about them! 
New book in our Store: The Teachers of the Cherokee Nation Public Schools 1870's-1907
New book arrival! This Second Edition of this important book was published in 2012. Our newest book features a detailed history of the two seminaries that were established in the Cherokee Nation prior to Oklahoma Statehood in 1907. More information on the book and for ordering at this link!
New Book Added to our Store: Caught in the Maelstrom - The Indian Nations In The Civil War 1861-1865
This is a new book, published in 2019, concerning the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek and Seminole tribes during this difficult time. These tribes joined and fought for the Union and the Confederacy while also fighting their own bloody civil war on lands surrounded by Kansas, Arkansas and Texas. For more information and a link to buy in our online store, click here.
New Book!
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In our multi-structure museum in Colcord, Oklahoma, we have dedicated one building to our antique post office.
We are always so thankful for donations to our museum and it is no different with our post office. Our post office includes post office boxes; a mail window; and old Row, OK mail desk; and a mail bag, among many other interesting postal items. In our Bit of History Blog you can find out more about the great antiques found in our Post Office! Preserving A Bit Of History:
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Help us further our goal of
"Preserving a Bit of History" by donating to TL&M. PLUS: Donations of $30.00 or more will receive a one-year, two-issue subscription to "T. L. & M. Genealogy Magazine". NEW! Donate Online!
Click yellow "Donate" button above. (During the online donation process, please be sure to choose "share address" with us so we may mail your copies of TL&M for donations of $30 & above.) 
Read more stories about preserving history (like those just below) in our "Bit of History" blog.
Beautiful Antique Quilts on display at the Talbot Library & MusuemAs you enter the Springtown School House building at the Talbot Library & Museum (TL&M), you will quickly see a beautiful display of quilts donated to our museum.
We are very proud of our quilt collection including quilts from the late 19th century and early 20th century. So many of these types of quilts leave such a legacy and are great piece of American history. Read more about some of the quilts on display at TL&M here. Military Tribute to Colcord graduate, Doyle Howerton, at TL&MNearly 100 years ago, Doyle Howerton was born in Colcord, Oklahoma. He was born on September 24, 1920. He attended grade school at Beck-Prairie and high school at Colcord High School, graduating in 1939.
He joined the Army Air Corps in 1941. He flew gasoline and supplies to many areas including China, Burma, Venezuela and India during World War II. After over 20 years of service to our country, Howerton retired from the military on July 31, 1961. The flag from his funeral was donated to the Talbot Library and Museum by his wife, Dorotha Howerton, on October 14, 2003. We salute Doyle Howerton for his service to our great country! See more of his story in our Bit of History Blog. You may also see more of Howerton's story, his funeral flag and photo when you visit the Talbot Library and Museum in Colcord, OK! Gas Pumps on Permanent Display at Talbot Library and Musuem
From the Talbot Library and Museum Collection:
These gasoline pumps that were lovingly restored by board member Bob Stinchcomb a few years ago. It was a huge undertaking but worth the effort! For years, the old gas pumps had no inside home and were exposed to weather conditions. Bob took them to his home workshop and cleaned, repaired and painted them. They are on permanent display inside of the Adair building on the Talbot museum’s grounds. These are pieces of Americana and now they can be appreciated and enjoyed for years to come, thus upholding Talbot’s motto of “Preserving a Bit of History”. For more details on the pumps and their restoration, go to the "Bit of History" Blog. Early 1900's Elgin Pocket Watch from the Talbot Museum Collection 
his watch belonged to Robert Lee Brown who was born at Rising Star, Texas in 1885. He married Mary E. Hodges in 1908. She was born in Indian Territory in 1888. In 1936, the family moved to Colcord and began taking care of the Colcord Ranch and Lodge.
Lowell Brown, the donor of this watch and the son of Robert and Mary, was about 17 and one of the younger children in a family of 9 children. Living at the ranch gave them many modern conveniences that most families in the area weren’t accustomed to. Lowell remembered having electricity from a Delco system and running water. He also remembered pumping gas from one of the old gasoline pumps from the ranch. These very pumps are located in the Adair Building on the Museum property. The pumps have been carefully restored by Bob Stinchcomb. Lowell recalled a special story about this watch: While in Texas, his father, Robert, needed some money and borrowed it from a local storekeeper. As collateral he gave the man his watch, who in turn loaned his father his own watch to keep time. It was several years before his father managed to pay off the loan and get his watch back. The watch is an Elgin. The watch and the chain have always been together. Lowell made the stand the watch hangs on many years ago. The watch was donated to the Talbot Museum by Lowell Brown in September 1996. We also offer:
* Obituaries/Death Notice Index * Engrave-A-Brick Memorial * Latest Book Store Arrivals * TL&M & Goingsnake Subscriptions Talbot Library and Museum featured in video for "Visit Cherokee Nation"
From "Visit Cherokee Nation": Tucked away in the small town of Colcord is the Talbot Library & Museum. This unique indoor and outdoor museum specializes in the history and genealogy of northeast Oklahoma, northwest Arkansas and Cherokee Nation. Catch a glimpse of what you might see here.
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