Browsing OU - Theses by Author "Evans, Sterling"
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A river in reverse: an environmental history of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
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"The Burro Evil": The Eradication of Feral Burros in Grand Canyon National Park
Harlow, Abbie (2017-05-12)A population of feral burros has lived in the Grand Canyon since Spanish conquistadors brought the animals to North America in the sixteenth century. More burros entered the canyon in the late nineteenth century with ... -
Land of the Fair God: The Development of Black Towns in Oklahoma, 1870-1910
Myers Jr, Leroy (2016)Oklahoma’s All Black Town Movement is important to contextualize larger black migration patterns during the nineteenth century. Oklahoma was at the center of black migration from surrounding states. In addition, it played ... -
"Make It An Indian Massacre:" The Scapegoating of the Southern Paiutes
Baucom, John (2016-05-13)Overall, this project attempts to move dialogue beyond the cause of the Mountain Meadows Massacre to examine how and why Mormon perpetrators manipulated and covered their tracks in order to frame the Southern Paiutes. This ... -
A Martial Environment: The Rocky Mountain Arsenal and Ecological Change, 1942-2010
Foxley, Curtis (2016)This thesis examines the military-industrial complex and ecological change in the American West during and after the Cold War. By specifically examining one munitions factory—the Rocky Mountain Arsenal—this thesis demonstrates ... -
Settler Intrusion and Indian Survival in California's Round Valley, 1849-1860
Cooper, Zachary Evan (2016)Scholars currently focusing on white-Indian relations in California are involved in a polarized debate regarding genocide in the state. While this scholarship has undoubtedly brought forth new research and viewpoints on ...