Physical location
Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-02: Indians II
Page 7.1
Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-02: Indians II
Page 7.1
- Material type
- Newsletter
- Date
- [none]
- Description
- This page contains three articles. The first article outlines the celebration of the Bicentennial and the festivities that it entails. The second article outlines the raising of the Bicentennial flag on the annual Fall Festival Day on October 18, 1975 in Stilwell and the events that occurred simultaneously. The third article outlines the details of the kidnapping of a nine-year-old named Bill Cowart on his way to school. The article provides details on his captor and the ransom involved. Cowart told this story when he was 76 years old.
- Author or creator
- Bertha Morris Pennington, Mary Hawkins
- Publication or source
- Adair County Potpourri
- Subjects and names
- Bicentennial, kidnapping, Bill Cowart
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