Alva Review-Courier -

This is the sixth of a series of articles designed to recognize the work of many individuals who were responsible for getting Northwestern Territorial Normal School located in Alva, Oklahoma Territory in 1897 and for providing leadership to ensure quality education for the critical years that followed. Much of the information in this article can be found in the book Northwestern Oklahoma State University, A Centennial History (copyright 1996) written by Wayne Lane.

It was not my intention to deal with this subject when I first came up with the idea for this series of articles. However, the mor...