Welcome to the Little Axe Historical Archive. This page offers a collection of historical references to the area of what is now called Little Axe, Oklahoma. Here you will find links to biographies, stories, photos and legends which chronicle this diverse rural community’s interesting past.

This project is ongoing and new entries periodically added. Any submissions, additions, or corrections are requested. - Contact -

Places
Original township
- Settled in 1886
Brendle Corner
- A house with a history
Lake Thunderbird
- The Norman Project, Bureau of Reclamation History
- Urban wilderness
- 1962 Land Owner Map (large image)
Little Axe School
- A Short History
Mardock Mission
- National Register Property
Reynolds Lake
- Early years
State Higway 9
- Past, Present, Future

People
Absentee Shawnee Tribe
- Culture & History
- The Reservation (pdf)
- Dances
Big Jim
- Shawnee Indian Chief
- Potrait
Little Jim
- Great-Grandson of Tecumseh
Little Axe Clan
- Frank “Grandpa” Little Axe
Murray Humphreys
- by Irvin Owen
- Mobster
- Potrait
Mary Luella Humphreys
- Case history
Washington Irving
- 1832 exploration
- Route Map
- Tour of the Prairies (free ebook)
- Potrait
- Painting of Irving with Osage