All Crooks at Tulsa: An Investigation

All Crooks at Tulsa: An Investigation

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Episode 2: The Heiress & Her Mythical Oil Fortune

The Origin Story of Minnie Atkins and Charles Page

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“Minnie Atkins, age given as 16. I should say 18-19”—Carlisle physician Dr. C.H. Hepburn.

In January 1881, a new student named Minnie Atkins arrived at Pennsylvania's Carlisle Indian Industrial School. Dr. C.H. Hepburn, a physician from the U.S. Indian Service prepared an examination. Atkins said she was 16, but the doctor believed she was already an ad…

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