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St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 1620

Description: A photograph postcard showing the St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 1620, 2-10-0, westbound with 24 cars, approaching Post Oak Creek east of Indiahoma, OK, 35 mph. These 2-10-0's were built to a 5-foot gauge for Russia during World War I, undelivered because of Bolshevik Revolution, they were changed to 4'-8-1/2" gaugeand sold to US railroads.
Date: May 4, 1946
Creator: George, Preston
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 1619

Description: A photograph postcard showing the St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 1619, 2-10-0, on westbound freight near Indiahoma, in southwest OK, 40 cars, 35 mph. This engine is one of those built for Russia in World War I. Delivery could not be made because of the revolution in that country, so the gauge was narrowed on the engines and they were sold to several railroads in U.S.A.
Date: May 11, 1946
Creator: George, Preston
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0089.0725]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "A lone man stands in solemn tribute at the grave of Kiowa Chief Big Bow in the Fort Sill Post Cemetery with the crypt of Kiowa Chiefs Kicking Bird and Hunting Horse at the left and the obelisk of Comanche Chief Quanah Parker in background."
Date: June 17, 1964
Creator: Garner, Frank
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Bringing Back the Big Game: The Reintroduction of Elk to the Wichita Mountains

Description: Article explores the circumstances surrounding the decision to move starving Rocky Mountain elk from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to the Wichita Mountains National Forest and Game Preserve in southwestern Oklahoma in 1911, and the Progressive conservation ideals behind bringing the elk to Oklahoma.
Date: Autumn 2010
Creator: Pearce, Matthew Allen
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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