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C.P. "Doc" Wickmiller: Boomer with a "Hatful of Pills"

Description: Article illustrates the life and career of W. C. "Doc" Wickmiller, a druggist who joined David L. Payne's "boomer" party and settled in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. Genevieve Moss describes the growth of his drugstore from a tent to the first two-story building in town and a mini-museum that showcased all the artifacts he had collected on the frontier.
Date: Summer 1985
Creator: Moss, Genevieve
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1363.0401]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Racing the setting sun, an Oklahoma helps load freshly cut wheat onto a grain truck at a farm just west of Cashion over the weekend as the grain harvest in Oklahoma steps into high gear."
Date: June 13, 1980
Creator: Argo, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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