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[Photograph 2012.201.B0349.0294]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Shrinking Lake Altus stands at less than 11 per cent of capacity storage as illustrated by the continuously-dropping shoreline at left and the high-and-dry boat dock at right."
Date: August 31, 1971
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0152.0080]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Altus-Lugert Dam at Quartz Mountain State Park near Lone Wolf has been proposed by the Bureau of Reclamation to raise the spillway by 6 feet and increase the capacity of the reservoir by 47,000 acre feet."
Date: November 16, 1971
Creator: Long, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1128.0542]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Girls State Delegates elected Kris Risinger, seated, of Altus, as their governor Tuesday night while Tonya Reese of Oklahoma City was named lieutenant governor."
Date: 1971
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0275.0288]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "HIGH AND DRY irrigation channel gates at Lake Altus are gathering tumble weed and sand instead of water in the wake of one of the worst dry spells in the years in southwestern Oklahoma."
Date: May 10, 1971
Creator: McLaughlin, Al
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0275.0258]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "IRRIGATION WATER from Lake Altus continue to flow into the fields in parched southwestern Oklahoma, where recent rains bought only temporary relief from the drought."
Date: August 3, 1971
Creator: Long, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0349.0396]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "SHRINKING LAKE ALTUS may be a problem to city officials who keep a wary eye on their drinking water supplies, but the new-born beach is attracting even more boaters and sun seekers (there's so much more room)."
Date: May 10, 1971
Creator: McLaughlin, Al
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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