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Edmund Gasseau Choteau Guerrier: French Trader

Description: Article chronicles the life of Edmund Guerrier, a trader who was fluent in English, French and several Native American languages. He helped to facilitate many land negotiations and treaties between the Native populations and the United States' government.
Date: Winter 1969
Creator: Barde, Fred S. & Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0319B.0124]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "BREAKING GROUND for a new industry at Geary are Arlo Diamond, left, president of the Geary Chamber of Commerce; Carl Bode, Geary mayor, and Tad Jones, Oklahoma City chairman of Art-Fab, Inc., which is building the factory."
Date: September 20, 1969
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Great Plains Conservation Program

Description: Photograph of GPCP participant Vernon Breckenridge checking one-year growth of midland bermuda. Breckenridge has sprigged 20 acres of bermuda grass for each of the last three years.
Date: September 12, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Great Plains Conservation Program

Description: Photograph of WUC Harold Welch and GPCP participant Vernon Breckenridge discuss GPCP contract on the Breckenridge farm. They are shown in a 20-acre field of midland bermudagrass sprigged in the spring of 1968.
Date: September 12, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Gully Caused by Heavy Rainfall

Description: Photograph of a gully caused by the 19-inch rainfall which fell in 7-hours on June 22. This gully, 25 feet deep and 40 feet wide, & several blocks long, is in the middle of what was a travelled street before the rain started. Less than 2 acres of land drain into the gully above its head.
Date: July 9, 1968
Creator: Reid, Louis E.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0991.0002]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Harold Hoffman, Anthony Filder, Alan Karbs and Gary Weber of Okeene Junior Chamber of Commerce prepare rattlesnakes caught in the annual hunt for delivery to the London Zoo."
Date: April 8, 1968
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0370]

Description: A daylight aerial view photograph showing a school building at Geary, Oklahoma, after the structure had caught fire. Caption: "Building at Geary is shown at right shortly after firemen brought the early-morning flames under control."
Date: November 21, 1967
Creator: Wood, Tony
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1416.0054]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "State High School Rodeo Queen, Anita Winham of Rush Springs, left, receives a western suit she plans to wear at the National High School Rodeo Finals in Elko, Nev., August 1 through 5."
Date: June 22, 1967
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0552]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Flying roof was lifted off the Ivan A. Kelley home, background, and blown across the street into a vacant lot in northwest Watonga."
Date: June 11, 1967
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0562]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Brick Veneer tumbled away from two homes in the northwest section of Watonga Saturday night, leaving the wreckage interiors exposed."
Date: June 11, 1967
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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