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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.B0144.0679]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Recent freezes and warm, open weather combined to hasten row crop harvest, with the exception of cotton, the Oklahoma Crop and Livestock Reporting Service said Tuesday."
Date: November 16, 1971
Creator: Long, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0979]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "In southwestern Oklahoma were termed good Thursday by rainmaker " Cherokee Bill " after he completed a ceremony at Altus to bring rain to the area."
Date: September 7, 1971
Creator: Long, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0448

Description: Photograph of a firefighter extinguishing a gas station on fire. Caption: "Firefighters battle Sunday blaze at a Martha service station. Officials believe children playing with fireworks accidentally may have started the blaze."
Date: March 14, 1971
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.b1402.0153]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Linda Welch, Duke, who once organized a workshop in Altus for a disadvantaged group, was crowned a winner in the food-nutrition project. In the past nine years, she has prepared 2,200 meals ans used nearly 5,500 recipes."
Date: 1971
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1249.0417]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "SUSPECTED MARIJUANA confiscated from Robert F. Meeks, Tipton, is examined by Jackson County Sheriff's Deputies Bill Smith and Jackie Lednetter."
Date: January 19, 1971
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0306B.0348]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Cave-in in the Altus courthouse square, which revealed an 1889 vintage public water well, is examined by Gene Bryce, left, Jackson County deputy assessor, Bill Neal, Altus, whose parents dug the well, and D. L. Boyer, Jackson County school superintendent."
Date: August 19, 1971
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.B1190.0382]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Some motorists who managed to get started got only a few blocks before spinning into new trouble, such as this one in Altus."
Date: February 23, 1971
Creator: Bergdall, Calvin
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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