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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.B0349.0295]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "LAKE ALTUS sprawling in the Quartz Mountain 18 miles north of Altus, has dwindled to 31,000 acre-feet from a maximum storage capacity of 103,000 acre-feet since irrigation began last summer and a maximum capacity of 140,000 acre-feet."
Date: December 7, 1970
Creator: Long, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0349.0287]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Water from this main canal of the Lugert-Altus irrigation district has been flowing on approximately 45,000 acres during the summer months with the final irrigation run for 1952 being made in October, to bring abundant crops to this section of southwestern Oklahoma whereas a majority of the crops of the state are cut drastically short this year because of drouth."
Date: October 14, 1952
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0349.0281]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "This picture of the mountain which forms the west side of the Narrows at Lake Lugert shows the normal water line, marked by salt deposits which have turned the red granite to a chalky white."
Date: October 6, 1952
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0349.0289]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Quartz Mountain state park near Altus will have the first housekeeping cabins in its history this summer when the 10 now under construction are completed in June."
Date: March 15, 1950
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0349.0278]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Solid granite mountains, rearing up from flat plains and water, make Quartz Mountains state park one of the most scenic areas in Oklahoma."
Date: August 5, 1949
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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