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Choctaw Execution of Silan Lewis

Description: Photograph of the execution of Choctaw Silan Lewis in Wilburton, I.T. Wilburton was at the time in Gaines County in the Choctaw Nation (now Latimer County). The execution took place on November 5, 1894. Sheriff Lyman Pusley executed Lewis with his rifle. Lewis was convicted of killing Joe Hoklotubbe.
Date: November 5, 1894
Creator: Frank Raymond
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Watershed Structures

Description: Photograph of site #5 Multipurpose Flood Retarding Structure on Fourche Maline Watershed in Robbers Cave State Park. Wildlife Dept. added recreation and wildlife water to this site.
Date: May 5, 1970
Creator: Gregory, George
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1323.0687]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Muscle, moxie and maybe a little mania serve Bob Ranallo well in his precarious perch on the a rotted and splintered utility pole along a stretch of U.S. 270 some 10 miles east of Wilburton."
Date: May 5, 1980
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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