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BASEMENT BOX 67.0549

Description: Aftermath of fire showing debris and three on lookers in background. Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Rainbow club lies in ruins after fire in Poteau."
Date: May 7, 1963
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0242.0295]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "E. L. Costner stands beside a 3-year-old apple tree in a 20-acre experimental orchard atop Cavanal mountain, elevation 2,350 feet, near Poteau."
Date: May 17, 1960
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0353.0158]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Cedar Lake, Glenn Schaapveld"
Date: May 2, 1989
Creator: Southerland, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0266.0350]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: May 4, 1928
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0304B.0089]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Spread-eagle in the sky is Boyd Johnson of Poteau, who clears the first rung."
Date: May 10, 1974
Creator: Artman, Roger
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0409.0894]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Former mansion of late Sen. Kerr near Poteau has become museum."
Date: May 12, 1969
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.b1406.0422]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A crew from a Memphis, Tenn., firm is putting a coar of paint on both the inside and outside of the 100-foot high standpipe at Whitesboro, where building activity is booming. l"
Date: May 8, 1955
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1400.0230]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "In just four years, Sunny Lane Methodist church has grown from the original 36 members to a congregation of 542, and it's "bursting at the seams."
Date: May 14, 1954
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0353.0157]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Cedar Lake's dam will be rededicated Saturday, much to the delight of residents Carolyn Woodring and Glenn Schaapveld, who show the plaque which will commemorate the event."
Date: May 2, 1989
Creator: Southerland, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1006.0314]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The remains of an ancient Indian civilization, marked by nine earthern mounds near the banks of the winding Arkansas River will be dedicated when Oklahoma's first prehistoric park is officially opened to the public."
Date: May 7, 1978
Creator: Cook, J. Don
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1092.0387]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "View of the Black Fork River in southeastern LeFlore County. This springfed stream affords some of the best fishing anywhere. (this is area known as Freeman Hole)"
Date: May 9, 1961
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1092.0383]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A view of one of the favorite fishing holes in the Black Fork River at the Butler Ranch in eastern Okla. The mountain in the distance is the top ridge of the Black Fork, elevation 2,500 feet."
Date: May 11, 1941
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1092.0384]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This scene is a sample of the bass fishing water in the Black Fork River."
Date: May 11, 1941
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1182.0721]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "mrs. Dale Smith of Spiro is still finding bits and pieces of her household-such as a coffee pot cord-scattered in grass and debris more than a month after the killer tornado destroyed the Smith family home."
Date: May 5, 1976
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0247.0562]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Soaring high above the ground at Buffalo Mountain, a hang glider looks down on treetops."
Date: May 27, 1979
Creator: McDaniel, David
Location: 34.746233 -95.153865
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Mr. John Williams and his Flooded Farm

Description: Photograph of Mr. John Williams, an African American, in front of his house. His farm is flooded because of a storm. The farm is located six miles northwest of Spiro, Oklahoma.
Date: May 1943
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Bulldozer Operating on Flooded Farm

Description: Photograph of a an African American man, Sgt. Darance G. Pfefferkorn, operating a bulldozer on a flooded farm. The farm is owned by Garvis King. The farm is located seven miles northwest of Spiro, Oklahoma.
Date: May 1943
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Bulldozer Operating on Flooded Farm

Description: Photograph of a an African American man, Sgt. Darance G. Pfefferkorn, operating a bulldozer on a flooded farm. The farm is owned by Garvis King and located seven miles northwest of Spiro, Oklahoma.
Date: May 1943
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Woodland Conservation Applied

Description: Photograph of John Bateman tree farm within Ouachita National Forest. Complete woodland conservation applied to his 140 acre tract.
Date: May 25, 1960
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Flood Damage to the New Haw Creek Bridge

Description: Photograph of flood damage to the new Haw Creek bridge approaches. Flood topped bridge by 3 feet. North end-east side, looking across bridge.
Date: May 25, 1960
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of a residential areas were hard hit by flood waters of Mountain Creek. Water stood 8 feet deep around these houses. Land treatment and structural measures to be installed on Caston and Mountain Creek to prevent flooding of agricultural land will help the city residents too. OK-1341-3.
Date: May 22, 1961
Creator: McCollum, W. C.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of a low must be present to successfully drain wet areas. This drain is well constructed but there is not a suitable outlet area. When Cache Creek drainage project under Public Law 566 is completed, a suitable outlet will be available. Soil Conservation Service [SCS] has technical responsibilities of PL-566. OK-1259-9.
Date: May 14, 1905
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of a water gap washed out by Rock Creek. Valuable cattle could have gotten out onto a busy highway. Fences and livestock suffer as well as the land when the floods come. OK-1341-2.
Date: May 22, 1961
Creator: McCollum, W. C.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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