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[Photograph 2012.201.B1105.0507]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "It was plenty hot when cousins Linvell and C.J. Rose of Beaver pulledover for a breather in Slapout and the shadiest siesta spot handy was right under their rig."
Date: July 2, 1979
Creator: Thompson, Michal
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1180.0728]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Oklahoma Panhandle town of Slapout supposedly got its name from early day highway workers who joked about the store being 'slap out' of things. Frank Lemmons, son of the town's founder, and his two boys, David and Thomas."
Date: 1979
Creator: Thompson, Michal
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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