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"One Who Was Trusted": E. L. Mitchell of Western Oklahoma, Part Two

Description: Article describes the life and career of E. L. Mitchell, well-known newspaper editor, publisher, politician, and public speaker. In the second part of a two-part article, Paul F. Lambert provides details about the man's own views, particularly his Democratic political campaigns, and his impact on the community.
Date: Winter 2014
Creator: Lambert, Paul F.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Dead Woman's Crossing: The Legacy of a Territorial Murder

Description: Article describes the events surrounding the murder of Katie DeWitt James in 1905, a crime which led to a bridge over Big Deer Creek being dubbed "Dead Woman's Crossing." Sue Woolf Brenner investigates the mysterious case and the questions still left unanswered that led to the creation of a local legend.
Date: Autumn 1982
Creator: Brenner, Sue Woolf
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Watershed Maintenance

Description: Photograph of Bert Lavigne, district aid,planting buttonbush on a front slope--approx. 18 inches apart in 3 feet rows. So to protect the slope from wave damage. OK-3705-12.
Date: February 24, 1970
Creator: Prickett, B. P.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Boy Scout Conservation Efforts

Description: Photograph of Gene Smith and John Ottinger, Boy Scouts from Troop 361 Covered Wagon District, fill gunny sacks with bermuda roots, getting them ready to place in a gully to help prevent erosion as a soil and water conservation project.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ottinger, A. P.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Boy Scout Conservation Efforts

Description: Photograph of Chris Day, Boy Scout Covered Wagon District Executive, hands Jess Dewees, Chairman of the Upper Washita Soil Conservation District, a check for grass seed to plant at Dripping Springs Boy Scout Camp. Walter Stidham, center, camping and activities chairman of the Covered Wagon District and [no first name given] Holland, cub scout Nance PTA look on [sic]. [OK-ID no. crossed out: 1169-1]
Date: unknown
Creator: Ottinger, A. P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Lyle Coyte Dam

Description: Photograph of the dirt backslope of the Lyle Coyte Dam. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Backslopes. Second Print approx. 2 mo. later. Height unsettled 29 feet # 5."
Date: unknown
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

UNIDENTIFIED Male

Description: Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED male. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Public Information Office South Western State College Weatherford, Okla. 73096."
Date: unknown
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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