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Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 405

A photograph print showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 405, 4-6-2, on northbound passenger train #6, taking on water, Atoka, OK.
Date: June 5, 1938
Creator: George, Preston
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 413 on "Katy Flyer"

A photograph print showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 413, 4-6-2, on passenger train #5, "Katy Flyer", at the station in Atoka, OK. [see also 2008.008.1050B and 1051]
Date: June 5, 1938
Creator: George, Preston
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 413 on "Katy Flyer"

A photograph print showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 413, 4-6-2, on passenger train #5, "Katy Flyer", at the station in Atoka, OK. [see also 2008.008.1050A and 1051]
Date: June 5, 1938
Creator: George, Preston
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 413 on "Katy Flyer"

A photograph print showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 413, 4-6-2, on passenger train #5, "Katy Flyer", at the station in Atoka, OK. [see also 2008.008.1050B and 1050A]
Date: June 5, 1938
Creator: George, Preston
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 882

A photograph postcard showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 882, 2-8-2, on 2nd No. 72, northbound freight thru Limestone Gap, near Chockie, OK, 58 cars, 50 mph.
Date: December 12, 1948
Creator: George, Preston
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 882

A photograph postcard showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 882, 2-8-2, on 2nd No. 72, crossing North Boggy near Stringtown, OK, 58 cars, 40 mph.
Date: December 13, 1945
Creator: George, Preston
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 882

A photograph postcard (& Negative) showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 882, 2-8-2, on 3rd No. 81, near Chockie, OK, 107 cars, 25 mph.
Date: December 11, 1948
Creator: George, Preston
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 202

A photograph postcard (& Negative) showing a Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 2-unit diesel on 1st No. 75, southbound near Stringtown, OK, 92 cars, 50 mph. This line is now single tracked.
Date: December 12, 1948
Creator: George, Preston
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 397 on "Katy Limited"

A photograph postcard (& Negative) showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 397, 4-6-2, on No. 3, "Katy Limited", southbound near Stringtown between McAlester and Durant, OK, 7 cars, 50 mph.
Date: December 12, 1948
Creator: George, Preston
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 882

A photograph postcard (& Negative) showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 882, 2-8-2, on 2nd No. 72, crossing North Boggy River, near Stringtown, OK, 58 cars, 40 mph.
Date: December 12, 1948
Creator: George, Preston
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 882

A photograph postcard (& Negative) showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 882, 2-8-2, on 2nd No. 72, northbound through Limestone Gap, near Chockie, OK, 50 cars, 40 mph.
Date: December 12, 1948
Creator: George, Preston
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 876

A photograph postcard (& Negative) showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 876, 2-8-2, on 3rd No. 72, northbound through Limestone Gap, near Chockie, OK, 98 cars, 40 mph. (Limestone Gap is south of McAlester, OK)
Date: December 12, 1948
Creator: George, Preston
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 897

A photograph postcard (& Negative) showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 897, 2-8-2, on southbound 2nd No. 75, near Grace, OK, 95 cars, 50 mph.
Date: December 12, 1948
Creator: George, Preston
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Arthur John Cline, 1865-1942 (open access)

Arthur John Cline, 1865-1942

Article chronicles the genealogy and life of Arthur John Cline, the first county clerk of Atoka County within the state of Oklahoma.
Date: Autumn 1942
Creator: Williams, Robert L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Brief Review of the Life of Doctor Eliphalet Nott Wright (open access)

A Brief Review of the Life of Doctor Eliphalet Nott Wright

Article chronicles the life of Doctor Eliphalet Nott Wright, a doctor who worked within Old Boggy Depot. The doctor's family's homestead was one of the last surviving structures with the trade post.
Date: Summer 1932
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Tryphena (open access)

Tryphena

Article chronicles the author's search for the identity of the person residing in a grave inscribed with "Tryphena's Grave."
Date: Summer 1931
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Old Boggy Depot (open access)

Old Boggy Depot

Article details the history surrounding Old Boggy Depot, a depot that has operated since the Antebellum period. Through this depot passed millions in gold worth of trade.
Date: Spring 1927
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Leaf from a Sketchbook (open access)

A Leaf from a Sketchbook

Article details how the author of "Sketch Book" describes a town within Indian Territory called Atoka and other scenic towns located within the territory.
Date: Spring 1926
Creator: Taylor, Baxter
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
James Dwight Lankford (open access)

James Dwight Lankford

Article chronicles the life of James Dwight Lankford, a business man who worked in the pharmaceutical, banking, lumber, coal, and ice sectors. He was elected the first mayor of Atoka, Oklahoma and is remembered within the historical society.
Date: Spring 1925
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Brief Excursion into Journalism (open access)

A Brief Excursion into Journalism

Article contains translations of The Choctaw and Chickasaw Observer, a newspaper handwritten and published in the Choctaw Nation during the Civil War.
Date: Winter 1973
Creator: Blaine, Martha Royce
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
First Catholic Church in Indian Territory - 1872, St. Patrick's Church at Atoka (open access)

First Catholic Church in Indian Territory - 1872, St. Patrick's Church at Atoka

Article chronicles the history and establishment of St. Patrick's Church. This was the first Catholic Church established in Indian Territory.
Date: Winter 1972
Creator: Michalicka, John
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Marking the Butterfield: Retracing the Indian Territory Segment of the 1858-61 Butterfield Overland Mail Stagecoach Road (open access)

Marking the Butterfield: Retracing the Indian Territory Segment of the 1858-61 Butterfield Overland Mail Stagecoach Road

In 2018 the National Park Service recommended that the Butterfield Overland Mail Stagecoach Road be designated a National Historic Trail. Sixty years earlier, OHS staff marked this important trade and transit route with historical markers. This article retraces the road, describing the landmarks as they appeared on the 1958 trek as well as their present conditions.
Date: Spring 2019
Creator: Dragoo, Susan Penn
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
48 Hours in Atoka (open access)

48 Hours in Atoka

Article describes the 48 Hours in Atoka concert that took place in 1975 and the impact this concert had on the local Atoka community.
Date: Spring 2013
Creator: Donovan-Wallis, Cindy
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

U202 2001 Peterbilt E-One 122634 1250 1000 DA

Photograph of SFD U-202, a 2001 Peterbilt/E-One pumper.
Date: January 8, 2018
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History