[Photograph 2012.201.B0144.0690]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Farmers say there would be no Oklahoma cotton harvest without Mexican labor."
Date: November 20, 1979
Creator: Southerland, Paul
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0144.0688]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The presence in March of cotton-filled trailers at southwestern Oklahoma gins illustrate the effect of the harsh winter on the cotton harvest."
Date: March 4, 1979
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0307B.0025]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Farmers Murray Williams and Gary Jones wish they had anybody but the hard-working, fast-learning, reliable workers they had to hire to get this year's cotton crop in."
Date: November 20, 1979
Creator: Southerland, Paul
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0144.0689]

Caption: "Like loaves of bread waiting for the baker, these cotton modules, each amounting to about 14 bales, wait at the Cotton Growers Gin yard at Altus for their turn with the ginner."
Date: October 11, 1979
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0149.0570]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Herschal Crow D-Altus Approp. and Budget."
Date: 1979
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1073.0462]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The weed-choked headquarters of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad line in Altus could be abandoned and left to Mother Nature's whims if railroad proposals to cancel the Oklahoma line are approved."
Date: September 2, 1979
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0144.0698]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "More than 20,000 bales of cotton are stacked outside the Oklahoma Cotton Cooperative Association Compress at Altus where officials are using outdoor storage to take advantage of the mild weather, saving sheltered spots for the onset of bad weather."
Date: December 21, 1979
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0383.0183]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Postal Service is looking for a suitable site to build and lease a new post office in the Martha, Okla. community, in northwest Jackson County, to replace this facility."
Date: March 12, 1979
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1119.0175]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "High wees and broken ties show the dterioration of the katy railroad track Southeat of Altus which will be abandoned this summer unless area residents can ge the Interstate Commerce Commission to keep the like open."
Date: May 3, 1979
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1374.0637]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Murry Williams, Altus farmer"
Date: November 20, 1979
Creator: Southerland, Paul B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History