Wichita Falls

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:250000
Date: 1958
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1229.0475]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Huddling here over the weekend to make plans for the Oil bowl football game at Wichita Falls, Texas, August 20 were, l-r, Ernest Scannell, Wichita Falls; Harold Story, Wichita Falls; Clarence Breithaupt, Oklahoma City; and Jenks Simmons, El Reno."
Date: July 17, 1954
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0371.0118]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Syd Lawson of Wichita Falls, Texas, finds a way to solve the weather problem in Oklahoma during the opening day of the state trap shoot."
Date: May 20, 1955
Creator: Miller, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1387.0481]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Scholarships of $500 have been awarded George R. Spillman."
Date: 1955
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1040.0190]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ralph Parkinson of Wichita Falls will be one of the favorites in the 75-lap stockcar race here at Taft stadium Tuesday night."
Date: June 26, 1951
Creator: Petrauskas, Kazimir
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1040.0191]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Jovial Ralph Parkinson of Wichita Falls is one of the standout stockcar pilots who will be in action Tuesday at 8 p.m."
Date: August 9, 1951
Creator: Peterson, Richard
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1040.0188]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Ralph Parkinson, who has been coming here from Wichita Falls, Texas."
Date: May 24, 1954
Creator: Miller, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1040.0189]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ralph Parkinson. . . Grand prize winner last year."
Date: April 1, 1952
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1233.0328]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Completing his sixth annual summer of activities at Philmont in 1953, Lewis H. Schwoerke Jr., a native of Oklahoma City, and now a student of history and journalism at Midwestern University at Wichita Falls, Texas, was staff photographer this summer."
Date: 1954
Creator: Schwoerke, Lewis
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0229.0047]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Miss Irma Cline, left, of Wichita Falls, president of the Association of Desk and Derrick Clubs of North America, came to Oklahoma City during the week to install new officers of the Oklahoma City chapter of the association."
Date: January 6, 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Spanish "Arrastra" in the Wichita Mountains (open access)

A Spanish "Arrastra" in the Wichita Mountains

Article relates the discovery of an "arrastra," an ore grinding machine used centuries beforehand by Spanish prospectors, in the Wichita Mountains. W. Eugene Hollon discusses personal experiences studying the find, the history of mining shafts, early Spanish mining activities in Mexico, and early prospecting activities in the Wichita Mountains.
Date: Winter 1956
Creator: Hollon, W. Eugene
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0503.0035]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma City will be well represented at the annual Wallace Award Young Artist competition Saturday in Wichita Falls, Texas."
Date: March 26, 1954
Creator: Tapscott, George
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0228.0352]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "CHECKING IN A 1,134 SCORE that placed him among the leaders in the men's classic bowling tournament is Don Weir of Wichita Falls."
Date: January 10, 1959
Creator: Gumm, John
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.0538]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Wreckage of a crashed plane in which a Wichita Falls man died early Friday is viewed by spectators."
Date: September 13, 1957
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0991.0432]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Learning to fall is Ted Littiken, Wichita Falls, Texas, a paraplegic patient at the rehabilitation center at Oklahoma State Tech, Okmulgee."
Date: 1957
Creator: Lindsey, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1321.0683]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "PAINTING THE MURAL in the Will Rogers cafeteria at OU for the second time is Mary Scofield, artist from Wichita Falls, Texas."
Date: 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0997.0423]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Other parts of the wheat belt will be hard put to it to beat Tillman county's candidate for the crown of princess at the N a t i o n a l Wheat festival at Wichita Falls the last three days of this week."
Date: June 3, 1952
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0373.0130]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oil gals:' Miss. Trma Cline, left, of Wichita Falls, president of the Association of Desk and Derrick Clubs of North America, came to Oklahoma City during the week to install new officers of the Oklahoma City chapter of the Association."
Date: January 6, 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0369.0336]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A new minister of music has joined St. Luke's Methodist Church, 1516 N Harvey. He is Cecil Lapo, formerly with the First Methodist Church, Wichita Falls, Texas."
Date: September 9, 1953
Creator: Green, Richard
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1146.0089]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma's Aerial threat in Friday's Oil bowl football game at Wichita Falls will be provided by these three players whose combined passing yardage totaled over a mile and a half last season."
Date: August 7, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1184.0767]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Norm Pilgrim (left) of Stillwater and Keith S mith of Oklahoma City, the pair of scooters who helped Oklahoma A&M to the Missouri Valley Basketball championship and into the NCAA playoffs last winter, are still teammates-but now with the airforce at Sheppard base near Wichita Falls, Texas."
Date: 1951
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1299.0796]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Part of the loot in a Wichita Falls home burglary, this diamond-studded bracelet was recovered here Wednesday by the sheriff's office. Holding it at right, is Sheriff Bob Turner, with undersheriff Gene Wells."
Date: January 3, 1957
Creator: Albright, Bob
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0313.0031]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The women in the picture are Betty Cox, Wichita Falls; Violet Donahoe, Ponca City's defending state ladies' handicap queen and Bessie Lewis, Enid."
Date: July 17, 1952
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0338B.0040]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A CHECK FOR $7,250, Oklahoma share of the Oil Bowl football game receipts for hospitalized crippled children, is presented to Kenneth Kamm by C. W. Muehlberger, Shrine Potentate from Wichita Falls, Texas."
Date: December 27, 1958
Creator: King, Cliff
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History