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BASEMENT BOX 67.0167

Photograph taken during daylight of smoke billowing from a building. People stand nearby. Caption: "Boiling smoke marks the scene of the Wetumka fire which caused damage to downtown businesses estimated at up to $300,000 Sunday."
Date: February 12, 1963
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0393]

Photograph is of a structure burning to the ground completely engulfed in flames and smoke. Debris is surrounding the structure as it burns. Caption: "Nobody will park between signs at a time like this."
Date: January 14, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[News Script: Wetumka evacuation] (open access)

[News Script: Wetumka evacuation]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story. This story aired at 12:00pm.
Date: April 3, 1969, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0394]

Photograph is of a structure completely engulfed in flames and smoke. All that is visible is the side of the structure's wood siding. Photograph was taken in the daytime. Caption: "Flames leap high from a blazing Holdenville apartment house Tuesday in which one person, Mrs. Minnie Hawkins, 65, died ."
Date: December 23, 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

McFarlin Ranch Cattle Grazing in Snow

Photograph of nine heads of cattle grazing in a field on the McFarlin Ranch after receiving seven inches of snow. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Cattle on the McFarlin ranch, a cooperator with the Hughes County SWCD, after a 7 inch snow. Loamy Prairie range site, was in excellent condition. The grass was properly used creating a condition to hold the snow where it fell.”
Date: March 11, 1968
Creator: McCampbell, James B.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Snow Covered Forrest and Stream

Photograph of a small grove of trees covered in snow. A creek or stream runs through the grove. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Local Interest.”
Date: March 11, 1968
Creator: McCampbell, James B.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Bermudagrass Pasture Sprigging on Jack Kibby Place

Photograph of Jack Kibby and a UNIDENTIFED man using a tractor to sprig Bermudagrass on a prepared seedbed and equipment. The photo does not clarify the position of Jack Kibby. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Sprigging bermudagrass on a prepared seedbed and equipment.”
Date: April 1968
Creator: McCampbell, James B.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Index for the Vore Letter Collection] (open access)

[Index for the Vore Letter Collection]

Description of a letter collection between I.G. Vore to J.W. Denver in Washington D.C. Regarding the claims of the Texas Cherokees. All of the letters are digitized and online in the Portal to Texas History.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. G. Vore to J. W. Denver, November 29, 1883] (open access)

[Letter from I. G. Vore to J. W. Denver, November 29, 1883]

Letter from I. G. Vore to General J. W. Denver in Washington D.C., urging General Denver to try to have Congress pass an act to enable the Texas Cherokees to institute a suit in U.S. Court.
Date: November 29, 1883
Creator: Vore, I. G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. G. Vore to J. W. Denver, March 5, 1884] (open access)

[Letter from I. G. Vore to J. W. Denver, March 5, 1884]

Letter from I. G. Vore to J. W. Denver in Washington D.C., regarding the claims of the Texas Cherokees.
Date: March 5, 1884
Creator: Vore, I. G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. G. Vore to J. M. Haworth, March 3, 1884] (open access)

[Letter from I. G. Vore to J. M. Haworth, March 3, 1884]

Letter from I. G. Vore to J. M. Haworth in Washington D.C., stating that Vore secured a copy of the Treaty between the Republic of Texas and the Cherokees and their associated bands. He also hopes Davidson will succeed in getting legislation through Congress to enable him to secure the Cherokees their rights.
Date: March 3, 1884
Creator: Vore, I. G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. G. Vore to J. W. Denver, April 3, 1884] (open access)

[Letter from I. G. Vore to J. W. Denver, April 3, 1884]

Letter from I. G. Vore to General J. W. Denver in Washington D.C. Vore states he will take all claims presented to him from Potawatomi, Caddo, Anadarko, Ioni, Penateka Comanche, Waco, Towaconie and Keechi.
Date: April 3, 1884
Creator: Vore, I. G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. G. Vore to J. W. Denver, April 29, 1884] (open access)

[Letter from I. G. Vore to J. W. Denver, April 29, 1884]

Letter from I. G. Vore to General J. W. Denver in Washington D.C. In matter of relations between Absentee Shawnee and Potawatomi Indians, their removal to Kansas on thirty-square mile tract in Indian Territory, and the Potawatomi to purchase 160 acres for each head of family and Shawnee to have theirs as a gift.
Date: April 29, 1884
Creator: Vore, I. G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Viet killer] (open access)

[News Script: Viet killer]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: September 2, 1970, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter to Clara Wilson (Luper?) regarding the incarcaration of James A. Todd (open access)

Letter to Clara Wilson (Luper?) regarding the incarcaration of James A. Todd

Letter to Clara Luper asking her to look into the incarceration of her son James A. Todd at the David Correction Center.
Date: November 18, 2001
Creator: Todd, Opal A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Ardmore

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: 1963
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ardmore

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: 1968
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dustin, 1905

Insurance map sheet showing an area of Dustin in Creek Nation, Indian Territory, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: January 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Holdenville, 1902

Insurance map sheet showing an area of Holdenville in Creek Nation, Indian Territory, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: April 1902
Creator: Clarkson's Fire Map
Object Type: Map
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Dustin, 1905

Insurance map sheet showing an area of Dustin in Creek Nation, Indian Territory, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: October 1906
Creator: OK & I.T. Inspection Bureau
Object Type: Map
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stuart, 1905

Insurance map sheet showing an area of Stuart in Hughes County, Oklahoma, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: June 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Holdenville, 1902

Insurance map sheet showing an area of Holdenville in Creek Nation, Indian Territory, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: April 1902
Creator: Clarkson's Fire Map
Object Type: Map
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Dustin, 1905

Insurance map sheet showing an area of Dustin in Creek Nation, Indian Territory, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: January 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Calvin, 1903

Insurance map sheet showing an area of Calvin in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: June 1903
Creator: Oklahoma Inspection Bureau
Object Type: Map
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History