Early Days in Kingfisher County (open access)

Early Days in Kingfisher County

Article narrates the authors experiences living in Kingfisher County within Oklahoma Territory during its development.
Date: Summer 1940
Creator: Hamilton, Robert
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Pioneering on the Great Plains (open access)

Pioneering on the Great Plains

Article describes the harrowing experience of one pioneer and his wife and children traveling in a covered wagon on the Great Plains. William E. Baker tells the story of the dangers of crossing a river and the journey to Kingfisher, Oklahoma.
Date: Autumn 1957
Creator: Baker, William E.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Annette Blackburn Ehler and the Pat Hennessey Memorial Garden (open access)

Annette Blackburn Ehler and the Pat Hennessey Memorial Garden

Article describes pioneer woman Annette Blackburn Ehler and her contributions to Oklahoma history through the Oklahoma Historical Society and Oklahoma Memorial Association. Athie Sale Davis discusses her work creating the Pat Hennessey Memorial Garden and the contents of her writings.
Date: Autumn 1953
Creator: Davis, Athie Sale
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pete and Bill Choate

Photograph of Pete and Bill Choate dressed in work clothing.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Kingfisher High Graduating Class of 1954

Photograph of the graduating class of 1954 from Kingfisher High School.
Date: May 16, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Everett Murphy Checks

Photograph of used Everett Murphy Checks.
Date: October 13, 1952
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lions Club Parade Float

Photograph of a Lions Club float during a parade in Kingfisher, Oklahoma.
Date: October 10, 1952
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Senior Class of 1939

Photograph of the high school pictures of the class of 1939.
Date: July 11, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

1939 Kingfisher Class Reunions

Photograph of the Class of 1939 Kingfisher class reunions.
Date: July 11, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Kingfisher Co-op Elevator Aerial (Harvest at Peak)

Aerial photograph of the Kingfisher Co-op Elevator (Harvest at Peak).
Date: June 14, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Harvest at Peak, Kingfisher Co-op Elevator

Photograph of an aerial (Harvest at Peak) at Kingfisher, Oklahoma.
Date: June 14, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Kingfisher High School Prom

Photograph of a couple during the Kingfisher High School Prom.
Date: 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Kingfisher High School Prom

Photograph of a couple posing during the Kingfisher High School Prom.
Date: 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Exterior of Kingfisher Federal Savings and Loan

Photograph of the Kingfisher Federal Savings & Loan building.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Kingfisher Federal Savings & Loan Building

Photograph of the Kingfisher Federal Savings & Loan building.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Kingfisher High School Prom

Photograph of a couple at the Kingfisher High School Prom.
Date: 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Janice Burnett of the Kingfisher Band

Photograph of Janice Burnett, a member of the Kingfisher Band.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Two Men Getting Their Shoes Polished

Photograph of two men getting their shoes polished in front of the Kingfisher Opera House.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Kingfisher Bank

Photograph of a street with a sign that reads, "Kingfisher Bank and Trust."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
C.P. "Doc" Wickmiller: Boomer with a "Hatful of Pills" (open access)

C.P. "Doc" Wickmiller: Boomer with a "Hatful of Pills"

Article illustrates the life and career of W. C. "Doc" Wickmiller, a druggist who joined David L. Payne's "boomer" party and settled in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. Genevieve Moss describes the growth of his drugstore from a tent to the first two-story building in town and a mini-museum that showcased all the artifacts he had collected on the frontier.
Date: Summer 1985
Creator: Moss, Genevieve
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Money Matters: The Stamp Scrip Movement in Depression-Era Oklahoma (open access)

Money Matters: The Stamp Scrip Movement in Depression-Era Oklahoma

Article expanding on the previous 2004 article on Oklahoma's reaction to the depression era banking crisis of early 1933. In this article, Gatch ties the origin of the scrip movement to the writings of Yale University's professor Irving Fisher and traces the implementation of scrip schemes in nearly three dozen Oklahoma towns and explains the reasons for scrip's early success and rapid demise.
Date: Autumn 2006
Creator: Gatch, Loren C.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[News Clip: 5 Alive News (Full Broadcast)] captions transcript

[News Clip: 5 Alive News (Full Broadcast)]

Video footage from the 5 Alive News station in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to accompany several news stories about a teen murder, robberies, sexual assaults, President Bush's budget plans, a reading project for children, adoptions for pets from the Oklahoma City Animal Shelter, Mike Schmidt's retirement from the Phillies, Japanese businesses in Manhattan, New York, and a confiscation auction.
Date: February 9, 1989
Creator: 5 Alive News (Television station : Oklahoma City, Ok.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Livestock

Photograph of registered angus cows in Kingfisher County. Rye and vetch on 70-B soil unit. June 1960. OK-1137-4.
Date: June 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Downs Democrat. (Downs, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, August 6, 1897 (open access)

Downs Democrat. (Downs, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, August 6, 1897

Weekly newspaper from Downs, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and United States national news along with advertising.
Date: August 6, 1897
Creator: Gould, J. R. & Gould, M. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History