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Banner at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Perry

Burlap banner, blue lettering "SAINT MARK'S," image of lion blue lettering "PRO CHRISTO ET ECCLESIA", black lettering "PERRY," "OK," and vertically "1893." Hanging on brick wall.
Date: 2019
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 67.0539

Fire near gas station. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: July 29, 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cattle

Photograph of cattle on the Wadley Farm.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cattle Grazing on Buffalo and Grama Grasses Grown on Contour Pasture Ridges/Stillwater Project

Photograph of four cows grazing on buffalo and grama grasses grown on contour pasture ridges. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Contour pasture ridges one year old, built in March, 1937. The predominant grasses here are buffalo and gramma. Picture taken about 3 hours after a heavy rain."
Date: March 30, 1938
Creator: May, Clyde C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cherokee Strip Museum and Rose Hill School

Photograph of a scene at the Cherokee Strip Museum and Rose Hill School.
Date: May 2006
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Contour Pasture Ridges/Stillwater Project

Photograph of "Contour pasture ridges a year and four months after construction. These were built in November, 1936. The vegetation here consists of Buffalo and Grama grasses. Picture was taken about 3 hours after a heavy rain."
Date: March 30, 1938
Creator: May, Clyde C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Exterior of First St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Perry

The church was built at 7th and Gove in 1894. Wood frame building, two arched windows in front, rose window above, with cross on steep pitched roof.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Exterior of St. Mark's Episcopal Church Building at CCC Lake

This is original building that was built in 1894, used between 1910-1915, sold, and repurchased in 1955. The building was used until 1962 when a new church structure was built. The original church moved to CCC Lake after being given to Perry Historical Society. Wood frame structure, arched windows, cross on front center eave, wood walkway with banisters leading to side entry, red stone foundation. Stone with brass plaque in foreground.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Exterior of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Perry

Wood frame structure with arched windows, double doors and corner entrance. There is steep pitched roof with cross atop at the front. A dark sign with white lettering "St. Marks Church, Episcopal, Sunday Services". This mission was reestablished in 1954. They purchased the original church building and site for use. The original church building was used until 1962 before the current church building was given to Perry Historical Society and moved to CCC Lake.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Geological Operations

Photograph of a core drilling unit performing a foundation investigation on the center line of a dam.
Date: October 30, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Geological Operations

Photograph of the logging of borrow material during power auger operation. OK-3263-5.
Date: October 30, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Geology and Geological Operations

Photograph of the use of power auger in burrow material locotion. OK-3263-4.
Date: October 30, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Geology and Geological Operations

Photograph of the tagging of a field soil samples for shipment to soil [unclear--text fades at this point].
Date: October 30, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Geology and Geological Operations

Photograph of the removal of recovery from a core barrel during drilling operation in a foundation investigation. OK-3263-7.
Date: October 30, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan T.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Geology and Geological Operations

Photograph of a geologist logging a rock core taken during drilling operations along the center line to determine existing foundation conditions. OK-3263-3.
Date: October 30, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Geology and Geological Operations

Photograph of the plotting of borrow grid logs on Plan and Profile Sheet for geological investigations by a supervisory geologist. Upper Red Rock Creek, Site # 50. OK-3263-2.
Date: October 30, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Second year sweet clover in rotation with wheat. Oats and sweet clover then (rotated) with 4 years of wheat. OK-297-12.
Date: July 12, 1956
Creator: Baggett, Beryl
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a wheat field where water concentrates. Waterway is to be shaped in the near future and sprigged to bermuda. This is a continuation of a waterway starting on the joining Irwin Curby farm on the north. Keith residence in the background. OK-1575-5.
Date: May 15, 1905
Creator: Morris, D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Harvesting Native Grass

Photograph of a native grass harvest. Approximately 2000 acres of this 5000 acre ranch is being harvested for native grass seed. Picture shows loading seed from combine to truck. C.E. Dilley, of Pawnee, is the contractor.
Date: October 28, 1957
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Harvesting Native Grass

Photograph of four self-propelled 14' combines with operator and sacker on each combine. C.S. Thompson, resident of Ponca City and owner of the ranch, standing on first combine. C.E. Riley, Pawnee contractor standing in front of the combines. The ranch is over 5000 acres and approximately 2000 acres is being harvested for native grass seed.
Date: October 28, 1957
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

In Line at the U.S. Land Office in Perry

Men in line to file land claims at the U.S. land office in Perry, Oklahoma on September 28th 1893 at 9 o'clock in the morning.
Date: September 28, 1893
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Interior of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Perry

Red brick walls, wood pews, wood paneled ceiling, hand inlaid stained glass windows, each having five-sided shape. According to a newspaper article, the windows are on east side of church.
Date: 2019
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Livestock

Photograph of a quarter horse rancher. Bud and Reba Warren, receiving long distance call relative to business. Mrs. Warren is a business partner and secretary makes the Ranch a common daily routine of the home. OK-1264-12.
Date: May 14, 1905
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Long Branch Project Site No. 11 Major Spillway

Photograph of a 17-inch pipe on the backside of Site No. 11 Long Breach Watershed Project discharging water from 14 days of periotic rainfall. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Pipe on backside of Site No. 11 Long Breach Watershed Project discharge under from the 17" pipe. From July 13 to 26, 16" of rain fell on this watershed and the water went around the emergency spillway on July 15 following 11" of the rain in 44 hours for about a 3 hour period. Everything worked perfectly and no damage to the bermudagrass cover in the waterway. About 100 to 150' of native grass above the permanent pool contour was damaged by standing water during the rain period."
Date: July 23, 1959
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History