Squatters Shack

Photograph of a "squatters shack," 2 1/2 miles south and 1 east, Haworth, OK. These "two men cut about 20 cross-ties a day." This 40 acre "tract will revert to McCurtain County and will go on resale in May 1941." Photo by E.W. Jenkins, April 5, 1941.
Date: April 5, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Transient Squatters

Photograph of "transient squatters move in," near Idabel, OK. "Cut timber and move on. In 1938, 400 families of this type moved into McCurtain County," December 11, 1939.
Date: December 11, 1939
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History