Resource Type

First Town Council

Photograph of the First Town Council, L to R: standing: J.H. Alley, T.P. Braidwood, J. Garvey, M. McGann, A. Mundell, seated: Dr. J. A. Overstreet, J. Thomas, W.B. Ogden, Beaver, OK.
Date: 1888~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Beaver, OK

Photograph of the certificate of election in Beaver, Cimarron Territory(OK), Feb. 18, 1888.
Date: February 18, 1888
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Shoemakers Ranch

Photograph of the Shoemakers Ranch, Beaver County, Oklahoma Territory, c. 1902.
Date: 1902~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Beaver County, Oklahoma Territory

Photograph of a group standing in front of a school building in Beaver County, Oklahoma Territory, compliments of GK Harrington, December 25, 1903.
Date: December 25, 1903
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Truax and Hopkins' Undertaking, Hardwear, and Furniture Store

Photograph of Truax and Hopkins' Undertaking, Hardwear, and Furniture Store, Beaver, OK, c.1905
Date: 1905~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Beaver, Oklahoma Territory

Photograph of a large group in front of the school in Beaver, Oklahoma Territory, January 13, 1905.
Date: January 13, 1905
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Beaver, OK

Photograph of Beaver, OK, postmarked January 3, 1908.
Date: January 3, 1908
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Edna Bee Rogers, Harry Truax, and Buster Adkinson

Photograph of Edna Bee Rogers, Harry Truax, and Buster Adkinson in Forgan, OK, c. 1910-1918.
Date: 1910~/1918~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Laura and Harry Truax

Photograph of Laura and Harry Truax in Forgan, OK, c. 1910.
Date: 1910~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Two Creek women making sofke

Photograph of two Creek women making sofkey, which is also spelled "sofke."
Date: 1910~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Beaver, OK

Photograph of a winter scene in Beaver, OK.
Date: December 19, 1911
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Balko Consolidated School

Photograph of the Balko Consolidated School, Balko, OK, School District No. 75, 1914-1915.
Date: 1914~/1915~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

H. D. and Laura Truax's Hardware Business Truck

Photograph of H. D. and Laura Truax's Hardware Business Truck, Beaver, OK, August 23, 1917.
Date: August 23, 1917
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.b1433.0593]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "First church building erected in what is now Oklahoma. It was built at Beaver City in 1888 from lumber that was freighted overland from Fort Dodge, Kansas."
Date: February 1, 1927
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0243.0106]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: February 7, 1934
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1283.0515]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Lower left is Miss Maude O. Thomas, former Republican appointee of Governor Murray on the state highway commission, who has joined the Democratic ranks, coming to the convention with a proxy from Beaver county."
Date: September 11, 1934
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0243.0107]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: February 8, 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1283.0514]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Maude O. Thomas"
Date: May 4, 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 510

A photograph print showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 510, 2-6-0 (Alco Class J-5C), Forgan, OK. [left side view]
Date: September 18, 1937
Creator: George, Preston
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 510

A photograph print showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 510, 2-6-0 (Alco Class J-5C), Forgan, OK. [right side view]
Date: September 18, 1937
Creator: George, Preston
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0237.0338]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.
Date: October 18, 1937
Creator: Ewing, Gregg
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Beaver, Meade & Englewood (BM&E) Caboose #20

A photograph print showing the Beaver, Meade & Englewood side-door caboose at Forgan, OK. The BM&E built from Beaver to Forgan in 1915 and west from there to Keyes between 1925 and 1931, a total of 105 miles. The Katy gained control of the BM&E through stock ownership in 1931. Now abandoned [1940].
Date: August 18, 1940
Creator: George, Preston
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) 528

A photograph print showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 528, 2-6-0, Forgan, OK. [see also 2008.008.6116]
Date: August 18, 1940
Creator: George, Preston
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 528

A photograph print showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 528, 2-6-0, Forgan, OK. [duplicate to 2008.008.4705]
Date: August 18, 1940
Creator: George, Preston
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History