Resource Type

Bermuda Grass

Photograph of Bermuda grass.
Date: July 3, 1956
Creator: Gamble, Maurice D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Photograph of conservation cropping systems. Corn growing on Dennis silt loam soil following cover crop of small grain and vetch. Two hundred pounds of 5-10-5 fertilizer used at planting time. Estimated yield of 85 bushels per acre. OK-365-7.
Date: July 3, 1956
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fruit and Vegetable Cultivation

Photograph of conservation cropping systems. Corn shown growing on Dennis silt loam soil following cover crop of small grain and vetch. Two hundred pounds of 5-10-5 fertilizer used at planting time. The estimated yield is 85 bushel per acre. OK-365-7.
Date: July 3, 1956
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Erosion Control

Photograph of M.D. Gamble, Keith Vaughan and George Enaminger discussing needed concrete liner ditch to solve erosion during the planning of an Resource Conservation and Development [RC&D] project. Men are in the Pittsburg County Conservation District. Erosion is in the Vo-Tech Center and Low-Rent Housing area.
Date: May 3, 1972
Creator: Beard, John C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Corn Growing on Dennis Silt Loam

Photograph of Conservation Cropping Systems. Corn growing on Dennis silt loam soil following cover crop of small grain and vetch. Thw hundred pounds of 5-10-5 used at planting time. Estimated yield 85 bushels per acre.
Date: July 3, 1956
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Leland Koch and Commissioner Robert Lester

Photograph of Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Leland Koch receiving the Oklahoma Sheriff's & Peace Officers Award for Valor from Commissioner Robert Lester at the Sixth Armed Forces Workshop, Aldridge Hotel, McAlester, OK, May 3, 1963.
Date: May 3, 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1404.0549]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Elizabeth Whetsel"
Date: October 3, 1952
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1381.0331]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A 31-year-old Oklahoma State Penitentiary inmate who saved a prison guard from an attacking dog will receive a bronze medal from the Carnegie Fund for his bravery."
Date: April 3, 1979
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1416.0039]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Murder's hostages, Mrs. B.P. Windo and her granddaughter, Linda Metabarger, 10, wait for word before the woman's husband was freed unharmed Thursday night by Lloyd Nichols, 28, who escaped from the state penitentinary at McAlester."
Date: June 3, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0587]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Lawrence Clements is rodeo manager for the Oklahoma State penitentiary event, scheduled for the weekend."
Date: September 3, 1950
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1296.0311]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Vernon Tsoodle of Anadarko presents his daughter, Nancy Tsoodle, Miss Indian Oklahoma 1981, at the CSU Indian Heritage Week ceremonies."
Date: April 3, 1982
Creator: Burnett, Roberta
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1296.0310]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Vernon Tsoodle"
Date: April 3, 1982
Creator: Burnett, Roberta
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1013.0429]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Guard C. F. Palmer stands in fun of 40 cell South 4 section of Oklahoma State Penitentiary. McAlester in the "South 4" section of Oklahoma State Penitentiary 38 inmates are segregated from the remainder of the prison population because of "emotional disturbances."
Date: February 3, 1962
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1048.0037]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Sheriff Bob Turner, at center, was on hand as manacled inmates left vans."
Date: August 3, 1973
Creator: Mooney, Hank
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1073.0856]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Rainbow Gardens," on a wooded mountain overlooking Lake McAlester, will be the meeting place June 19 to 23, of the world assembly of the Order of Rainbow for Girls."
Date: June 3, 1932
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1076.0298]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "McALESTER High-Academic all-state"
Date: May 3, 1992
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0587]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Lawrence Clements is rodeo manager for the Oklahoma State penitentiary event, scheduled for the weekend."
Date: September 3, 1950
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1156.0430]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "George Scott"
Date: November 3, 1981
Creator: Southerland, Paul B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0366B.0619]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Joney Joe Lusty (serving life sentence for murder)"
Date: July 3, 1986
Creator: Klock, Roger
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0380.0355]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Helena Maclachlan"
Date: November 3, 1981
Creator: Southerland, Paul B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0289B.0181]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This section of road figures in a heated dispute between land owner Richard O. Buffington and Pittsburgh County commissioners."
Date: November 3, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0386.0354]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "McAlester, Oklahoma, packing plant"
Date: August 3, 1939
Creator: Martel, E. N.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0315B.0330]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: June 3, 1974
Creator: Carter, Pat J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0349.0678]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "PARKING PLACES are hard to find for boats, too, as this view shows at Lake McAlester."
Date: September 3, 1960
Creator: Lucas, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History