Resource Type

[Photograph 2012.201.B0118.0619]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "John Burwell of Idabel, OK"
Date: April 11, 1970
Creator: Albright, Bob
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

[Photograph 2012.201.B0383.0621]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.
Date: October 11, 1939
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B01005.0377]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Knuckle boom loading, in which contestants move log blocks from one checker board to another, is a timed accuracy event."
Date: June 11, 1995
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B01005.0375]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Owa Chito. These two archaic Choctaw words, when used together, imply a "coming together in the forest to have fun for the whole family in the great outdoors."
Date: June 11, 1995
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B01005.0332]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Beavers Bend spillway hints of good fishing for this pretty angler."
Date: April 11, 1952
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B01005.0378]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Susie Hack, Wright City, puts muscle into her cross saw."
Date: June 11, 1995
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B01005.0368]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "It just looks like the bayou, but these cyprus trees really are along a section of the Mountain fork in beavers Bend State Park."
Date: October 11, 1984
Creator: McLaughlin, Al
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B01005.0383]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Bob and Renee Stuart compete in the Jack-n-Jill crosscut contest at the annual Owa Chito "Bull of the Woods" competition held last year."
Date: June 11, 1995
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B01005.0337]

Photograph used for a story in the Sunday Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Competition in a number of forestry events is planned during the Kiamichi Owa Chito, or Festival of the Forest, slated June 24 - 26 in beavers Bend State Park near Idabel."
Date: June 11, 1977
Creator: Oklahoma Tourism Department
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

US Government Land; Squatter families

Photograph of transient squatters moving in, cutting timber and moving on. In 1938, 400 families of this type moved into McCurtain County. OK-8028.
Date: December 11, 1939
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph that follows up from OK-9233. This photo shows growth of trees since before the picture was made. Soil Conservation Service {SCS] technicians E. J. Hayes and N.E. Rowley are in the photo. OK-9233-B.
Date: August 11, 1949
Creator: Hart, James
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Parade Wagon

Photograph of Parade Wagon for Farmers Union local 25. Photo in Valiant, OK.
Date: September 11, 1921
Creator: Harkins Studio
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Two Wagons

Photograph of two wagons hauling water in barrels in 1939. Farmers too impoverished to drill water wells.
Date: December 11, 1939
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Chief Jefferson Gardner Home

Photograph of home built in 1884 near Eagletown for Chief Jefferson Gardner.
Date: October 11, 1922
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Harris Mill Cemetery

Photograph of the Harris Mill Cemetery in McCurtain County, Oklahoma. In the photo is a gravestone for W.R. Harris who was married to a sister of Chief Peter Pitchlynn. The cemetery is located east of Eagletown in McCurtain County.
Date: May 11, 1976
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1293.0398]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Did you the biggest tree in Oklahoma is a cypress in Eagle town and estimated to be over 2,000 years old?"
Date: March 11, 1973
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a sod drill that walks "through" Bermuda sod. It slices the soil, plants, fertilizes and packs the drill row. Base grass is improved by legumes, fertilizer and tillage. Excellent winter grazing follows. OK-1029-7.
Date: October 11, 1959
Creator: North, Fred
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gov. Gardner

Photograph of the home of Choctaw Gov. Gardner, built in 1862, near Eagleton, OK. Photo by Hopkins, Idabel, OK, Oct. 11, 1922.
Date: October 11, 1922
Creator: Hopkins
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Norwood Creek, near the Red River. Near here the flooding of the Creek joins the red River. A natural lake once held much of Norwood's waters back [from flooding]. OK-459-12.
Date: May 11, 1905
Creator: Hayes, E. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History