Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Unless he's watching closely, the motorist traveling SH 3 can easily miss the bumpy, dirt road that turns off 22 miles east of Idabel in McCurtain County and leads to America."

Semiweekly newspaper from Idabel, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Semiweekly newspaper from Idabel, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Semiweekly newspaper from Idabel, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Semiweekly newspaper from Idabel, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Semiweekly newspaper from Idabel, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Moon Junior High School student Cynthia Herrod is intent as she reads her winning poem "Black Like Me" at Caf."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Tall cornstalks overshadow W. A. (Bill) Loftin, Idabel, in one of his lush cornfields."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph of a typical, run-down squatter's shack surrounded by overcut timberlands and eroded fields. Tenat works on Works Progress Administatration (WPA) projects for $2.32 a day. The monthly wage is approximately $15.00 a month. A garden of peas, sweet potatoes and other vegetables helps family eke out a meager existence. OK-8139.

Photograph of a squatters' shack on 40 acres of land belonging to a firm of investment brokers. Tenants say they have cut 1000 pine poles from adjoining fields in the last two or three months. Two men cut about 20 cross-ties a day. High quality timber is thus being wastefully cut. With proper care this timber would provide high-grade, salable building material. This tract will revert to McCurtain County and will go on resale in May, 1941. OK-8140.

Photograph of a typical, run-down squatter’s shack—surrounded by overcut timberland and eroded fields. The tenant works for the Works Progress Administration [WPA] earning $2.32 per day. The monthly wage is approximately $15. A garden of peas, sweet potatoes and other vegetables helps the family eke out a meager existence. OK-8139.

Photograph of a run-down squatters’ shack in the Land Utilization [L.U.] project area. The only visible source of income is the sale of small amounts of stovewood derived from adjoining overcut woodlands. OK-8138.

Semi-weekly newspaper from Idabel, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Semi-weekly newspaper from Idabel, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Semi-weekly newspaper from Idabel, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Semi-weekly newspaper from Idabel, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Semi-weekly newspaper from Idabel, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Photograph of Hobbs Western Timber Company workers loading cross-ties onto train cars.

Photograph of peeled pine poles ready for market.

Photograph of Sunday school at the Methodist church.

Photograph of run down squatter settlement. The only income from this property was the sale of firewood.

Semiweekly newspaper from Idabel, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Semiweekly newspaper from Idabel, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.