BASEMENT BOX 67.0447

Photograph taken during daylight of the charred wreckage of a burned building and gas pumps. Caption: "Jackson County Landmark established in 1890 - the Martha Mercantile Store - was destroyed by fire Wednesday after the building apparently was struck by a bolt of lighting. The longtime general merchandise store, which had added a gas station for modern times, was owned by Mrs. C. H. Doughty. She estimated loss at $25,000."
Date: May 15, 1969
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1363.0398]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Crops such as this wheat nearing harvest at Altus may son be examined by special crop "doctors" if current trends continue."
Date: May 15, 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History