Lexandra Williams, Miss Lawton 2000

Portrait of Lexandra Williams, Miss Lawton in 2000.
Date: 2000
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Miss Lawton Scholarship Pageant Program 2000 (open access)

Miss Lawton Scholarship Pageant Program 2000

Program for the Miss Lawton Scholarship Pageant with a list of the order of events, background information, biographies for judges, and a list of pageant participants, along with local advertising.
Date: 2000
Creator: Lawton Junior Service League
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma International Festival Program: 2000 (open access)

Oklahoma International Festival Program: 2000

Program for the annual International Festival in Lawton, Oklahoma, which includes demonstrations, exhibitions, displays, and other events related to the cultural heritage of the Lawton-Fort Sill area. The program provides listings for activities during the festival and other contextual information.
Date: 2000
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fort Sill, the Chiricahua Apaches, and the Government's Promise of Permanent Residence (open access)

Fort Sill, the Chiricahua Apaches, and the Government's Promise of Permanent Residence

The Chiricahua Apaches spent nineteen years (1894-1913) as prisoners of war at Fort Sill in southwestern Oklahoma believing they had been promised permanent residency. This article addresses the rationale behind the government's decision to remove the Apaches from Fort Sill and explores the record to show why the Apaches and others believed they had been promised permanent residency there.
Date: Spring 2000
Creator: Haes, Brenda L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oral History Interview with W. G. (Bill) Campbell, April 21, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with W. G. (Bill) Campbell, April 21, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with W. G. (Bill) Campbell. Campbell grew up in Texas, attended Texas A&M, and married in 1939 before joining the Army in 1943. After training, he went to Australia, Dutch New Guinea, Palu, Leyte, and Mindanao. He describes riding in amphibious vehicles and interacting with the natives. He discusses various illnesses he had during the war and his interactions with his brother, an engineer. He also describes surveying work in some detail. After the war, Campbell eventually became a public school teacher.
Date: April 21, 2000
Creator: Campbell, W. G. (Bill)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles Scheffel, May 10, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Charles Scheffel, May 10, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Scheffel. Scheffel grew up in Oklahoma and enlisted in the Army ROTC in 1940. He was called up in 1941 after Pearl Harbor. He was allowed to finish out his senior year of college and was married in March 1942. He embarked on the Queen Elizabeth from New Jersey in September 1942. As leader of 200 men, he landed in Scotland and drove with them to Whittington Barracks where they joined with the British 51st Highlanders. He lists the three main survival lessons he learned from the seasoned English soldiers: having a batman to back you up, digging a two-man foxhole, and waiting for the ""crack and thump."" Scheffel how the ""crack and thump"" lesson would later save his life when he was seriously wounded when attacking the Siegfried Line. From England he went to Algeria with the British troops on the Scythia. The ship is torpedoed off the coast limps into Algiers. Scheffel made the decision to leave the British Highlanders and join up with American 9th Division in February 1943. The division went into Tunisia. Then he was sent to spend another month with the …
Date: May 10, 2000
Creator: Scheffel, Charles
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fort Sill

Photograph of a scene at Fort Sill.
Date: June 26, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Sill

Photograph of a scene at Fort Sill.
Date: June 26, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Sill

Photograph of a scene at Fort Sill.
Date: June 26, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Sill

Photograph of a scene at Fort Sill.
Date: June 26, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Sill

Photograph of a scene at Fort Sill.
Date: June 26, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Sill

Photograph of the Officers' Quarters at Fort Sill.
Date: June 26, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Sill

Photograph of the Officers' Quarters at Fort Sill.
Date: June 26, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Sill

Photograph of the Officers' Quarters at Fort Sill.
Date: June 26, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Sill

Photograph of a scene at Fort Sill.
Date: June 26, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Sill

Photograph of the Officers' Quarters at Fort Sill.
Date: June 26, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Sill

Photograph of a scene at Fort Sill.
Date: June 26, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Sill

Photograph of the Officers' Quarters at Fort Sill.
Date: June 26, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Sill

Photograph of a scene at Fort Sill.
Date: June 26, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Sill

Photograph of the US Army Post at Fort Sill.
Date: June 26, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Sill

Photograph of a scene at Fort Sill.
Date: June 26, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Sill

Photograph of a scene at Fort Sill.
Date: June 26, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Sill

Photograph of a scene at Fort Sill.
Date: June 26, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Sill

Photograph of a scene at Fort Sill.
Date: June 26, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History