Resource Type

Port of Muskogee

Photograph of the first commercial shipping and barge docked in Oklahoma at the Port of Muskogee, Jan. 3, 1971.
Date: January 3, 1971
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Port of Muskogee

Photograph of the "first commercial shipping and barge docked in Oklahoma, at the port of Muskogee. Printed by DuKane Press, Hollywood, FL.
Date: January 3, 1971
Creator: Storer, F. F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1420.0492]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Thomas Edgar Yadon"
Date: January 16, 1962
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.b1402.0009]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Leaving Oklahoma City October 15 to Establish a home in Muskogee will be Mrs. Charles Weisner, the former Miss Sally Harmon daughter of Mrs. Effie Neal Harmon."
Date: January 29, 1952
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0287.0099]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dr. E. P. Henry will pick up his pipe collection and other personal belongings Monday and leave his office at Taft State Hospital, where he has been superintendent 32 years."
Date: January 28, 1965
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0985.0080]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Tractor driver Kelly Short loosens trees ready for harvest."
Date: January 5, 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0364.0324]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Today's school election left plenty of time for Mary Lyon to catch up on sewing chores a Taft Middle School."
Date: January 27, 1976
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0924.0213]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Muskogee bowlers Jim Murray and Gene Basta talk things over while waiting their turns."
Date: January 22, 1972
Creator: Traverse, Cliff
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0410B.0159]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: January 11, 1956
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1227.0285]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A flight chief in the 65th troop carrier squadron, Kenneth Sanders is a civilian on weekdays, an air force reserve master serdeant on training weekends--typical of the rechnicians who operate Muskogee's Davis Frield."
Date: January 10, 1961
Creator: United States. Air Force.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0301B.0516]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: January 17, 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1028.0228]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dedicating first port in the state, Gov. David Hall tells his Muskogee audience Friday that Oklahoma's future is brighter because of the newly-opened Arkansas-Verdigris River navigation project. He said the state's next priority to insure full use of ports like Muskogee and Catoosa depends on development of good secondary road network."
Date: January 22, 1971
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1028.0232]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dedicating first port in state, Gov. Hall told a Muskogee crowd Friday that Oklahoma's future is brighter because of newly-opened Arkansas River Navigation System. A typical port scene is the barge of steel pipe tied to the dock, while a pleasure craft cruises the river."
Date: January 23, 1971
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1030.0674]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Elvis Preston says the difference between him and the thousands of other Elvis impersonators is that "I'm Elvis from the time I wake up in the morning till when I go to bed at night." He claims he is the nation's most "dedicated" Elvis impersonator, and has scheduled a national show tour, with much of the proceeds marked for charity."
Date: January 27, 1992
Creator: McDaniel, David
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1048.0345]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The locked dormitory door at the training school for African American girls at Traft."
Date: January 14, 1949
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1105.0456]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Bert Seabourn, Ok Artist"
Date: January 3, 1991
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1105.0455]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The ancestors of Jeanne Walker Rorex did not document their tribal membership, and wonders if it weren't for good reason."
Date: January 3, 1991
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1030.0673]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Elvis Preston, Elvis impersonator from Muskogee."
Date: January 27, 1992
Creator: McDaniel, David
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1105.0458]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Circles of Life"
Date: January 6, 1990
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1105.0372]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "PRESIDENTAL DUO installed Saturday confer about duties as heads of two state organizations,M.D.Timberlake,Ponca City,left,is new president of the American Institute of Architects chapter and L.F. Rooney,Muskogee,begins second term as president of Associated General Contractors Oklahoma group."
Date: January 13, 1962
Creator: Traverse, Austin
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1030.0672]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Elvis Preston, Elvis impersonator from Muskogee."
Date: January 27, 1992
Creator: McDaniel, David
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1102.0044]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "John Rodgers works on part of an old wagon wheel in his home shop."
Date: January 16, 1994
Creator: McDaniel, David
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1105.0126]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "From left,Oscar Thomas, J.R.Palmer and John Romine,officers of a former prisioner of war club recently formed at Muskogee, stand at the site where club members hope to erect a monument to POW's and those missing in action at Muskogee's War Memorial Park."
Date: January 10, 1975
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1102.0043]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "An aging wooden sign marks the shop where John Rodgers makes old Wagons new again."
Date: January 16, 1994
Creator: McDaniel, David
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History