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Oral History Interview with Don Eugene Lock, September 14, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Don Eugene Lock, September 14, 2000

Interview with Don Eugene "Gene" Lock, descendant of Kerr County pioneers and rancher from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Lock talks about how his family ended up in the area, his experience as a rancher, and his memories of horse breeding and racing. He also discusses his work for Kerrville's newspaper, the Mountain Sun, and his Bible education. Mr. Lock mentions briefly that he boxed as a young man.
Date: September 14, 2000
Creator: Bethel, Ann; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Lock, Don Eugene
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Greer County Courthouse

Photograph of the exterior of the Greer County Courthouse and Old Greer County Monument.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Greer County Pioneer Park

Photograph of a scene at Greer County Pioneer Park.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Greer County Courthouse

Photograph of the exterior of the Greer County Courthouse and Old Greer County Monument.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Greer County Pioneer Park

Photograph of a scene at Greer County Pioneer Park.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Greer County Pioneer Park

Photograph of a scene at Greer County Pioneer Park.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Greer County Courthouse

Photograph of the exterior of the Greer County Courthouse and Old Greer County Monument.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Greer County Pioneer Park

Photograph of a scene at Greer County Pioneer Park.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Greer County Pioneer Park

Photograph of a scene at Greer County Pioneer Park.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Greer County Courthouse

Photograph of the exterior of the Greer County Courthouse and Old Greer County Monument.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Money Matters: The Stamp Scrip Movement in Depression-Era Oklahoma (open access)

Money Matters: The Stamp Scrip Movement in Depression-Era Oklahoma

Article expanding on the previous 2004 article on Oklahoma's reaction to the depression era banking crisis of early 1933. In this article, Gatch ties the origin of the scrip movement to the writings of Yale University's professor Irving Fisher and traces the implementation of scrip schemes in nearly three dozen Oklahoma towns and explains the reasons for scrip's early success and rapid demise.
Date: Autumn 2006
Creator: Gatch, Loren C.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Businessman's Frontier: C. C. Hightower, Commerce, and Old Greer County, 1891-1903 (open access)

The Businessman's Frontier: C. C. Hightower, Commerce, and Old Greer County, 1891-1903

This article delineates C. C. Hightower's role in a changing economy and chronicles his rise to prominence in business and civic affairs in prestatehood Oklahoma.
Date: Spring 2008
Creator: Hightower, Michael J.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma's Air Ace: William T. Ponder and World War I (open access)

Oklahoma's Air Ace: William T. Ponder and World War I

This article chronicles William T. Ponder's training and testing in battle against the backdrop of World War I aviation history. Ponder served with the French Aviation Service as part of the Lafayette Flying Corps and the U.S. Air Service where he became Oklahoma's first aviation war hero.
Date: Summer 2008
Creator: Moore, Bill
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Greer County Courthouse

Photograph of the exterior of the Greer County Courthouse and Old Greer County Monument.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Greer County Courthouse

Photograph of the Old Greer County Monument outside of the Greer County Courthouse.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Greer County Pioneer Park

Photograph of a scene at Greer County Pioneer Park.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Greer County Pioneer Park

Photograph of a scene at Greer County Pioneer Park.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Greer County Pioneer Park

Photograph of a scene at Greer County Pioneer Park.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Greer County Pioneer Park

Photograph of a scene at Greer County Pioneer Park.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History