[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10833]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mammoth Eufuala Dam, under construction since 1956, will impound a reservoir, entirely within the state, that will overshadow even Lake Texoma which Oklahoma shares with Texas. Construction of Eufaula dam is near midway point. Water is to be available for power in 1964 and the lake is to be filled by 1965. Six eastern Oklahoma counties will share a direct benefit from the huge, new reservoir. it will extend into each of them. But the new lake, which will have a surface area 7,000 acres greater than Lake Texoma, presently the state's largest, will be a big recreational attraction for the entire state. Heavy western Oklahoma traffic is expected to be able to zoom to the Eufaula areaon high-speed, four lane I.H. 40 eventually. The first part of the 70-mile per hour freeway already is started. The reservoir will be principally in McIntosh, Haskell, Pittsburg and Okmilgee counties, but smaller areas will touch Muskogee and Latimer counties. Surface of its power pool will cover 102,5000 acres, compared with only 95,400 acres for Lake Texoma......Initial construction on this project to dam the waters of the Canadian between two bluff approcimately …
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10831]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Panoramic View of work underway on Eufaula Dam is an everday sight to Charles W. Surbey, above, assistant resident engineer on the project. A photographer-reporter team of Bob Albright and Francis Theford has prepared a three-part series of articles on the dam. It starts today on page 11. The structure will impound water for what will be the largest lake in the state when it fills in 1965."
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10830]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of the dam under construction at different levels, construction equipment and parts needed for the dam all around, water across the top, and more."
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10826]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of a guy walking down a ramp beside a convery belt, construction euquipment all around, and more. Backside typing: "Eufaula Dam Material conveyor that hauls rock and sand to top of cooling plant.")"
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10827]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of a bridge, rock truck on it, guys in the far distance, lake, and more. Backside typing: "Eufaula This pontoon bridge across the Canadian River above the damsite carries construction traffic to the dam.")"
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1290]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "(Photo of the "Armour and Co" brick building with flames a great amount of smoke coming out, burnt debris everywhere, and more.)"
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: Matheson, Mandell
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10828]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of a section of the dam, water lines around the concrete, a guy on the wood ladder to the top of the line, and more. Backside typing: "Eufaula Dam This is one of the penstocks. It leads the water down to one of the turbines that generated electricity.")"
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.2270]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Availabilty to God is the meaning of prayer, Rev. Eugene A. Walsh told clergy and lay people Wednesday attending the 22nd Annual North American Liturgical Week in Oklahoma City. Fathe Walsh of St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, Md., spoke on "Prayer" at the Wednesday morning general session in Municipal Auditorium. Afternoon session included a demonstration of the mass and explanation of its meaning by Rt. Rev. Msgr. Martin H. Hellriegel, pastor of the Church of the Holy Cross, St. Louis...Prayer, he said is a reponse to God's love, not the winning of God's love. "We cannot win what we already have. To the extent that we attend to God's Love and actually believe it is true that he loves us always, to that extent we are understanding the true nature of prayer."...Most Rev. Charles A. Busell, bishop of Pueblo and former pastor of Christ the King Church here, celebrated the noon mass Wednesday. Thursday sessions will include Very Rev. Msgr. William Baum, Kansas City, Mo., speaking on "Sin, Repentence and Forgivness" and Rev. Benedict Ehmann, St. Mary of the Lake Church, Watkins Glen, N.Y., on "Christain Deat."...The litugical week …
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: Matheson, Mandell
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10825]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of construction in operation of a dam with equipmen, concrete wall starting to be fulfilled, a guy on the ground near the camera, and more. Bbackside typing: "State Desk Eufaula Dam Man in pix is: Charles W. Surbey, Ass't Resident Engineer at the Eufaula Dam Cinstruction Project. He's the guy that gave me the big tour. I used him in several pix.")"
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0991.0010]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "FEW TOWNS with only 600 residents can boast three school systems, but Okarche - a community which straddles the Kingfisher-Canadian County line - has them."
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1410.0023]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Preparing a Shorthorn dairy heifer for the Sooner State Dairy Show is Ann Williams of Mulhall, a 4-H member."
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1416.0239]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A 44year old agriculturist visiting in Oklahoma after three years in Haiti, reports that Point Four is making headway in the country by working on the community level."
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: Fisher, Dawes
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1292.0182]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Bob Toski-golfer"
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1346.0785]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1335.0528]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "INSTRUCTOR for Sunday's 5 p.m. family golf clinic at Lincoln Park will be Ernie Vossler, pro at Quail Creek Country Club."
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0993.0763]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Gourmet cooking, dust storms, friends who speak many languages, swims in not faraway sea are a part of the life of Charles E. Osborn."
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1073.0292]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Golfer Dave Ragan, Chattanooga, Tenn., first flight touring pro sponsored by the First Flight Company."
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1122.0392]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "R. J. Redford, vocational agriculture instructor at Waurika High School, is watching every step of construction on the $25,000 building being erected for his department."
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1064.0181]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Hillcrest Osteopathic Hospital has a new administrator to help ramrod construction of its new addition for which $290,000 in government aid has been granted."
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1124.0119]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Roberta Reed wights up calories."
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0941.0569]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "He was being moved from University Hospital to the Southwestern Polio Respiratory center which specializes in the care of polio victims who can no longer breathe without help from a machine."
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0904.0650]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Carolyn Jane Mills, jeers arresting officers."
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: Fisher, Don
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0910.0361]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Checking a new projector that allows the teacher to stand at the head of class and project matter on the screen is Merle Monroe, 1423 Casady Lane."
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: King, Cliff
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0349.0557]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Lake Eufaula dam under construction"
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History