[Photograph 2012.201.B0355.0468]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Mattie Beal at a lot auction in the "Beal addition." After proving her claim, Miss Beal and her brother platted it into lots and sold the lots at auction. (Photos from collection of Mrs. G. Leonard Wilson, daughter of Mattie Beal)"
Date: August 6, 1901
Creator: Markham, J. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0355.0467]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Lawton townsite was a collection of tents and hastily slapped-together shanties housing land-hungry people on the day of the opening, Aug. 6, 1901. This picture is from the collection of Mrs. G. Leonard Wilson, a daughter of Mattie Beal."
Date: August 6, 1901
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0355.0464]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Lawton Land Office, Aug. 6, 1901"
Date: August 6, 1901
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History