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Peerless Princess of the Best Country: The Early Years of Tonkawa (open access)

Peerless Princess of the Best Country: The Early Years of Tonkawa

Article describes the founding of the town of Tonkawa near the Tonkawa reservation and its agricultural and industrial growth. William P. Corbett touches on some of the key figures who helped make the town what it was, including the city founders, farmers, businessmen, and bankers.
Date: Winter 1984
Creator: Corbett, William P.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1292.0024]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The prisoners of war are long gone, and so is the camp that once them, but chimneys left in Tomkawa stand as reminders that World War II touched Oklahoma, too."
Date: January 27, 1984
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0411B.0267]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Rev. Evans T. Moseley, left, and Maj. George Moore, both retired teachers, offer their perspectives on the former Ponca Military Academy in Ponca City."
Date: June 24, 1984
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0323.0180]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A fisherman finds solitude on the Kaw Reservoir in Kay county."
Date: 1984
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0352.0027]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "A much stronger and healthier Terrie Kay Kohler looks at the early days."
Date: April 12, 1984
Creator: Howell, Paul S.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0261.0020]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This stretch of US 77 in Noble County, above left, southwest of Marland, became SH 156 in 1965. The federal highway today goes through Tonkawa, instead of Marland."
Date: November 1, 1984
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0261.0019]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "An old section of U. S. 77, above right, south of the Kansas state line in Kay County is no longer used."
Date: November 1, 1984
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0323.0191]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Kay County Courthouse dedication Oct. 1926."
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0170.0483]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Karen Dye finds the huge curtain both a treasure and something of a mystery."
Date: March 21, 1984
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0119.0569]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: April 7, 1984
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History