A photograph print showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 405, 4-6-2, on northbound passenger train #6, taking on water, Atoka, OK.

A photograph print showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 413, 4-6-2, on passenger train #5, "Katy Flyer", at the station in Atoka, OK. [see also 2008.008.1050B and 1051]

A photograph print showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 413, 4-6-2, on passenger train #5, "Katy Flyer", at the station in Atoka, OK. [see also 2008.008.1050A and 1051]

A photograph print showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 413, 4-6-2, on passenger train #5, "Katy Flyer", at the station in Atoka, OK. [see also 2008.008.1050B and 1050A]

From abstract: The McAlester district is an area of about 477 square miles in Pittsburg, Atoka, and Latimer Counties, Okla. It lies entirely within the Arkansas Valley geomorphic province except for the extreme northwest corner, which is crossed by the easternmost cuesta of the Osage Plains province.

From abstract: The rocks exposed in the Lehigh district, in the Arkansas-Oklahoma coal basin, aggregate at least 5,000 feet in thickness. All are of Pennsylvanian age, except scattered thin Pleistocene (?) and Recent deposits. Rocks of Pottsville age crop out extensively in the southwestern part of the district and include the Springer formation, Wapanucka limestone, and Atoka formation. The Pottsville rocks are overlain in the northeastern part by formations of Allegheny age, including the Hartshorne sandstone. McAlester shale, Savanna sandstone, Boggy shale, and Thurman sandstone.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Supt. Branch Penitentiary of Stringstown in Atoka County"

Article chronicles the life of Doctor Eliphalet Nott Wright, a doctor who worked within Old Boggy Depot. The doctor's family's homestead was one of the last surviving structures with the trade post.

Article chronicles the author's search for the identity of the person residing in a grave inscribed with "Tryphena's Grave."

Photograph of John Kingsbury's home in Boggy Depot, OK, 1930.

Photograph of Grady Jones' home, Atoka, OK. Printed November 19, 1934, by Rise Studio, Rapid City, SD.

Photograph of Harrison Woods and two UNIDENTIFIED people, Atoka, OK. Printed November 19, 1934, by Rise Studio, Rapid City, SD.

Photograph of Jennie Lee Billeys' (Mrs. Hester Robinson) home, Bentley, OK. Printed November 16, 1934, by Rise Studio, Rapid City, SD.

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFIED children at Jesse Betsy's home, Bentley, OK. Printed November 16, 1934, by Rise Studio, Rapid City, SD.

Photograph of Jesse Betsy's home, Bentley, OK. Printed November 19, 1934, by Rise Studio, Rapid City, SD.

Photograph of Mrs. Hester Robinson's (Biliey) home, Bentley, OK. Printed November 16, 1934, by Rise Studio, Rapid City, SD.

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The long drouth hasn't cut a great deal of ice in the logging business of southeastern Oklahoma."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Rear view of store room and dormitory at Sub-Prison."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "New laundry building now completed at Sub-Prison."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.