Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Killed in prison break - 8-10-41"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.

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

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

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Guards with weapons at the ready stand watch on the No. 1 tower at the gate to the brickyards at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "HOT SPOT-The bad men in the state penitentiary are worked in the brick plant,where hot kilns do little to cool their tempers."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "AVENUE-Along the road at the left,eight desperate convicts from Oklahoma's state prison made their dash for freedom Wednesday noon."

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

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "On one side, the state penitentiary canteen."

Photograph of an aerial view, looking east, of McAlester, OK.

Photograph of an aerial view, looking northeast, of McAlester, OK.

Photograph of an aerial view, looking northwest, of McAlester, OK.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "McAlester's $1,000,000 Masonic Temple."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Natural arch near McAlester in Pittsburg Co."

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

From abstract: The Quinton-Scipio district includes about 450 square miles, mostly in Pittsburg County but partly in Haskell and Latimer Counties, Okla. The stratified rocks exposed at the surface in the district are the McAlester, Savanna, Boggy, Thurman, Stuart, and Senora formations, of Pennsylvanian age, and consist of alternating beds of shale and sandstone with some coal beds and a few beds of limestone less than 1 foot thick. The total thickness of these formations exposed in the district is between 3,000 and 3,300 feet. There are probably unconformities at the base of the Savanna sandstone and at the base of the Thurman sandstone. Overlying the Pennsylvanian formations in parts of the district are unconsolidated sand, gravel, and clay, which in part belong to the Gerty sand, a deposit in an abandoned Quaternary (?) river channel. Other unconsolidated deposits include sand on stream terraces and Recent alluvium.

Weekly newspaper from McAlester, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from McAlester, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from McAlester, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from McAlester, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from McAlester, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from McAlester, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from McAlester, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from McAlester, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.