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Augustus Spencer Newton, Founder of Yukon (open access)

Augustus Spencer Newton, Founder of Yukon

Article discusses the life of the author's father, Augustus Newton Spencer, a railroad contractor and cattleman who founded Yukon, Oklahoma. Mary Spencer Whitlow includes stories from her own memory as well as the growth and development of the town.
Date: Winter 1964
Creator: Whitlow, Mary Spencer
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 67.0165

Caption: "Flame ravaged home of Norman Kroutil, Yukon Flour Mill executive, was described as a total loss after a Sunday morning fire."
Date: April 4, 1966
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0222]

Photograph is of two firemen spraying a hose on a single story brick grocery store. Flames are shooting out of the top of the building and out the front windows. The interior looks to be fully engulfed in flames. Caption: "flames billow from roof of Whittaker supermarket,El Reno"
Date: December 1, 1965
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 67.0228

Photograph taken during daylight of structural wreckage after building fire. Caption: "Scorched remains is all that remains of a fire which destroyed a feed mill in Calumet today"
Date: September 25, 1969
Creator: Miller, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 67.0229

Photograph taken during daylight of structural wreckage after a fire. Caption: "Twisted metal and smoking debris is all that remains of Calumet's only feed mill"
Date: September 25, 1969
Creator: Miller, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 67.0303

Photograph taken during daylight of a building destroyed from a fire. Caption: "The Saddle Club, a gambling casino closed by police and public opinion for more than a year, was hit by fire early Thursday morning. The old casino was gutted. One of the walls on the west side burned to the ground and the fire destroyed much of the roof."
Date: November 26, 1964
Creator: Brown, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Centre Theatre

Photograph of the exterior of the Centre Theatre, El Reno, OK.
Date: 1962~
Creator: Warren's Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cheyenne/Arapaho Tribal Council

Photograph of the Cheyenne/Arapaho Tribal Council, Concho, OK, c. 1962.
Date: 1962~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Cheyenne Transporter (open access)

The Cheyenne Transporter

Article chronicles the history of The Cheyenne Transporter, a newspaper active in Indian Territory. The newspaper supplied safe travel routes and recommendations for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians living in the area along with religious news articles and notices regarding livestock.
Date: Summer 1968
Creator: Bass, Althea
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Clinton

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:250000
Date: 1964
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The El Reno American (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 67, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 22, 1960 (open access)

The El Reno American (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 67, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 22, 1960

Weekly newspaper from El Reno, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 22, 1960
Creator: Dyer, John R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Ending of a Cheyenne Legend (open access)

The Ending of a Cheyenne Legend

Article describes the events and damage of the Geary storm, a series of tornadoes that swept Geary, Oklahoma in 1961. Chrystabel Berrong Poteet describes the Cheyenne legend of this area and posits that the storm effectually ended it.
Date: Spring 1963
Creator: Poteet, Chrystabel Berrong
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Reno Cemetery

Photograph of the headstone for Chalk, an Arapaho scout killed on September 13, 1878, in the Fort Reno Cemetery, El Reno, OK, December 1968.
Date: December 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Reno Cemetery

Photograph of the German-Italian P.O.W. section of the Fort Reno Cemetery, El Reno, OK, December 1968. There are 62 German and 8 Italian graves.
Date: December 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Reno Cemetery

Photograph of the headstone for Corporal Patrick Lynch, Company G, 4th Cavalry, killed September 13, 1878, in the Fort Reno Cemetery, El Reno, OK, December 1968.
Date: December 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Reno Cemetery

Photograph of the headstone for Wee Gan Wah in the Fort Reno Cemetery, El Reno, OK, December 1968.
Date: December 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Reno Cemetery

Photograph of the headstones in the Fort Reno Cemetery, El Reno, OK, December 1968.
Date: December 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Military Duty on the Western Frontier (open access)

Military Duty on the Western Frontier

Article illustrates the life of Colonel Edwin P. Pendleton during his time serving in Fort Reno. The article is a diary entry of the colonel while he interacts with the American Indians living in the surrounding areas and trains with his fellow soldiers.
Date: Summer 1969
Creator: Shirk, George H.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Okarche Chieftain (Okarche, Okla.), Vol. 57, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1960 (open access)

The Okarche Chieftain (Okarche, Okla.), Vol. 57, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1960

Weekly newspaper from Okarche, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 7, 1960
Creator: Bradford, Larry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Okarche Chieftain (Okarche, Okla.), Vol. 57, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 14, 1960 (open access)

The Okarche Chieftain (Okarche, Okla.), Vol. 57, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 14, 1960

Weekly newspaper from Okarche, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 14, 1960
Creator: Bradford, Larry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Okarche Chieftain (Okarche, Okla.), Vol. 57, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1960 (open access)

The Okarche Chieftain (Okarche, Okla.), Vol. 57, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1960

Weekly newspaper from Okarche, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 21, 1960
Creator: Bradford, Larry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Okarche Chieftain (Okarche, Okla.), Vol. 57, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 28, 1960 (open access)

The Okarche Chieftain (Okarche, Okla.), Vol. 57, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 28, 1960

Weekly newspaper from Okarche, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 28, 1960
Creator: Bradford, Larry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Okarche Chieftain (Okarche, Okla.), Vol. 57, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 4, 1960 (open access)

The Okarche Chieftain (Okarche, Okla.), Vol. 57, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 4, 1960

Weekly newspaper from Okarche, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 4, 1960
Creator: Bradford, Larry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Okarche Chieftain (Okarche, Okla.), Vol. 57, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 11, 1960 (open access)

The Okarche Chieftain (Okarche, Okla.), Vol. 57, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 11, 1960

Weekly newspaper from Okarche, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 11, 1960
Creator: Bradford, Larry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History