BASEMENT BOX 67.0588

Photograph taken at night of a brick building on fire. Caption: "Flames leaped high into the air Sunday as firemen battled to save Wilburton Milling Co. at Wilburton ."
Date: November 14, 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0415.0215]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Roger Ferris, 17 year old Wilburton Future Farmer, has been an exhibitor in the Oklahoma 4-H and FFA livestock show for the past 5 years and is still in doubt as to which breed of beef cattle is superior. This year he fed out 3 steers-- one from each of the popular breeds-- and entered them in the Oklahoma City show. He hopes his lifelong question will be answered by the show judge. Roger is a purebred Hereford breeder."
Date: April 6, 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0145.0291]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: November 16, 1945
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Asphalt Surface

Photograph of completed asphalt concrete highways in Kingfisher, Craig, Latimer, Garvin, and McClain Counties, in 1949.
Date: 1949~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1064.0423]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "R.D. Prock, Latimer county sheriff, indicating place where body of Mrs. Avis Marie Lee was found."
Date: November 20, 1945
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1434.0122]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: July 11, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1434.0123]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1243.0191]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Sgt. Charles Shockley Wilburton-liberated P.O.W."
Date: January 10, 1946
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0377.0017]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.
Date: January 18, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1006.0148]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Entrance to the park on Highway No. 2, north of Wilburton."
Date: June 18, 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1006.0154]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: June 16, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1006.0147]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: February 20, 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1006.0151]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: June 13, 1947
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1006.0158]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Beckoning to tourists on poster stamps of the Oklahoma Travel association is Robbers Cave State park, located seven miles north of Wilburton."
Date: June 2, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1006.0143]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: June 16, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1006.0155]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This is a view in Robbers Cave state park on highway 2, just north of Wilburton."
Date: May 16, 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1006.0162]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The boathouse, made of native stone and timber, comes down to the water's edge."
Date: May 22, 1946
Creator: Tapscott, George
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1006.0152]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: February 20, 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1006.0161]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The entrance to the park, four miles due north of Wilburton on state highway 2."
Date: May 22, 1946
Creator: Tapscott, George
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1006.0157]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.
Date: June 16, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1006.0160]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: June 16, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Mountaineer (Wilburton, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 20, 1948 (open access)

The Mountaineer (Wilburton, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 20, 1948

Semi-monthly student newspaper from Eastern Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College in Wilburton, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 20, 1948
Creator: Smith, Dennis
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0407.0326]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The western tip of the Winding Stair about 20 miles south of Wilburton (Oklahoma)."
Date: September 29, 1947
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Mountaineer (Wilburton, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 8, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 1, 1945 (open access)

The Mountaineer (Wilburton, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 8, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 1, 1945

Student newspaper from Eastern Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College in Wilburton, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: April 1, 1945
Creator: Gasssway, Marvin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History