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El Reno (Okla.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

Anstine Hotel. El Reno, Oklahoma cir. 1900, circa 1900

 Item — Box Photo M-21, item: 389
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original and copy prints of numerous Oklahoma towns, including scenes of businesses, health resorts, stone quarries, railroads and dust storms. The collection also contains prints of Cherokee, Creek, Chickasw, Choctaw, Seminole, and Sac and Fox Indians. John Wesley Morris Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: circa 1900

Choctaw Railroad Depot, El Reno, 1901. Later the depot of the Rock Island when the Choctaw was sold to the Rock Island., 1901

 Item — Box Photo B-9, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of the towns of Riverton (Sayre), El Reno, and Doxey, Oklahoma Territory. Also included are photographs of the Benton family, businesses, railroads, and University of Oklahoma students. Joseph Benton Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1901

Crowd of people standing outside a frame building. Tents and other buildings are visible. May be El Reno, Oklahoma and the opening of the Kiowa, Comanche Reservation, c1901., circa 1901

 Item — Box Photo C-14, Item: 13
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of Warren P. Chaney's work with the Dawes Commission for allotment and severalty of the Chickasaw and Choctaw Indian lands. Also includes scenes of El Reno and Anadarko, Oklahoma Territory. Warren P. Chaney Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: circa 1901

Crowds lined up for the lottery to open Oklahoma land. El Reno, Oklahoma. F.M. Steele, photographer., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-14, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of the Rough Riders Reunion and Rodeo at Oklahoma City in 1900. Also includes prints of El Reno during the land lottery, of Lucille Mulhall, and of the Medicine Lodge, Kansas bank robbers in 1894.

Dates: Undated

Drawing for Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, and Wichita Indian lands, Oklahoma Territory The drawing took place at El Reno, Oklahoma Territory, beginning at 10 a.m., July 29, 1901. It was held on the platform with canvas roof shown in the left center of the picture. The method of opening w, 1901

 Item — Box Photo B-11, item: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of the towns of Lawton, El Reno, Perry and White Rock, Oklahoma Territory. The collection includes scenes of settlement, businesses, railroads, the opening of the Cherokee Strip, the land drawing at El Reno, and a wagon train of settlers during the Land Run of 1889.

Dates: 1901

El Reno depot. View from between the tracks. People standing on one train and moving about another. Part of the opening of the Kiowa, Comanche Reservation, 1901?, circa 1901

 Item — Box Photo C-14, Item: 12A
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of Warren P. Chaney's work with the Dawes Commission for allotment and severalty of the Chickasaw and Choctaw Indian lands. Also includes scenes of El Reno and Anadarko, Oklahoma Territory. Warren P. Chaney Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: circa 1901

El Reno, Oklahoma Territory, period of registration for Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, and Wichita Indian lands, Oklahoma Territory July 10 to July 26 inclusive, 1901; this picture taken in the morning shows the refreshment stands in the streets, which served hot dogs and drinks., 1901

 Item — Box Photo B-11, item: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of the towns of Lawton, El Reno, Perry and White Rock, Oklahoma Territory. The collection includes scenes of settlement, businesses, railroads, the opening of the Cherokee Strip, the land drawing at El Reno, and a wagon train of settlers during the Land Run of 1889.

Dates: 1901

El Reno Sanitarium Nurses’ Banquet. Two Doctors: left—Dr. Hatchett, right—Dr. Aderhold. May 1925 (Neg.), May 1925

 Item — Box Photo P-37, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of nurses and staff at the El Reno (Oklahoma) Sanitarium.

Dates: May 1925

LaVerle Miller Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2610
Scope and Contents

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A family history entitled, As My World Turns, by Lena Rivers Been Miller. This work is a brief spiral bound autobiography of Lena Rivers Been Miller that describes many of her early life experiences in Clinton, Foss, and Parkersburg, Oklahoma, including notes on family life, education, entertainment, and local events. Also contains information on the Barnes and Been family genealogies.

Dates: 1989

Line of men in front of a frame office. May be El Reno and the opening of the Kiowa, Comanche Reservation., undated

 Item — Box Photo C-14, Item: 13A
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of Warren P. Chaney's work with the Dawes Commission for allotment and severalty of the Chickasaw and Choctaw Indian lands. Also includes scenes of El Reno and Anadarko, Oklahoma Territory. Warren P. Chaney Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: undated

Margaret Clark Stephens Collection

 Collection — Box S-45
Identifier: WHC-M-1739
Scope and Contents

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Collector. Newspaper and magazine articles (1948-1969) regarding Don Santiago Querque, also known as James Kirker and Don Santiago Kirker; and a photocopy of a manuscript (n.d.) regarding frontier life and conditions near Arkansas City, Kansas, during the opening of the Cherokee Strip and subsequent settlement of the rest of Oklahoma Territory. Margaret Clark Stephens Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1948-1969

Nurses at El Reno Sanitarium. (Neg.), undated

 Item — Box Photo P-37, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of nurses and staff at the El Reno (Oklahoma) Sanitarium.

Dates: undated

Picture of early settlers and Indians in a  group photo. El Reno, Oklahoma. F.M. Steele, photographer., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-14, Item: 13
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of the Rough Riders Reunion and Rodeo at Oklahoma City in 1900. Also includes prints of El Reno during the land lottery, of Lucille Mulhall, and of the Medicine Lodge, Kansas bank robbers in 1894.

Dates: Undated

Registrants for land lottery sleeping on at El Reno., undated

 Item — Box Photo L-1, item: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of railroads and Lawton, Oklahoma Territory businesses.

Dates: undated

Rock Island line, junction of main east-west north-south lines. Once the busiest point of the whole line, it is (ca. 1967) slated to be replaced by urban renewal along with the Great Southern Hotel across the street.  El Reno, Oklahoma, ca. 1967., circa 1967

 Item — Box Photo H-21, item: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of railroad depots in Oklahoma and Kansas, along with scenes of mining settlements and mining in Colorado.

Dates: circa 1967

Staff of El Reno Sanitarium standing on the porch of the building. (Neg.), undated

 Item — Box Photo P-37, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of nurses and staff at the El Reno (Oklahoma) Sanitarium.

Dates: undated

The depot at El Reno, Oklahoma, ca. 1901., Circa 1901

 Item — Box Photo C-113, item: 2893
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original and copy prints of Comanche, Cheyenne, Cheyenne-Arapaho, Arapaho, Sac and Fox, Sioux, Blackfoot, Kiowa, Crow, Ute, Shawnee, Omaha, Pueblo, Shoshoni, Pawnee, Ponca, Assinibone, Apache, Yakima Nez Perce, Umatilla, Wichita, Osage, Potawatomi and Flathead Indians. Also included are photographs of the U.S. Army during the Indian Wars (1865-1891), Western forts and posts, the Little Big Horn battlefield, trails and settlements of the Southwest, soil conservation and dust storms, Oklahoma towns, mountain ranges and National Parks.

Dates: Circa 1901

The Kerfoot Bldg. 1893. El Reno. No Neg., 1893

 Item — Box Photo L-10, Item: 11
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of the towns of Oklahoma City, Duncan, Fort Reno, Perry and El Reno, Oklahoma Territory, along with Marlow and Ardmore, Indian Territory. The photographs include street scenes, businesses and a dust storm at Boise City, Oklahoma. Herbert K. Lininger Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1893

The railroad station at El Reno, Oklahoma. There are many people on the platform. Part of the opening of the Kiowa, Comanche Reservation, c1901?, circa 1901

 Item — Box Photo C-14, Item: 12
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of Warren P. Chaney's work with the Dawes Commission for allotment and severalty of the Chickasaw and Choctaw Indian lands. Also includes scenes of El Reno and Anadarko, Oklahoma Territory. Warren P. Chaney Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: circa 1901

Women in the Ku Klux Klan in El Reno, Oklahoma.  1917 or 1918., circa 1917

 Item — Box Photo W-8, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of a parade of members of the Ku Klux Klan Women's Organization at El Reno, Oklahoma.

Dates: circa 1917

W.S.S. Bank, El Reno, OK. Dedicated April 6, 1918., 1918 April 6

 Item — Box Photo W-8, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of a parade of members of the Ku Klux Klan Women's Organization at El Reno, Oklahoma.

Dates: 1918 April 6