Resource Type

[Photograph 2012.201.B1036.0613]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Afton, 14 miles south of Miami, is believed to have been named for the River Afton in Robert Burns' famous poem. Ray Painter, chairman of the board of Farmers State Bank, is chairman of the board of the five-man council there. He says that Afton is the center of a "million-dollar wheat crop" every year, and tourists and cattle are important to the town's revenue. The famous Buffalo Ranch is to the north, as well as U. S. 69 access to the Will Rogers Turnpike."
Date: May 26, 1962
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0284.0216]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The city of Pitcher has its special story-one of boom, desolation, apathy, determination-and now hope."
Date: May 26, 1962
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History