[Photograph 2012.201.B0320.0611]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "of wheat lay on the ground at Tyrone Monday following a freak explosion in a tube of the Compton grain elevator Saturday. Eldon Compton said workmen were removing grain form the tube when they heard a "crackling" sound and the concrete burst."
Date: September 8, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0262.0514]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ladd Hitch stands before a huge feedlot which alone feeds over 55,000 head of cattle."
Date: September 16, 1979
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0262.0507]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ladd Hitch stands in front of his home, one of four ranch houses nestled near the mammoth ranch's high points."
Date: September 16, 1979
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0262.0499]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: September 20, 1979
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0262.0500]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Henry C. "Ladd" Hitch Jr."
Date: September 16, 1979
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0251.0289]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: September 6, 1931
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0262.0526]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: September 20, 1979
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0262.0517]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Hitch looks over part of the 15,000 acres of land he has under irrigation."
Date: September 16, 1979
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0262.0516]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Hitch walks down the wing of a twin-engine Beech craft, one of the ranching operation's planes."
Date: September 16, 1979
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0262.0527]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The ranch's new $1.7 million feed mill is one of the most modern in the United States."
Date: September 16, 1979
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0262.0520]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: September 20, 1979
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0262.0519]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: September 20, 1979
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0262.0525]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: September 20, 1979
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0262.0498]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ladd and his wife Lala relax in their ranch home living area."
Date: September 16, 1979
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0262.0496]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: September 16, 1979
Creator: Cook, J. Don
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0243.0080]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "That's Guymon's Mike Guest surrounding first quarter kickoff."
Date: September 25, 1970
Creator: Wilson, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0262.0523]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: September 20, 1979
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0119.0126]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "R. W. Buster sits pensively atop his 1,000-gallon-per-minute irrigation well, five miles southeast of Guymon."
Date: September 19, 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0289.0052]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: September 9, 1951
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0140]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Robert G. Cole, Guymon, has been named to succeed L. A. Chapman as secretary-manager of the Guymon chamber of commerce on October 1, president Carl McKinnon has announced."
Date: September 2, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0231.0566]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Bob C ole, left, 2825 Lakeside Dr., and Vic Shipp, 625 NW. 19, put out a daily paper for the Industrial Editors Conference here."
Date: September 25, 1964
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1434.0126]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Appointed director of vocal music dep't, Panhandle A. and M. college, September, 1941."
Date: September 14, 1941
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1249.0671]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "FFA Sweetheart Debbie Smith, 16 year old Texoma High School junior, will represent her home chapter in the state FFA sweetheart contest Sept.23 at the State Fair of Oklahoma."
Date: September 21, 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0346.0137]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Earl Kreie, 73, of Guymon a retired teacher, pedals his bicycle Thursday during the 20k race at Tulsa's Mohawk Park."
Date: September 21, 1989
Creator: McDaniel, David
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History