Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Rep. Dwayne Steidley, D-Claremore, who researched procedure and placed the motion on the floor for Wednesday's historic ouster of Jim Barker as House speaker, debates a point during the proceedings."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Eldon Hallum, right, portrays the Rev. Samuel Worcester in the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority's self-produced, six-part miniseries dramatizing Oklahoma's history."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Despite a rare skin disease, Ricky Williams can still enjoy many activities."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Kyle Haynes, 15, Claremore ( FFA member) and his Suffolk sheep was getting ready for the fair."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Well stocked with reading material to help her pass the time between grooming and animal judging schedules is Marilyn Underwood, 14, a Catoosa High School student."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Walter Schierloh Hardware Store Operator"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Even the new four-lane bypassed Catoosa, but the Verdigris River is destined to make it the hub of navigation."

Photograph of a graded boreder irrigation system of 400 acres. Water is pumped from the Verdigris River at H.E. corner of 400 acre field. Water is shown running from feeder ditch through border to field tabs. Field to left of electric fence is in rye and vetch and has had one irrigation. An additional 300 acres will be leveled smoothed ditched and bordered and put into irrgation in 1956. The system provides drainage as well as irrigation.

Photograph of graded Border Irrigation System. (4300 Acre). Water is pumped from Verdigris River at N. E. corner of 400 acre field. Water is shown running from feeder ditch through border to field tabs. Field to left of electric fence is in rye and vetch and has had one irrigation. An additional 300 acres will be leveled smoothed ditched and bordered and put into irrigation in 1956. The system designed provides drainage as well as irrigation.

Photograph of spoils banks from land formally strip-mined in 1947 located on Todd Fugate's property. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Spoils banks from land strip mined in 1947. Fugate intended to smooth spoils banks and sod bermudagrass for pasture, but gave up after spending $105.00 on dozer work and got only the one spoils bank leveled which is shown in photo. He sowed Korean lespedeza and is waiting for more weathering of shale before sodding Bermuda. What he has in spoils banks is mostly wasteland or Class VIII land of questionable value for wildlife."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Johnny Ray Dusenberry, the sensational Oklahoma Military academy bantamweight from Muskogee, is being tagged as the youngster most likely to win the state 118-pound Golden Gloves championship this year."