Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The new Osage Agency building finished in January, 1923, at a cost of $100,000."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A vista of rolling hills and blue stem grass. This is a view from the cabin area."

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

Photograph of "Class I land in rotation of alfalfa and small grains. Small grains and hairy vetch mixture in foreground. Bluestem hills site (shallow) in good condition also shallow site near skyline. Mowing, raking and baling operation in left foreground."

Photograph of Claud A. Tapp's Osage Indian Ranch Homestead. The photograph shows Tapp's headquarters, Angus cattle, dairy cows, and Indian ponies grazing on vetch and rye, and stockwater and oil well being drilled. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Ranch Homestead. Osage Indian homestead purchased 3 years ago by Mr. Tapp showing headquarters, cover crop of vetch and rye being grazed by Angus and some dairy cattle. In foreground are some typical Indian ponies grazing on excellent condition natural grass. In background is a stockwater pond and oil well being drilled. Cover crop is pretreatment for Bermudagrass sprigging in 1958."

Photograph of the farm layout of R. O. Higdon's land. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Farm Layout. Headquarters, registered cattle and old terraced fields now established in Bermudagrass. Bluestem hills sits in background showing excellent condition range also some very shallow sites along the escarpments."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "the unbelievably clear waters of Sand creek wind beneath ancient sandstone bluffs From afar they seem to mumur echoes of the drums of the Osage, again sounding in the forested canyon."

Photograph of Post Oak and Blackjack control on shallow savannah site, fair range condition class, prior to first treatment in 1956. First treatment consisted of 2 pounds of 2-4-5T herbicide per acre and was applied on June 1, 1956. Second treatment was 1 pound of 2-4-5T per acre applied on July 1, 1957. This pasture was completely rested during the growing season in 1956 and 1957 and has now improved to good range condition class. OK-874-7.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A veteran teacher in the Burbank school system, Mrs. Lillian Weiser, bade her students goodbye as she closed her rolled book for the last time."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "J. Corbett Cornett Pawhuska District Judge."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Fred G. Drummond, Hominy rancher and long-time OSU board of regents , member, has been selected for the Hall of Fame"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "First lady of the American Legion, Mrs. J. Milton Patrick, second from left, is extremely proud of her family, which includes from left, her husband and children."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Hominy high jumper Marge Kennedy puts some thought into her second attempt at clearing the five-foot bar during the girls Class B state track meet Friday."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ada Wittenmyer is followed into a Pawhuska courtroom by her attorney, Arthur Myers."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Ada Wittenmyer sits pensively at the Osage county courthouse, where she pleaded innocent Tuesday to the 1979 arsenic death of her lonely hearts bridegroom, Pawhuska rancher John Wittenmyer."

Photograph of an oil pump jack.

Photograph of an oil pump jack.

Photograph of an oil pump jack.

Photograph of an oil pump jack.

Photograph of an oil pump jack.

Photograph of an oil pump jack.

Photograph of an oil pump jack.