Photograph of a picture board at at the "Last Roundup" in the Scharbauer Hotel in Midland before its demolition. Nancy McKinley (left) points at pictures of people in front of a house among other pictures of the hotel building and other Midland attractions. Two men, Clarence Scharbauer, Jr. (center) and Bill Johnson (right) examine the images.

Photograph of Leonard O'Daniell of the Oklahoma City Fire Department. Photo taken at the OSFA Convention.

Photograph of OKC Mayor George Shirk and Louis Bunch.

Photograph of Chris Cover and Richard Cover, Jr. playing dress-up in their backyard. Chris is holding Raggedy Anne dolls.

Portrait of the Dallas Fire class members from July 16, 1973 to October 12, 1973 posing outside a building in two rows.

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from July 16, 1973 to October 12, 1973 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing uniforms of dark slacks, double-breasted jackets, and flat-topped caps.

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from July 16, 1973 to October 12, 1973 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are all wearing uniforms consisting of light-colored slacks and shirts, a darker tie, and flat-topped caps.

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from July 16, 1973 to October 12, 1973 posing outside a building in 2 rows. The recruits are all wearing uniforms consisting of light-colored slacks and shirts, a darker tie, and flat-topped caps. A label with the class number, date, and identifying the recruits is attached to the front of photograph near the bottom.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The inmates knew something was up before they were called out of the room where we were. They kind of sensed it." An eerie tenseness , apparently felt only by the prisoners themselves, npreceded the riot, according to an attorney who was conduction business with a client behind the walls only seconds before the full-blown revolt broke off. An inmate's uneasiness and chance remark ro an another convict were the first signs that a riot was brewing and that the lawyer might by chance end up in the middle of it........."The warden had been in and out of the room and came back and said something to Crowe (Paul Crowe, a state assistant attorney general) and started sending prison employees outside the walls," he said. "Then they asked the ladies (Karen Kennedy, who was with Crowe, and one female attorney) to leave."................As he watched the smoke rise from the prison furniture factory and laundary, the attorney noticed former prison security chief Gordon Wright among the crowd of spectators watching the blaze. Wright recently retired from the prison and makes his home in McAlester. "You know, Gordon predicted this was …

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "It was July 27,1973. The time, recorded by a still unrepaired clock outside of the mess hall door, was 2:28 p.m."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Gutted buildings in the state prison's industrial complex still smoldering after inmate takeover of the prison."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(aerial photo of the building with the front doors at bottom center, rest of the groupin the back with fire and smoke, some people on roof top of the front building, and more)"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "As news of the massive Friday riot at the state penitentiary here spread, residents either stayed glued by their radios or gathered as close to the prison as possible to watch the billowing smoke and flames burst into the sky. "It looks like the whole thing is ablaze now," Mrs. Eulalia Kimmel, owner and manager of the B-K Restaurant said, while listening to news accounts of her radio, "I don't know how many buildings are on fire." Mrs. Kimmel said "everybody that comes in (to the restaurant) is very concerned" about the outbreak. "My cook's son-in-law is a guard out there," she added. Mrs. Bill Slover, who lives about 10 miles from the prison, said she drovwe within one block of the peniteniary when she came home from work....Buster Lewis, whose home is about 1 1/2 miles fromthe prison as the "crow flies," had just returned from watching the fiery spectacle. He said the roads have been blocked-off "so you can't get too close." Lewis estimated that several hundred residents had gathered around the installation. He said he had heard a report of one shot being fired during the …

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Reports Friday night from the state prison said one inmate had been killed by gunfire and that an estimated 40 persons had been injured or wounded. There was no immediate confirmation of the report from the governor's office but a spokesman at the McAlester General Hospital said, "We have many, many patients over here from there." There also were reports that at least one other guard had been injured. Shouting convicts armed with knives and meat cleavers wounded two guards, seized a dozen hostages and set fire to much of the industrial area Friday as Oklahoma's maximum security prison erupted into rioting. Deputy Warden Sam Johnston was among the hostages being held in the prison mess hall and there were reports from the inside the walls that more persons may have been wounded or injured when more inmates joined the original half dozen convicts who set off the violence. Smoke billowed from at least a dozen buildings in the prison industrail area and from outside the walls where hundreds of law enforcement officers surrounded the area it appeared the whole area was ablaze. A volley of shots was reported …

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Black smoke billows over riot-torn state prison two years ago when inmates set off worst riot in history. (O-4-24-94) Black smoke billows over the state penitentiary at McAlester during the riot in 1973."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Billowing smoke pours from part of the state prison complex set ablaze during rioting which began Friday afternoon."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Grandstands at the prison's rodeo grounds (foreground), cleaned up for use, show stark contrast to the billowing smoke inside the prison walls."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(aerial photo of buildings without roofs and smoke coming out outside the walls but fenced in, the prison walls in the background, and more."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "The state prison rodeo arena stands deserted before the still smoking ruins of workshops in background."

An aerial photograph of Gibson's Discount Center, located at the corner of EN 10th Street and Judge Ely Boulevard in Abilene, Texas. The photo was taken by Abilene photographer Don Hutcheson. Photographer's Note: Ken Musgrave

An aerial photograph of Gibson's Discount Center, located at the corner of EN 10th Street and Judge Ely Boulevard in Abilene, Texas. The photo was taken by Abilene photographer Don Hutcheson. Photographer's Note: Ken Musgrave

An aerial photograph of Gibson's Discount Center, located at the corner of EN 10th Street and Judge Ely Boulevard in Abilene, Texas. The photo was taken by Abilene photographer Don Hutcheson. Photographer's Note: Ken Musgrave

An aerial photograph of the Hilton Inn, located at the intersection of South 1st Street and US 83/84/277 in Abilene, Texas. The photo was taken by Abilene photographer Don Hutcheson.

An aerial photograph of the Hilton Inn, located at the intersection of South 1st Street and US 83/84/277 in Abilene, Texas. The photo was taken by Abilene photographer Don Hutcheson.