Photograph of a post card of the Hospital, Hugo, OK. Printed by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, WI, postmarked October 13, 1949.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Few are better qualified to try on the products of Hugo's new industry."

Photograph of Fred Hindman, WUC and Roy Craft, AC, Hugo, Okla. inspecting a new field drain recently completed.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A 39-year-old winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor was elected national president of the 45th Infantry Division here Saturday."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Newest damage to the spillway of the $175,000 Lake Raymond Gary is checked here by Hubert Manes manager of the Choctaw county chamber of commerce."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Not only is 90-year-old Mrs. Joel Spring proud of her ancestors but, typical of her sex and despite her age, she maintains personal pride by monthly visits to the beauty parlor. (The former Winnie Richard Gooding, now living in Hugo, has documentation that her two grandfathers played a vital role in the early history of Indian Territory - Henry L. Gooding and Rev. Cyrus Kingsbury.)"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Todd Whatley, 45, world champion cowboy in 1947, was shot to death early Friday morning at the Choctaw county Fairgrounds."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "G.W. "Stub" Poynor, Hugo, and David of Caddo, owned by J.D. Dry of Wichita, Kan."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Spencerville Bridge, built in 1911, is doomed by progress."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "W. W. Greer of Sawyer surveys doomed Kiamichi River bridge."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Kiamichi Bridge"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Kiamichi River Bridge"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Outgoing Charities and Corrections Director Jim Cook, right, wishes his replacement, Jack Stamper, good luck Tuesday."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Coal climb steep, enclosed conveyors to transfer towers at Western Farmer's new plant near Hugo."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The sharp outline of the new Western Farmers Electric Cooperative power plant near Hugo rises from the horizon into puffy fall clouds."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers carry the casket of cancer victim Bill E. Long during funeral services Friday in Hugo."

Photograph of the Hugo Indian Territory Trading Post Mural.

Photograph of the Hugo Indian Territory Trading Post Mural.

Photograph of the Hugo Indian Territory Trading Post Mural.

Photograph of the Hugo Indian Territory Trading Post Mural.

Photograph of a scene at the reconstructed Choctaw Chief's House.

Photograph of a scene at the reconstructed Choctaw Chief's House.

Photograph of a scene at the reconstructed Choctaw Chief's House.

Photograph of a scene at the reconstructed Choctaw Chief's House.