Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Edna Thompson Haynes prepares to close her Oklahoma landmark-a barbecue restaurant in Perry."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Rev, and Mrs. Amos Haynes stand outside a state barbecue landmark that is soon to vanish."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Top award in siol conservation was won by the Marland Future Farmers of America chapter, and along with it went a cup, and a $250 check, being presented to Bobby Regnier, by Joe C. Scott"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The north-central town of Perry in Noble County is well into the motor age, but this statue of The Horse That Won The west by Frank Sedgwick is there to remind those who pass by town square of the city's roots."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This speed limit sign beside the northbound lanes of I-35 near Perry apparently bears the brunt of an angry motorist who doesn't share the federal government's enthusiasm for the 55-mph speed limit."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This was by far the best crop we've ever had," Paul Thiele said as he walked through what was no crop at all."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Winner of a $1,000 scholarship for work in Oklahoma A&M's new program of high-speed computing via "electronic brain," is Arthur E. Odlehoeft, Perry, top picture."

Photograph of 6th Street, looking north, from the corner of C Street, Perry, Oklahoma Territory.

Photograph of 6th Street looking north from the corner of C Street in Perry, Oklahoma Territory, October 27, 1893.

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED farmers using horse drawn equipment spreading lespedeza and sweetclover seeds on contour ridges in native pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Seeding contour ridges in native pasture, using lespedeza and sweet clover. The ridges were built with two rounds with terracing plow, then worked with orchard disc. Seed broadcast by hand. Covering with two mower wheels as drag or harrow."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED farmer using an improvised device harrowing contour furrows. The back of the photograph proclaims, "This shows an ingenious device, improvised by the farmer, doing a good job of harrowing contour furrows after they have been broadcasted to lespedeza and sweet clover. It consists of two moving machine wheels chained together in such a way that one wheel is on each side of the furrow."