Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Cronkhite Ranch sells its corn-fed, aged beef directly to the public at its processing plant in Okeene."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dr. Ralph Buller examines 3-year-old Lena Meat."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A Star building to store one of the nation's largest distilleries of fuel alcohol for use in the production of gasohol is being constructed two miles south of Hydro for Oklahoma Gasahol Inc."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "HOUSE MOVERS HEADACHE occurred when this home crashed through a bridge on a county road near Okeene."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "One of the largest gypsum plants in the southwest is operated at Southard by the U.S. Gypsum Co."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Getting small ferris wheel ready for fair (left) are Verlin Long, left, and Gene Lash, president of the Hydro fair association."

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

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

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Wayne Hume, machine shop operator built a swing ride."

Caption: "Bob Russell, drugstore owner and co-owner of Hydro's theater, dusts off kiddie cars which are one of the town's home-made carnival rides."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This bustling little town of 800 is bringing its community-owned cranial out of mothballs in preparation for Hydro's annual district free fair."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Roman Nose State Park, New Lodge"

Photograph of the wedding party of Jack & Shirley (Reisig) Schwartz, June 30, 1949, St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, Okeene. L-R, unknown, George Nault, Jack Schwartz, Shirley (Reisig) Schwartz, Victor Resisig, unknown, Alice (Reisig) Hendricks.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Agraphic story of the tornado that ripped through Canton and nearby Longdale Wednesday is told in the above picture, showing a home reduced to kinding wood. At left is an unidentified man poking in the ruins in Canton."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This Canton home (arrow) is the same as the one in the air picture above."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(aerial photo of a house and garage destroyed, two car's of the garage still there, people on top of the debris, and more)"

Photograph of part of a 70 acre old cultivated field retired and planted to little bluestem, buffalo, swith, Indian and blue grama grasses about the first of March 1945. Mixture was seeded at rate of about 12 lbs. per acre. This 10 acres was seeded for permanent pasture on clean cotton land. Yield is estimated to be 30 to 35 lbs. combined material per acre. Mr. Briscoe retired 135 acres last year on this farm, 65 acres on another farm that he owns. Next year he plans to plant 20 additional acres of bluestem on a field now in rye and vetch. Driving the tractor is Curtis Hydson, cooperator, 1 mile east of Geary, while his brother, Dillard, rides the combine.

Photograph of Part of seventy-acre old cultivated field retired & planted on the John Briscoe Ranch. Curtis Hudson, Cooperator and on the tractor, and his brother Dillard seen harvesting the little bluestem, buffalo, switch, Indian and Blue grama grasses in this field. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Curtis Hudson, 2. Dillard Hudson. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Part of 70 acre old cultivated field retired & planted to little bluestem, buffalo, switch, Indian and Blue grama grasses about the 1st of March 1945. Mixture was seeded at rate of about 12# per acre. This 10 acres was seeded for permanent pasture on clean cotton land. Yield is estimated to be 30 to 35# combined material per ac. Briscoe retired 135 acres last year on this farm & 65 acres on another farm he owns. Next year he plans to plant 20 additional acres of bluestem on a field now in rye & vetch. Driving the tractor is Curtis Hudson, cooperator, 1 mi. east of Geary, while his brother Dillard, rides the combine."

Photograph of a cultivated field to be terraced on the W. K. Y. watershed taken from Camera Station #4. The back of the photograph proclaims, "(Camera Station #4. Looking S. up second terrace that empties in pasture W. of farmstead. Camera 40' N. of fence.) W. K. Y Watershed. Cultivated field to be terraced. Ends of terraces will extend out into native pasture (in foreground) which will serve as an outlet."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "E. Blumhagen demonstrates with a tape measure how much he lacks of filling the governor's chair . . . 56 inches vs. 36."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.

Photograph of new contour furrows in an 84-acre pasture five and one half miles west and four miles north of Geary. The back of the photograph proclaims, "New contour furrows in an 84-acre pasture. This pasture has been properly grazed and is well covered with blue gramma, dropseed, and buffalo grass."

Weekly newspaper from Watonga, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Watonga, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.