Photograph of the "Welcome to West Columbia" sign. The sign reads, "Home of Kathryn Grandstaff Crosby," and "Site of the First Capitol of The Republic of Texas (1836 Old Capitol Building)." "Visit - Varner Hogg State Park. There is a park ranger standing next to the sign.

Photograph of residential developments in suburban areas often create critical erosion hazards. A thorough knowledge of the soil resource3s is esential to cope with such problems.

Photograph of fish moved upon the bank to be sized and transported to the fishout or growing pond.

Photograph of residentail developments in suburban areas often creating critical erosion hazards. A thorough knowledge of the soil resources is essential to cope with such problems. OK-3406-2.

Photograph of Penn Square shopping center in Oklahoma City. Illustrates the need with growing population for land and other resources. OK-3405-15.

Photograph of the executive buildings along Northwest Expressway in a rapidly expanding area of Oklahoma City. OK-3406-13.

Photograph of expensive homes built along the north bank of the Deep Fork River in northwest Oklahoma City. Example of poor land use. OK-3406-8.

Photograph of an expensive home built directly in flood plain of stream north of Oklahoma City. Example of poor land use. OK-3406-10.

Photograph of section of country road north of Oklahoma City showing results of big shrink-swell characteristic soils. OK-3406-12.

Photograph of an older lady showing off the fish she caught in the lake. The woman is participating in the Senior Citizens Fishing event.

Photograph of an elderly man fishing in the lake and having a smoke. A sign on the tree reads, "No Swimming Use...Fish At Your Own Risk." The man is participating in the Senior Citizens Fishing event.

Photograph of two elderly women putting bait on their fishing rods to cast in the lake. The two women are participating in the senior citizens' fishing event.

Photograph of two elderly women with their rods fishing by the lakes edge. Another elderly woman is sitting on a chair on the deck fishing. The women are participating in the Senior Citizens Fishing event.

Photograph of an elderly couple prepping their fishing equipment. The couple is participating in the Senior Citizen Fishing event.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A huge paving project under way on the Oklahoma City fairgrounds is transforming more than nine acres of grassland around State Fair Arena into hard-surfaced parking lots. Believed to be the largest project of its type in the metropolitan area, the five parking areas will be constructed of soil-cement. C. C. Keller jr., state paving engineer for the Portland Cement Association, said it is the largest such project "in at least the last six years and probably longer" in the greater Oklahoma City. In making soil-cement, Portland cement is mixed with soil and water to create the base and the paving substance. A surface of asphaltic oil and limestone chips is rolled onto the top. The five lots under construction comprise 42,000 square yard, Keller said. Work is expected to be completed by June 1, barring exessive rainy weather. Earl Schweikhard, said the paving project was made possible through $75,000 voted by the city council. Of that amount for fairgrounds maintenance work, $40,000 is being spent on the parking lot construction he said. "The lots will be on all sides of the State Fair Arena," Schweikhard said. "Those grassy …

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of a young girl front and center sitting down with her left hand at her chin and many other teenager and adults sitting down.)"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "With Tom Webster scoring a record four goals, the Oklahoma City Blazers ripped Dallas, 5-2, Sunday night at the State Fair Arena in the Central Hockey League championship playoff opener. Webster, who scored three times against Tulsa in the seven-game semifinals , scored twice early in the game to give Oklahoma City a lead it never relinquished and then tallied two more times only 24 seconds apart in the final stanza. A number of hat tricks have been scored in Adams Cup competition in thefive year history of the CHL, but no player has ever goaled four times in the same match in the playoffs. The best-of-seven series for the CHL playoff trophy contimues Tuesday between the two Southern Division rivals at 8 p.m. before the pair moves to Dallas for games on Wednesday (photo tag: Blazers' Joe Smith sails through the air but arrives too late to stop this shot off the stick of Dallas' Jim Wiste."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The new 100-unit, Terragonia Apartments, in the 5500 block North portland, will be ready for occupancy about July 1, W.T. Weeks, superintendent for Educators Industries, INC., the builder, predict this week. The $600,000 project includes one, two and three bedroom units, some as large as 1,248 square feet. the complex is all electric and will have a swimming pool. While giving the appearence of townhouses, the project is actually two stories with complete units on each floor."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A campus-like industrial park will begin taking shape soon on a 100-acre tract at the intersection of Merdian and I-40. Plan for the complex, to be known as "Aero-Merdian Industrial Park," were disclosed Thursday by Charles H. Cooke, Los Angeles president of Aero-Meridian Corp. He said the industrial park will feature wide streets and extensive landscaping to give is a "campus look." Development plans prepared by Hudgins, Thompson, Ball and Associates, Inc., have been approved by the city...The site was aquired by Aero-Meridian Corp, for a reported $500,000 from William E. Doughterty jr., Shawnee attorney and investor. the property orginally was part of the estate of Phil A. Cornell, former oil operator and rancher...William T. Ported, local industrial Realtor, handled the property transaction and will represent Aero-Meridian in future site sales and leases..."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of a a building being torn down with the air-control tower still up, a plane flying by, and more.)"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Taking The Oath Of Office as city councilmen of Oklahoma City for the next four years Tuesday are two new and two re-elected council representatives. Chief Municiple Judge Philip Lambert, top, far right, administers the oath to left to right, Nelson Keller, Ward 3; George Sturm, Ward 1, and Bill Bishop, Ward 4 (second term). At bottom, Dr. A.L. Dowell, Ward 7, (second term), right, is sworn in by District Judge Charles Owen."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of two ladies at a patio chair, the laft lady is in a coat with her hands on an umbrella being attached to the chair, the other lady on the opposite side of the umbrella, and more.)"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Miguel Terekhov offers a ballet pointer to Yvonne Chouteau during rehearsals."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A new $300,000 addition and remodeling for the Central Presbyterian Church, NW 50 and May, is going up steadily. The improvement includes a new 700-seat sanctuary and remodeling of the present sanctuary into a fellowship hall and classrooms. The kitchen is to be moved from the basement and the present fellowship area there remodeled into classrooms also. Robert Knoblock and Al Sayler, members of the church, are architects, and Lippert Brothers Construction is expected to have the job completed about October 1."