Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Cucumber, Creek County Style, was presented Thursday to Sen. Jim Taliaferro, Lawton, by Sen. John Young, of Sapulpa."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Brad Young"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sen. John Young"

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Dolled up Drumright"

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A parade Thursday afternoon kicked off Drumright's four-day, semi-centennial celebration.F"

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Larry Osterhout, 12, gets around in a mode of transportation popular 50 years ago"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "enjoying an early-morning hymn session are Mrs. W. J. Ellington, Drumright; Mr. and Mrs. V. K. Hill, Healdton, and Mrs. J. R. Breshears, Madill."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Tent Camp Religion sprang up Monday at 8101 N Kelley where Rev. and Mrs. W. J. Ellington and their son, Michael, 7, were among first arrivals of 4,000 expected"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Bristow / Buildings / Thurman's Motel."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Politics and the 1948 campaign may be important, but a game of dominoes with their grandfather, O. T. Hutt, at his Sapulpa home held the attention Monday of Thomas E. Dewey Jr., 14, left, and his brother, John Martin Dewey, 12."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Hutt, parents of Mrs. Thomas E. Dewey, found time Saturday afternoon for a few minutes relaxation before the hubbub which would accompany arrival of their daughter's family."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "In its heyday, Slick, Creek county, was a rip snorting oil field boom town."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Charred wreckage in the foreground was a bus-type motor home before it was smashed by the smouldering car in the background Tuesday near the Bristow exit of the Turner Turnpike. Two persons were killed and four seriously injured in the crash which caused both vehicles to burst into flames. The dead are Thomas D. McCall, Gibson City, Ill., driver of the motor home, and Mrs. Dwanna Scott, Coffeyville, Kan., driver of the car. Hospitalized in Tulsa are three members of the McCall family and a baby riding with Mrs. Scott."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This week Raymond Harvey, Oklahoma County superintendant of schools, will close out a career that began in a one-room school house more than 50 years ago near Bristow."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Judge Harold Theus gives the oath of office to Raymond Harvey, superintendant of county schools, and Albert Dyer, county treasurer."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This is the old colonnaded porch and heavy door that protected Sapulpa resident Kathrin Burnett from the world."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Styles in clothing change quicker than the weather, but there is a place in Sapulpa were the style constantly remains the same - old fashioned .."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Drumright's new $7,745 library"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "He acknowledged, however, that Cecil E. Livingston, 22, has been suspended following charges that he criminally assaulted a 13-year-old girl held in the county jail as a run-away."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Brian Montgomery of Bristow watches his second tee shot Saturday."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mannford State Bank, chartered in Indian Territory in 1906, forms a solid corner for Mannford's business district."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "One of several Mannford buildings dating back almost half a century is the one pictured. Legend above the door says "C. H. Poulter" and "1909."