Officials getting victims from a plane crash. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A. L. Duncan, Ardmore, grand master of Odd Fellows."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Row of blanketed bodies near the crash site waits to transported to military hospital in San Antonio."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Letter from a passenger to his wife, written aboard the plane, was never mailed."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph of an aerial view of the Confederate Home in Ardmore, OK, April 9, 1966.

A newspaper article discussing the plans for the rodeo in 1967.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Clifton Wood, is a 54-year-old Ardmore public relations counselor."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Wearing a navy and citron on white outfit of Norfolk-belted jacket and motion-pleated skirt, Miss Beverly Wilkinson, Ardmore, appears in the January issue of Seventeen."

Caption: "Rodeos of today are a far cry from those of the 1920s and '30s when it was common to see a tiny woman trying desperately to keep her seat atop a bucking bronco. Two of the best riders of the day were Florence Hughes Randolph, pictured here, and Tad Lucas. This picture was copied from one on display at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center." Woman riding a bucking horse at a rodeo.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Detemination, skill and a sense of humor paved the for Florence Hughes Randolph, onetime World Champion Cowgirl"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "REV. EDWIN WILEY PARKER, pastor of Ardmore's First Methodist Church, world traveler, exchange minister in England, and former teacher of religion at two colleges, is an outstanding church leader."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Bob Thompson, Ardmore, vice president of Bacon Transport."

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a broadcast news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a broadcast news story.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Williams, Jo (Jodie) F. "Lil" - Ardmore, Oklahoma - President of Ardmore Little Theater - 1966"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Ardell M. Young, attorney for American Flyers, right, and Capt. Phleat Boyd, listen intently at the CAB hearings in Ardmore."

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 newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Pvt. Rsalia Tobias.. ."I only hope the other boys made it."