aerial view of mountain fires, daytime. Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Smoke from raging prairie fire engulfs Wichita Mountains, looking west from air near Mount Scott."

Helicopter over mountain fire, daytime. Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Smoke from raging fire engulfs Wichita Mountains near Mount Scott."

Photograph taken during daylight of smoke billowing from a burning landscape. Caption: "Billowing smoke from a raging prairie fire in the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge near Lawton Thursday was visible more than 30 miles away."

Photograph taken during daylight of the interior of a building destroyed by fire. Caption: "Interior of the C. R. Anthony Co. store in Lawton is a mass of blackened and twisted ruins Thursday following fire which raged through large downtown building Wednesday night and threatened to engulf the entire block."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Crumpled remains of helicopter lie in thicket on Fort Sill. Two Oklahoma Army National Guardsman, members of the 45th Artillery Group, were injured Thursday when the helicopter in which they were riding crashed at Camp Eagle located at Fort Sill. The injured were Capt. James L. Smith, Tulsa, and SSG Donald L. Short, Hennessey. Smith was reported in satisfactory condition at Reynolds Army Hospital at Fort Sill with pelvic and possible back injuries. Short was reported in serious condition with back and chest injuries. The two guardsmen, on two weeks active duty for training, had just taken off from the Camp Eagle headquarters building helipad to inspect a training site for Friday when their helicopter came down through trees about 150 yards south of the building. Ambulance were on the scene within minutes after the 2:10 p.m. crash and had the pair en route to Reynolds on main post, Fort Sill. The helicopter, a small observation-type OH-23B with a bubble cockpit, landed on its right side after tearing through tree limbs. The landing skids on the helicopter were broken off , and the main rotor blade was sheared …

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Neda Birdsong, Cache, daughter of Quanah Parker, presents Brig. Gen. Mercer C. Walter, commanding general of troops at Fort Sill, with a braid wrapper belonging to the Comanche Chief."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Ed Blunck, Lawton stock car pilot, examines the safety belt that kept him from injury here last week when his car flipped and rolled over during the 25-lap feature race."

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

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Don Prophet, Cameron College agronomist, turns the valve which covers the campus lawn with water while testing the new equipment which arrived from Altus."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Gives three " graduating " sixth graders a preview of junior high textbooks."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Lawton Mac Head Coach ) Ron Hartline confer with #13."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Huge hay crop produced by Charles Wood just about did the Faxon area farmer in."

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

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Phil Hornstein, left, president of the Lawton Humane Society and Animal Shelter, Inc., receives a check for $200 for the Lawton-Fort Sill Kennel club to give the club life membership in the society."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A Community Achievement plaque from James C. Worthy, president of the Sears, Roebuck Foundation is Mrs. J. Hale Edwards, Lawton, contest chairman for the Lawton Woman's Forum Club which won first prize of $10,000 in a contest held in cooperation with the General Federation of Women's Clubs."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Pat King takes a grocery order over a two-way radio at the Merry Circle store."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Soldiers at nearby Fort Sill continue to feel the effects of the 1987 draining of Lake Elmer Thomas in more ways than one."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. James Lockhart, Lawton wife pins bars on husband."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A 29-year-old father hoisted himself up a 30-foot evergreen tree Friday and plucked a 7-year-old neighborhood boy to safety from a 2,300-volt electric power line as neighbors watched in awe."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Charles G. Ozmun - Lawton - Comanche county legislator"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Housing for employees, secured from Fort Sill, rents furnished for $12 a month."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Russell Porter, Oklahoma's health education director, presents certificates to first home health aides. All the women are from Lawton."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The demand for honey is greater than it has ever been, says Cecil Richardson, who tends 50 hives near Lawton."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Capt. John W. Ervin reads orders awarding Bronze Star to Cpl. Richard L. Spanton, Hillsboro, Wis., second from right; and a letter of commendation for his work at the Fort Sill Reception Ctr. to Cpl. William J. Lucas, Howe, Okla., far right. Lt. Col. Robert J. Russel and Maj. Francis H. Turner, both of OKC, view the ceremony, from left."