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

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Paul Hitch"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Five times Hardesty had made it to the state tournament and gone home empty-handed."

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

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

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Lieutenant Colonel James B. Ellingsworth is shown having his "eagles" pinned on his shoulder that promotes him to Colonel."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Don Cortez... they love it, hate it."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Attentive faces among parade spectators include, left to right, Mrs. Frank Allcorn, Wilburton; Harold Gibson, Hardesty: Mrs. Frances Pafford, Guymon; and Myron Gilbert, Elkhart, Kan."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Queen of the modern day section of Guymon's Pioneer Days celebration is Jill Mcmurry, above."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "New landmark in the Oklahoma Panhandle, this all-steel derrick in Guyman, was erected as a monument to the petroleum industry. The 96-foot derrick, located in a shopping center, was furnished by Kerr-McGee Oil Industries, Inc., and Phillips Petroleum Co. The Guymon Chamber of Commerce will develop a tourist area around the site."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This porker isn't in a poke still it is and abandon basement and apparently has been there 10 weeks. Harold Palmer of Tyrone, believes the pig has been i the basement since December 4 when a truckload of pigs overturned on U.S. 54 near Tyrone. Another pig, apparently not as hardy was found in the same excavation. Here at the left is Arnold Stevens and his son Lloyd Wayne and Palmer who is feeding the pig."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Farm pond south of Hooker, Oklahoma."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "All Panhandle roads led to Guymon Saturday as 35, 000 peoples converged on the Texas County city for the highlight of the two-day Pioneer Days celebration, an hour-long parade."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Forest Lawson, his wife, Mary and son Tracy, 2, drove in wagon from Keyes."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Gay mood in Guymon is reflected by Helen Sheppard of Fargo as she rides trailer-mounted saddle at head of wagon train during Pioneer Days Celebration."