Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Water for city gushes through Canton dam floodgates."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "In Okeene, as you may recall reading at least once a year, lives a breed of men who catch rattlesnakes, manhandle rattlesnakes, eat rattlesnakes and dream rattlesnakes."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Expert judges at a Southwestern State college beauty contest were former graduates who married campus beauties of 1939, 1941, and 1949. They are left to right, Jim Burnham, Canton; Al Ackerman, Fort Cobb, and Paul Flick Jr., Clinton."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "BERT WILLIS, former senator and longtime booster for SH 51, was given the honor of cutting the ribbon to open the new bridge named "Old Fort Cantonment Crossing Bridge" Wednesday."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mr. and Mrs. James Franklin Smith of Geary are pictured with seven of Mr. Smith's 29 sons and daughters (16 by his present wife) . David, 5, is on mom's lap, while Smith holds Carl Joe, 3, on his lap. The girls are, from left, Nadine, 10; Lilly May, 7; Linda Fay, 9; Emma Gene, 15; and Jewel Dean, 13. These are seven of the 10 kids still at home."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "New officers of the Oklahoma Cotton Ginners' association are left to right, G. N. Irish, Muskogee, second vice-president; Sam Lafaver, Watonga, president; and Carl Fox Hollis, first vice-president."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Canton's Most Valuable Citizen is Houston Edsel, left, who is being awarded a plaque by C. Roy Shaw, of the Bank of Canton. The bank conducted a survey to determine the city's most outstanding citizen. Center is Tom S. Myers, First National Bank and Trust Co., of OKC, who was speaker at the presentation dinner in Canton."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "HISTORY WAS MADE here Tuesday afternoon when Ed Lamle, of Okeene, former president of the Flying Famers of Oklahoma, proved members of his group can drop in on the Southwest American exposition at the fairgrounds, April 22 to 29, by air if they desire."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "HISTORY WAS MADE here Tuesday afternoon when Ed Lamle, Okeene, former president of the Flying Farmers of Oklahoma, proved members of his group can drop in on the Southwest American exposition at the fairgrounds April 22 to 39 by air if the desire."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "James Franklin Smith, right, 77, has been helping the "Smith" clan for 56 years. The salty native of Arkansas has fathered 29 sons and daughters, outliving three of them, and says he is not through yet. He is shown at his home in Geary, Okla., with his 46-year-old second wife, Arvelia, who has 16 children with him, 10 still at home. He and his first wife, Ida, were married in 1898, and he said he never gave a "big family" any kind of thought."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The spacious dining room of Roman Nose lodge offers a broad expansion of glass windows where guests can dine overlooking Boecher lake and the rough, red hills of west central Oklahoma."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Roman Nose State Park, New Lodge"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Roman Nose lodge rooms, too, look out over the scenery in the park."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Six different kinds of immunization shots are required for the Conn Price family, who leaves soon to make their home in Afghanistan."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Smallest of the state lodges, yet built along the same attractive lines and within easy driving distance of several large cities, is Roman Nose lodge near Watonga."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "READY, SET, GO! L.H. Patterson, resident engineer at Canton reservoir, pushes the button controlling dam floodgates."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Roman Nose State Park Lodge"