Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Larry Ealom, Wellston"

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

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "In front of the Lincoln County courthouse, long a landmark, stands a new memorial to the county's war dead."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Former Lincoln County Sheriff Ray McLain's association in 1984 with convicted felon Don Wilson Jr., who is now on Oklahoma's Death Row for murder is being investigated by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, The Oklahoman has learned."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Construction on the first bridge on the Turner Turnpike is under way."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "POSING HAPPILY in Chandler with her twin daughters is Mrs. James H. Johnson, center. Mrs. Wanda Foster is at left and Mrs. Edith Helm at right."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Coach Roy Grissom and forward Kenneth Hines show apprehension as their Stroud team handed Inola its first loss in 33 games in class B Boys semifinals."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Chandler's first Japanese bride is Masako, who with her husband, Sgt. Loyd Greenfield, recently arrived in the United States and are visiting the sergeant's parents here."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "also re-wrote the three-game tournament by averaging 71.3 points a game on their way to the title."

A daylight photograph of underbrush burning in a Lincoln County, Oklahoma, grass fire. Caption: "Thickets went up in flames before the Lincoln County fire were under control."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Wellston's Larry Ealom . . . Player of Year"

Photograph shows a truck driving down a dirt road with a man riding in the bed of the truck. The truck is driving towards a grey cloud of smoke. The fields on either side of the road are burnt. Caption: "The fire was first spotted about 9 a.m., and it wasn't until 3 p.m. that it was brought under control."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Chandler's city lake, built in 1955, means "no water problems" for Chandler say city manager Leonard Burt, left, checking boats with Norman Jennings."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Chandler's three-truck fire department has a new home, including quarter for firemen. City manager Leonard Burt, above, said the city was able to pay cash for the new building, built by local contractor."

A daylight photograph of a grass fire in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, showing the smoke and flames of burning grass and underbrush along the Turner Turnpike near Stroud. Caption: "Grass fire rage along south side of Turner Turnpike, near Stroud, delaying traffic for awhile."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Family Escapes as Jockey`s Mechanized Mount Quits Track Three persons walked away from this automobile accident 1 1/2 miles east of Chandler on U.S. 66 Monday afternoon, two of them with minor cuts and the third uninjured. Highway patrolmen said the car was driven by Venoncio T. Nadarse, 30, Miami and New York, a jockey. His wife, Maria, 26, and son Edward, 7, were riding with him, Nadarse and his son received cuts on the chin. Highway patrolmen said he lost control of his car, ran off the highway and overturned."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Listening to PTA reorganization plans in Chandler are from left, bill Delphone, junior high principal; Lee Henderson, high school principal, and Wendell Ford, elementary principal."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Of Stroud, Okla.'s victory over Stroud , England in an international brick-throwing contest was Dan Erwin, former Oklahoma U shot put ace."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A picture of famed lawman Bill Tilghman, an aged spinning wheel, an early day rocker these are just a few of the items in the well supplied Lincoln County Historical Society museum at Chandler."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Dr. Jack D. Melson is president of the Stroud chamber of commerce, which lists building of a $450,000 municipal hospital as No. 1 project."

Photograph of L to R: Charles Meyers, Charlie Speakman, Mr. Stevens, and Will Grace work a team of oxen pulling a 24 inch plow, capable of cutting a 10 inch sprout, Ingram, Indian Territory. Mr. and Mrs. Elsey, Denzil, and their dog Rover are in the wagon.