Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "BARGAINS WERE FEW and the crowd was small at Monday's county tax resale."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Emergency power where it's available and how much during the simulated H-bombing in Oklahoma targets Tuesday is plotted by R. W. Lappin left supervisor of lines for Oklahoma Gas & electric Co. and Frank R. Culver, dispatcher at the firm's transmission control center at 420 S. Broadway."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "GIFTS to D. D> Kirkland, Putnam City superintendent, were presented by Putnam City Central and Hilldale Elementary P-TA units of which Mrs. J. H. Allred (left) is an officer."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A spokesman for the P-TA Mrs. Pat McGee urges city councilman to take action banning objectionable magazines from newsstands."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Joe Mc Nulty at a press conference held for Cleveland Browns' fullback Jim Brown."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Wayne Poucher, Washington D.C. radio commentator, had a chance to visit an old school chum when he spoke Wednesday at Oklahoma Christian College."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Friendly Paired Off from the unfriendly Monday at a district court deposition hearing involving the (city) water trust program."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "There is a Little League baseball team over in El Reno looking for a coach."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "There is a Little League baseball team over in El Reno looking for a coach."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "NEW ROOF for Oklahoma City fire station No. 25 at SW 59 and Miller is being installed to erase tornado damage done last week."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "STORM DAMAGE in southwestern Oklahoma City kept insurance workers busy Wednesday."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Northside YMCA offices will move from this building."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Twin Sons are an extra special event for Mrs. Alfred Wilson, she's an identical twin herself."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Gasoline tanker is pinned by the roof of a Sapulpa service station which caved In when hit by a twister."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Twenty-three persons were reported killed in Thursday's storm. The known dead include: Wilburton Truman Clark, 45. Maggie Back. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Brady, both about 70. Gordon Mape, 70. Wilveon Reines. James Parks, about 70. A Mr. Turnbow. Mrs. James Reeves, wife of an Eastern Oklahoma A&M college instructor. A Mrs. McGee. Mrs. Dovie Angel. Mrs. Fred Clawson. Sapulpa Lee Birmingham, 54, operator of a restaurant. mrs. Lillie Wright, 62. Keota B. Woods. Willis Chubbee. Mrs. Lucille Hayes, 65. Iron Post (Bristow) Louis Bland. His nephew, 3. Roland-Moffett L. Bowen, Sallisaw. Checotah Joe Neel Sneed, Central High community. Twenty-five persons were reported killed and more than 200 injured Thursday night when tornadoes slashed across eastern Oklahoma. Sapulpa and Wilburton were dealt deadly, crushing clows. At least 13 dead and more than 100 injured were reported at Wilburton, a city of 1,939 persons east of McAlester. Two dead and 49 hurt were reported from Saplulpa. Four dead and about 20 injured were reported from Moffett and Roland communities in Oklahoma just west of Fort Smith, Ark. Two persons were killed at Keota, Haskell County; two in the Iron Post community …

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The North Heights area of Sapulpa was hardest hit. Largely a Negro section, it is located north of the Turner Turnpike. The twister cut a swath a half-mile wide and a mile long through the area, the highway patrol reported. More than 30 homes were destroyed of damaged. Early estimates of number injured were 100 to 150, but later reports said 43 were in one Sapulpa hospital, six in another. Most of the injuries were called minor...Hoffman, small community 8 miles east of Henryetta, was hit by a twister about 6:30 p.m. Damage was extensive...The Henryetta National Guard unit was called to duty to police the storm area. The Henryetta fire department said all available vehicles had been pressed into service to bring injured to the Henryetta Hospital."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Trail's End drive-in in Sapulpa met the fate of its name in Thursday's Tornado. Twelve customers were uninjured."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Unscheduled Attraction at Springlake Amusement Park is mass of crumpled metal and cinders following an early-morning fire that wrecked the four-unit building. The structure housed the park's fun house, electric "Bumper" cars and shooting gallery. Also ruined was the roller coaster building. Marvin Staton, park manager, said the concrete and steel building was supposedly "fireproof." The building was partially covered by insurance. The structure was erected in 1946 after a 1945 blaze destroyed the original building. The fire touched off several thousands of rounds of ammunition in the shooting gallery, but no one was injured."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "It's the craziest sort of paradox," observed Dwight V. Swain, co-director of the University of Oklahoma's annual short course on professional writing."

Photograph of Fescue-Landino pasture showing drowned out spots before drainage. Soil Unit # 4, Clear Boggy Bottom. OK-1119-2.

Photograph of the Muddy Boggy Creek inundating State Highway 31 for 3 days, halting traffic. Adjacent farm land floods several times a year, making cropping and pasture hazardous. Application submitted for PL-566 assistance in Upstream Prevention. OK-1123-1.

Photograph of Coalgate City Swer System as partially inundated in the Caney-Coon Creek floodplain, causing raw sewage to be released. The flood also caused evacuation of some houses. This is a portion of the Muddy Boggy Creek watershed. OK-1123-6.

Photograph of an overflowing Caney-Coon Creek blocking traffic and covering land spanning from County Road to Cemetery. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Caney-Coon Creek overflowing County Road to Cemetery. Traffic blocked two days. Three structures planned and approved for flood preservation above will eliminate flooding when constructed.”

Photograph of the Coalgate City Sewer System partially inundated in Caney-Coon Creek floodplain, causing raw sewage to be released. Flood also caused evacuation of some houses. This is a portion of Muddy Boggy Creek Watershed.