Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Old-time Frisco Agent George Higgins works at depot in Snyder."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "BREACHING THE DAM at Snyder Lake to make way for construction of the new Mountain Park lake are from left, Dale Montgomery, Robert Thompson and Charles McAnnis of K-P Construction Co., Altus."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "George Mathey, Mountain Park grocer"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mountain Park, Okla., grocer George Mathey had been blind in one eye for 30 years and the other was failing badly as he scanned an article in The Sunday Oklahoman 12 years ago. He was 51 at the time, and had a wife and three children, the youngest of whom was only 12, and his vision was fading fast. He would later receive a corneal transplant, and has been thriving in this Southwest Oklahoma community since."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "George Mathey, Mountain Park grocer"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "George Mathey, Mountain Park grocer"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Dedicated to temperance in 1909, the elaborate water fountain on the courthouse square in Hobart has been dry even of water for as long as most citizens can remember."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A new attraction on the Kiowa County courthouse is the native granite historical marker dedicated to mark Hobart's 75th anniversary."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mr. and Mrs. Norman Roark will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary here Sept. 15."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "This banana tree growing in the back yard of Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Denney, Centerville, is sprouting fingerling-sized bananas just about daily."