[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0654]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: August 28, 1980
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0660]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Convict is thrown by Brahma bull during rodeo tryouts at McAlester."
Date: August 21, 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1017.0501]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sunday marks the 100th anniversary of one of Oklahoma's major battles of the Civil War at Perryville, three miles south of McAlester."
Date: August 24, 1963
Creator: Jack Southard Studios
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0632]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Coming out party winds up in an inmate being separated from bucking bull in the McAlester Prison Rodeo which is slated September 2-5."
Date: August 24, 1965
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0655]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Prison rodeo at the Big Mac is billed as world's wildest."
Date: August 23, 1980
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0592]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Inmate Buddy Fesmire says he wouldn't want to trade places in the tub with fellow prisoner Elbert Vick."
Date: August 28, 1985
Creator: Gamallo, Manny
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1064.0414]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "McAlester boxer-Golden Gloves"
Date: August 27, 1947
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0591]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: August 27, 1985
Creator: Marvel, Fred W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0665]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Rough rides are in storedfor a number of inmates at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary September 1-4 during the State Prison Rodeo."
Date: August 18, 1966
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0652]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: August 28, 1980
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0630]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Holding on for dear life and a chance to compete in the "Behind the Walls" rodeo at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, McAlester, is this inmate."
Date: August 17, 1965
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1073.0858]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Administration Building - Order of Rainbow Camp - Lake McAlester"
Date: August 16, 1932
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1073.0857]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Dining Hall - Order of Rainbow Camp - Lake McAlester"
Date: August 16, 1932
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0664]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "An inmate joins the action during the McAlester behind-the-walls Prison Rodeo, September 3-5."
Date: August 28, 1976
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0637]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Upside down in the saddle is the way the participant looks on his horse."
Date: August 31, 1956
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0631]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The bull gets the better of this inmate during rodeo tryouts."
Date: August 13, 1965
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0661]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Rough ride in a tub is attempted on the back of a bucking bronc at the Oklahoma State peitentiary in McAlester."
Date: August 18, 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0590]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: August 27, 1985
Creator: Marvel, Fred W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0595]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Money the hard way" is the name of the game and it is played each year at the state prison rodeo at McAlester."
Date: August 12, 1965
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0668]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "One of the most thrilling events in the annual penitentiary rodeo comes when convicts seek to retrieve a tobacco sack containing a $20 bill from the horns of a wild , mean bull."
Date: August 26, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0667]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma State Penitentiary's 19th annual rodeo starts Thursday night and Ray H. Page, new warden at the prison, says it will be "bigger and better."
Date: August 28, 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1064.0415]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: August 11, 1947
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0656]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Inmate contestants in the McAlester State Prson rodeo which opens friday hope they will not have as much trouble in this year's rodeo as they did in this pictur ein one of their previous action-packed events."
Date: August 25, 1979
Creator: Marvel, Fred W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1211.0097]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Supporters of State Sen. Gene Stipe watch election returns at his headquarters Tuesday night."
Date: August 23, 1978
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History