Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Salt wells which proved a source of revenue for early residents of La Saline, still flow just a mile east of the present site of Salina."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Number one man in Chouteau is H. V. Grant, 63-year-old druggist, president of the town board."

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

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dr. William Cullen Bryant (office) Chouteau, Okla. - Country doctor"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dr. William Cullen Bryant calls on his patients in the modern manner now - but 45 miles an hour is fast enough for any one, he believes."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dr. William Cullen Bryant - home - Chouteau, Okla."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. William Cullen Bryant and grandchild - Chouteau, Okla. - wife of country doctor."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This old blockhouse, built by Chief John Ross of the Cherokee and his brother, Louis, before the Civil war, still stands in one corner of the Salina schoolyard. It houses the spring that slaked thirst of the early Chouteaus when the trading post was founded. Left is Ezekiel Vann, who will lead the parade of Cherokee Indians in the historical day observance October 10. On the right is Taylor Eaton, 74 years old, who has lived around Salina all of his life."