Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Tishomingo's 84-year-old Doug Brashier peers thoughtfully into the casket built just for him by a Texan friend, W. V. Tyler."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This is Bromide Springs today."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Donated labor and a building fund, soon to be increased by a cotton crop, spells a new Baptist church in Russet community, nine miles northwest of Madill. Painting the gables are Rev. C. A. Montgomery, W. H. Wilcox, R. T. Brock, L. W. Easterwood, and Cliff Davis."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Joe Ritchey of Tishomingo, 20, looks over his call for physical examination by the army, his first as an American."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "William Parrish, acting president of Murray State school of agriculture, inspects work on the dairy plant that will be opened in September."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Chickasaw Council House, Tishomingo, built in 1897-98 of mammoth pink granite blocks from the nearby quarry owned by the incumbent chief executive, Gov. R. M. Harris, who headed the building committee."