Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Services will be held at 11 AM. Friday in St. Lawrence Episcopal Church here for John B. Fink, 65, clerk of the U.S. district court for eastern Oklahoma since early 1965. Fink, son of a prominent Muskogee family, died Thursday night in Muskogee's Funeral Hospital where he had recently undergone surgery."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Officer George Abel left and Jim Downs center wait with former detective Capt. J. R. Palmer to testify before grand jury."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Sails blossom on Lake Hefner every weekend, making color magic of spinnakers."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Things get tense setting the spinnaker sail for a downwind run at Lake Hefner."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ecology is the project of Jill Boyd, Warner, state president of the Future Homemakers of America."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Campaigning in Altus, Rep. Ed Edmondson, center, is assisted by Mayor Hoyt Shadid, left, in meeting Bill Ray, back to camera."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dr. Jacob Johnson, president, shakes hands with Roy Pendley, one of the seven graduates."

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

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Pecan processing is a little-known but important industry in several Oklahoma towns."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "It was a renegade-like army, shuffling four abreast in broken cadence, that tramped through downtown Muskogee that spring day in 1921."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Sightseeing was the order of the day Tuesday for a group of 120 Muskogee County children in a Headstart program as they saw what Fort Chaffee, Ark., looked like while they awaited physical examinations given by Oklahoma Army National Guard doctors of the 145 Medical Company."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Jack C. Montgomery, both employed by the Veterans Administration at Muskogee."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Early bird among young voter registrants Thursday is Sharon Matthews, 18."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "BLACK ARM BAND was worn Tuesday by State Sen. Gene Sstipe, D-McAlester, to protest the conviction of Lt. William Calley."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dedicating first port in the state, Gov. David Hall tells his Muskogee audience Friday that Oklahoma's future is brighter because of the newly-opened Arkansas-Verdigris River navigation project. He said the state's next priority to insure full use of ports like Muskogee and Catoosa depends on development of good secondary road network."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dedicating first port in state, Gov. Hall told a Muskogee crowd Friday that Oklahoma's future is brighter because of newly-opened Arkansas River Navigation System. A typical port scene is the barge of steel pipe tied to the dock, while a pleasure craft cruises the river."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "MUSKOGEE -- Lewis L. Vaughn, chief deputy court clerk for 17 years, Saturday was appointed U.S. District Court Clerk for Oklahoma's Eastern District by U.S. Dist. Judge Joseph W. Morris."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Henry M. White Volunteer service UA Hospital"

Photograph of a postcard of the first Commercial Shipping & Barge docked in Muskogee, OK, January 3, 1971. Photo & published by F.F. Storer, Tulsa, OK.

Photograph of a postcard of the first Commercial Shipping & Barge docked in Muskogee, OK, January 3, 1971. Photo & published by F.F. Storer, Tulsa, OK.

Photograph of the "first commercial shipping and barge docked in Oklahoma, at the port of Muskogee. Printed by DuKane Press, Hollywood, FL.

Photograph of the first commercial shipping and barge docked in Oklahoma at the Port of Muskogee, Jan. 3, 1971.

Photograph of the first commercial shipping and barge docked in Oklahoma at the Port of Muskogee, Jan. 3, 1971.

Photograph of a scene from the Law and Court Reporting session, in the cafeteria, during the Muskogee High School Career Clinic.