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

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Linda and Suzanne Edmondson, daughters-in-law of Ed Edmondson, check returns in U. S. Senate race."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.

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

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

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

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Viewing fatal motorcycle wreck are Muskogee police officer George Abel, left, and Highway Patrol Trooper Ronald James. FUNERAL SERVICES PENDING FOR ED EDMONDSON'S SON--MUSKOGEE -- Funeral services are pending for John Martin "Tad" Edmondson, 22-year-old son of U.S. Rep. and Mrs. Ed Edmondson, who was killed early Friday when his motorcycle veered off a road in Muskogee and plunged through a wire fence. The victim's fiancee, Miss Verna Elizabeth Winburn, 21 who was riding with him, remained in serious condition at Muskogee General Hospital after undergoing surgery. Edmondson was scheduled to be married to the Muskogee school teacher later this month. Both had graduated from Northeastern State College in Tahlequah last fall. Young Edmondson had been assisting in his father's campaign for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination, while his fiancee taught in a Muskogee junior high school. Police said the accident which killed Edmondson and injured his fiancee happened just after midnight, but the couple lay un-noticed until shortly before 6 a. m. Officials say Edmondson apparently died shortly after the accident of head and neck injuries. Miss Winburn suffered multiple injuries. Police said Miss Winburn was able …

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sparkling water and graceful sailboats make a pretty picture at Lake Hefner on a summer day."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "References that she is involved in the "women's lib" movement are beginning to bore Mrs. Martha White."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The ringing clang of hammer against iron and enigh and stamp of horses are samiliar sights and sounds of a workday in the life of Steven Marquess Sims, a student at Northeastern State College."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Muskogee bowlers Jim Murray and Gene Basta talk things over while waiting their turns."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Under the approving of Gov. Hall, Dr. Jacob Johnson, left, listens as honors are heaped upon him at a luncheon Tuesday."

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

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Muskogee human relations workshop panelists Richard Rutter, a Latin teach at Muskogee High School, and Valerie Love, a senior at Muskogee High School, confer during a panel discussion Saturday."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "James W. Stevenson"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Wanda Thompson, of Muskogee, a librarian."

Photograph of the north front of barracks in Fort Gibson, OK, prior to 1972.

Article recounts the numerous diseases and afflictions that befell the soldiers stationed at forts within the Indian Territory during the mid 19th century. Included within the article is a list of those affected and killed by the diseases at the forts.