Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Prospective buters lean back and watch the action at the Tonkawa sale barn."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "All eyes are on the sale pen to look at meat on the hoof."

Article describes the architecture and layout of Ernest Whitworth Marland's mansion, a luxurious testament to the financial empire the oil baron had built in early twentieth century Oklahoma. Denise Browning explains his rise to power as an oil company owner and businessman.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Workers weigh rock on the upstream base of the Kaw Dam as part of an inspection to determine what caused damage to the riprap."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Construction is under way east of Ponca City on the Sandy Park swimming beach on the east end of the Kaw Dam on the Arkansas River`"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "These mayflies on Lake Ponca near Ponca City appear to be doing aerial acrobatics, but they aren't."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A new 16 foot sculpture inscribed with the words "Pax, Vita, Veritas, "which translates "Peace, Life and Truth," has been built at Northern Oklahoma State College at Tonkawa."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Elsie V. Cann Brown, a New York City designer, gave the 10-acre Cann Memorial Garden Center to the City of Ponca City with the stipulation that the land may never be leased or sold, Perpetual maintenance of the center and the park, which is being developed, was provided by Mrs. brown through the interest income from a $750,000 trust fund."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Double fireplace divides library in administration building of former Ponca Military Academy."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A trio of Ponca City youngsters on their way to the park pool couldn't wait, taking over a couple of irrigation pipes for a quick water fight."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Employees of the old Marland Oil Co. lived in this building while taking technical courses and later it was used as a barracks for the Ponca Military Academy."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This wooden eagle make by Tim Sayles, a student at Garfield Elementary school in Ponca City, won him a $250 award in a national contest."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The dedication of a monument to the Three Sands oil boom drew a crowd of approximately 350 people to Ray See Park in Tonkawa, many of them former Three Sands residents and their descendants."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Stop signs may appear in the middle of blocks in Ponca City."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Internationally known Indian artist Walt Harris, an Otoe from Ponca City, puts finishing touches on his design of a charter-member certificate in the Oklahoma wing of the Confederate Air Force."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "B. F. Conaghan displays a painting of the once-bustling oil community."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Three Sands got its name from three geologic strata where early drilling was centered."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The Marland mansion in Ponca City, Oklahoma stands as an imposing tribute to the affluence of Oklahoma's oil boom."

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 used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The huge bean vat is behind the tractor's rear wheel. Blackwell mayor Garry Whitman, bean feed chairman, sits on the old tractor and makes sure plenty of steam heat is supplied for the 280 gallons of beans served to the crowd of 2,800 who attended the event..."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "It takes a boat paddle to stir the 125 gallons of navy beans Vernon Courtney cooked up for Blackwell 's annual bean and cornbread feed.."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Overshadowed by Ponca City's Pioneer Woman statue , 13-month -old Calie Marie Coatney came dressed for the occasion when the 30th anniversary of the monument's dedication was commemorated..."