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..."

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: "At bottom, a few minutes later, Crawford, who bills himself as "The Great Houzini," gives the officer his cuffs back after an escape."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Dorothy Conaghan - Repub. Cand. State Rep. #38 - Tonkawa, Okla."

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: "Oklahoma Baptist University student Steve Crawford, 18, has been baffling law enforcement officers with his ability to escape from their handcuffs and other types of restraint devices."

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 story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Saturday Night at White Eagle" by Walt Harris"

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 Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Buffalo Clan" by Walt Harris is now on display at the Oklahoma Art Center."

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

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: "Indian artist Walt Harris's traditional style paintings will be on display Monday through Friday in the Fidelity Bank lobby."

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: "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 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: "There's always a race, but good sun't hard to find."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Steve Crawford, an 18-year-old college freshman at Oklahoma Baptist University, a Ponca City native and brandisher of the alias, The Great Houzini, thinks so, too."

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: "Construction worker gets view of Noble County from 350 feet up."

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."