Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sooners traveling U.S. 66 to saturday's Oklahoma Missouri game at Combia, Mo., were greeted by this sign at the highway intersection in Vinita that sends them eastward into Missouri."

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

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "View North on Wilson Street from Delaware Street."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Wilson Street and Illinois Street."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "View North on Wilson Street from Canadian Street."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "US 59, Craig County. Project F-243 (4) (5) , from Kansas State Line to 5.9 miles South of Welch. Stabilized Aggragate Base and Asspaltic Concrete Surface Course. View North showing Highway entering Welch."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "US 59. Craig County. Project F-243 (4) (5) , from Kansas State Line to 5.9 miles South of Welch. Stabilized aggragate Base and Asphaltic Concrete Surface Course. View North at Jct. SH 10in Welch."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Giant Gibson - Towering over the diverted Grand river near Fort Gibson is this massive concrete structure. It is the state's largest concrete dam, now 80 percent complete and will hold 461,300 cubic yards of concrete by the time it is completed."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Mrs. Mae Thompson, editor and publisher of the Welch Watchman."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The Welch watchman, a Craig county newspaper, has been publiished in this building for tha last 46 years."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Two women set all type by hand in making up the Welch Watchman."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Mrs. Mae Thompson, left, editor and publisher of the Watchmen, and Miss hulda Springer, an employe of the paper for the last 30 years."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The Watchman goes to press."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Miss Springer "proofing" a galley of type, while Mrs. Thompson runs a job-printing press."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Miss Springer casts the plates."

Photograph of completed asphalt concrete highways in Kingfisher, Craig, Latimer, Garvin, and McClain Counties, in 1949.

Photograph of the Vinita Court House, Vinita, OK. Published by MWM, Aurora, MO, postmarked November 27, 1948.

Photograph of an important phase of Soil Conservation Service [SCS] regional operations which is the creation and development of needed conservation equipment. SCS technician Paul Browning (right) and DeBoy Wheatley put finishing touches on a SCS grass planter they designed and developed to do a 20 million acre Bermudagrass planting job in Region 4. Adjusting throw-out clutch between performance tests. OK-9702.

Photograph of the reloading of a Soil Conservation Service-developed grass planter during performance tests. Planting material harvested with Craig Co. Soil Conservation District [SCD] roto-tiller & brought to the site in a dump truck, then forked from the truck to the planter hoppers. Average loading time is less than 3 minutes. OK-9703.

Photograph of Bob Hartley spreading sideoats and bluestem seeds of the floor of a cattle barn to dry.

Photograph of Bob Hartley spreading sideoats and bluestem seeds of the floor of a cattle barn to dry. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bob Hartley, 21-year-old ranchman recently graduated from Okla. A&M, spreads sideoats grama grass on the floor of a cattle barn so the seed can dry without heating. The seed was brought in from combines which Hartley operated during the sideoats and the bluestem harvest. Paper sacks were used during a temporary shortage of other sacks. Hartley cut seed near Amarillo, Texas, as well as in the Vinita vicinity."

Photograph of Bob Hartley, 21 year old ranchman recently graduated from Okla. A&M, spreads sideoats grama grass on the floor of a cattle barn so the seed can dry without heating. The seed was brought in from combines which Hartley operated during the sideoats and the bluestem harvest. Paper sacks were used during a temporary shortage of other sacks. Hartley cut seed near Amarillo,m Texas, as well as in the Vinita vicinity.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.