Photograph of Altus FD American LaFrance pumper sitting in the bay.

Photograph is of a man in a military flight suit sitting at a desk signing paperwork. Caption: "First Lt. Arthur L. Dozier of the 11th Air Refueling Squadron at Altus Air Force Base recently took the reins of responsibility as an aircraft commander of a KC-135 Stratotanker."

Photograph is of two boys wearing plaid shirts each leading a calf by a leash. There is a man standing near the boys and calves holding the leash to one of the calves while the boy is shaving the hair of the calf. Caption: "Big league help is given brothers Keith and Don McCombs of Warren in Jackson county. They are headed for the Oklahoma 4-H and FFA Livestock Show in Oklahoma City, March 11-15 with their steers. The helper is former Jackson county 4-H member Eddie Fisher, star pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, spending the winter months on his youth baseball camp at Warren. Keith, left, is 13 and Don 12. Both are members of the Warren 4-H club."

Caption: "by visitors to the annual Jackson County Free Fair in Altus are the livestock exhibits." People look at cattle.

Photograph taken during daylight of the charred wreckage of a burned building and gas pumps. Caption: "Jackson County Landmark established in 1890 - the Martha Mercantile Store - was destroyed by fire Wednesday after the building apparently was struck by a bolt of lighting. The longtime general merchandise store, which had added a gas station for modern times, was owned by Mrs. C. H. Doughty. She estimated loss at $25,000."

Photograph of "Chunk" Reid spot-seeding and pitting native grasses. Note the excellent job of grass management.

Photograph of "Chunk" Reid spot-seeding and pitting native grasses.

Photograph of very extensive Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control growing into and competing with grass, Clint Walcott farm.

Photograph of mesquite roots extending into cultivated fields illustrating the great distances their roots extend and how severely this woody species competes with grasses. Photo taken after a severe rain storm in October, 1965. OK-2727.

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "DERAILED TRAIN AT ALTUS was being cleared Thursday after eight tank cars jumped the track."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Maj. Carl Baswell, right , and Walden J. Evans talk it over."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Maj. Carl F. Baswell, left, appointed to the newly-created post of Altus area engineer, goes over some of the Army Corps of Engineers specifications or construction on nine Atlas ICBM launching sites with Capt. John Park, former assistant resident engineer for southwest Oklahoma, who has been elevated top resident engineer to handle Fort Sill projects."

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

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "TALL TOWERS in the small town of Blair are two water towers (foreground) and recently completed grain elevator."

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

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "NEW $50,000 STADIUM at Craterville Park will be the scene of many events this summer."

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

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "BATHED IN LIGHT, the Jackson County courthouse in Altus helps remind area residents that Christmas is coming."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A bill which would set up a water transportation commission is expected to be considered next week by a Senate Committee."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "More than a third of the active storage capacity of Lake Altus has been released from the dam downstream this month because of heavy inflow from the North Fork River."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE was visited Sunday by Eugene M. Zuckert, left, secretary of the air force, who was accompanied by Sen. J. Howard Edmondson."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Eugene M. Zuckert, secretary of the air force, is greeted by a reporter as he arrives in Altus with Sen. J. Howard Edmondson for a tour of Altus AFB."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Four southwestern Oklahoma senior girls have been designated as winners of Good Citizens awards y the Daughters of the American Revolution for the present school year."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Competition was friendly but fierce for governor of Girls State."