Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Selections for 1962-63 at Northeastern A&M College , Miami, include these top students."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Loren Keenan looks over some of his plant's canoes."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Mayor W. Dabney Smith, left, of Quapaw inspects the interior of a Kenew canoe held up by Loren Keenan, president of the boat-building firm there."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "World's largest lead and zinc mill, the Eagle Picher central mill at Commerce is virtually shutdown with only a standby and maintenance crew."

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

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Homer Swafford, Bell manager in Miami, is replacing Killan at Altus."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "PREPARING to descend into a mine near Cardin late Wednesday afternoon is rescue worker with lunch buckets for men battling to remove ton of rock which trapped two men Wednesday."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "More than 200 tons of rock crashed on a crew of zinc miners Wednesday and hours later two of the men were presumed dead."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Home of the Crane Company at Miami."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Hardwood is stacked by Floyd Ash (left) and Howard Kirk, Chetopa Kan."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Hundreds of cords of hardwood are stacked near the Elvin Ridling charcoal plant northwest of Miami ready to be stacked tightly in kilns."

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

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Charcoal is inspected by plant manager Gerald Kirk."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Miami's new $1,000,000 civic center was built in 1957."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Mabel Speaker-teacher of the year-Northeastern A&M"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Afton, 14 miles south of Miami, is believed to have been named for the River Afton in Robert Burns' famous poem. Ray Painter, chairman of the board of Farmers State Bank, is chairman of the board of the five-man council there. He says that Afton is the center of a "million-dollar wheat crop" every year, and tourists and cattle are important to the town's revenue. The famous Buffalo Ranch is to the north, as well as U. S. 69 access to the Will Rogers Turnpike."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Watching practice from the sidelines, halfback Bob Wall of Shawnee yearns to return to action after a tonsillectomy-he will this week."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dunes of ore residue border highways and ring Commerce, Picher and Quapaw (in northeastern Oklahoma, abandoned zinc and lead mining sites)."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The city of Pitcher has its special story-one of boom, desolation, apathy, determination-and now hope."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Weathered mill (near Commerce in northeastern Oklahoma) is a reminder of brighter, busier days. (World's largest zinc and lead mining district was shut down in 1957.)"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "One of Miami's new churches--the $500,000 First Christian Church."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Finishing touch is put on a compact kitchen unit by Miss Wilda Schell on the assembly line at the Crane Co."