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[Photograph 2012.201.B0260.0416]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Two big concrete piers go down in the construction of the $88,301 Spring river crossing of the Will Rogers turnpike, northeast of Miami."
Date: August 25, 1955
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0938]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "MIAM'S SOUTHWEST CORNER TOOK THE BRUNT of the Ottawa county tornado early Tuesday with heavy damage in suburban sections of the northeastern Oklahoma City."
Date: April 3, 1956
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1036.0613]

Description: 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… more
Date: May 26, 1962
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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