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[Photograph 2012.201.B0106.0778]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The fiery governor inspects his troops at Durant in the famous "bridge war" of 1931 when he called out the guard to open free bridges across the Red river."
Date: July 30, 1931
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0114.0122]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Five brand -new , shiny but old style buckboard buggies , drawn by five spirited horses, were driven out of Durant by five stove drummers in a single day this week to compete with streamlined .."
Date: May 30, 1937
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0106.0774]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The Red River Bridge on Highway 22 Near Durant after the Midnight Crash - Here is the debris of a $60,000 investment made by the states of Oklahoma and Texas eight months ago when they purchased the Bonham-Durant bridge across the Red River on highway 22."
Date: 1934
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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