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[Photograph 2012.201.B1011.0532]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Larry Peck hold his cannonball at the edge of the Arkansas River and discuss Oklahoma's "naval battle" that took place behind him. The 8 pound hunk of iron, believed to be a relic of the only naval battle in Oklahoma, is proudly being displayed here by its finder during the anniversary month of the 1864 Civil War engagement that is one of the unusual incidents in state history-when confederate Indian forces capt… more
Date: June 4, 1993
Creator: Faytinger, David
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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