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[Photograph 2012.201.B0146.0680]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Main business street of Coweta today is well over a century removed from its primitive beginning as "Koweta" mission, which was opened in 1841."
Date: April 22, 1960
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0927.0098]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Elevated bridge looms above its old bracing on SH 51 near Wagoner in eastern Oklahoma. Engineers on the Arkansas River Navigation Project were faced with the problem of a bridge too low to allow river traffic beneath. The solution: raise the bridge, instead of "razing" it."
Date: April 17, 1970
Creator: Aker, Joe
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0629]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "White cat creeps through wreckage of the Damon Mann homes five miles southwest of Coweta which was demolished Monday night by a tornado."
Date: April 11, 1966
Creator: Lucas, Jim
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of a farm pond on V. L. Colorigh’s farm. Looking south to north across a large dam and pond measuring 21,657 cubic yards, 24 surface acres and 250 acres of drainage area. It was completed in January, 1954 and as of June 1956 had never used the spillway. This pond is used for livestock water and recreation. Soil Conservation Service technicians assisted with the layout of this pond. OK-276-6.
Date: April 20, 1956
Creator: Robertson, Dan
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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