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[Photograph 2012.201.B1119.0101]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Shawnee is more than halfway, on a mileage basis, between Arkansas City and Lindsay. But schedules are so arranged that the two trains meet there, coming from opposite directions, and their crews "shift" trains, to head back to their homes."
Date: June 6, 1950
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Fifty Years Ago in Shawnee and Pottawatomie County

Description: Article discusses the thriving town of Shawnee, Oklahoma and Pottawatomie County at the turn of the century. Ernestine Gravley highlights the growth of businesses, feuds by railroad companies over the town, and popular pastimes such as horse racing made possible by Shawnee's expansion.
Date: Winter 1953
Creator: Gravley, Ernestine
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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