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[Photograph 2012.201.B1092.0528]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Normanlly little more than a meandering stream as it passes through Oklahoma City, heavy rainfall this past week has swollen the size of the South canadian River."
Date: May 30, 1980
Creator: Klock, Roger
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1092.0531]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This water tank is necessary to the successful operation of the Camargo crossing Water is hauled from the town and sprinkled on the one way roadbed of the river crossing, this kelps the sandy road to harden and become passable for motorists who stay in the middle of the road and out of sand traps."
Date: September 28, 1952
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1092.0532]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This group of Camargo town and community residents uncluding seveal oldtimers who have been in seeing and hearing distance of the crossing more than 50 years gathered at the crossing for this picture."
Date: September 28, 1952
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1092.0535]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "A view across the South Canadian riverbed at Camargo. During dry seasons there's not a puddle of water in the river at this point, but the state highway department maintains a crew with tractors to rescue motorists who get stuck in the sandy crossing."
Date: unknown
Creator: Turner, John H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1092.0537]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Many rivers in Oklahoma, Which hasve done little more than trickle during the drouth period the past few months, were running almost bankful Sunday, following a week of wide spread rains in the state."
Date: May 3, 1954
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1092.0542]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "How a Canadian river flood fills a virtually dry river bed with more than five feet of water in less than five minutes was shown Thursday afternoon to motorist on U. S. highway 62 14 miles south of Oklahoma City."
Date: May 19, 1938
Creator: Shroder, William J., Jr.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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