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[Photograph 2012.201.B1092.0564]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "While farmers in Kingfisher and other countless along the mid-state route of the Cimarron river prayed for rain on their parched wheatfields the Cimarron (above) was running wasted water Tuesday almost bank full through that same area, from rains up the watershed."
Date: May 8, 1950
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1092.0373]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Beaver River, at Beaver, in May of 1955. The muddy flood rolling down the river is raising hopes for water-rationing Oklahoma City citizens, as the flow will move down the Beaver River, into the North Canadian, past Woodward, and toward OKC. View is taken from railroad bridge looking toward town of Beaver, and was taken as the crest lapped at the railroad ties."
Date: May 17, 1955
Creator: Campbell, Clyde
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1092.0549]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Swollen Cimarron River northeast of Okeene is shown after flash flood which dumped an estimated 7 to 10 inches of rain in the area."
Date: September 1, 1966
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1092.0593]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A siev constructed of steel bars and wire snags loose trash and debris along a river bank near Pauls Valley and protects the bank from the eroding waters of the Washita River."
Date: May 2, 1980
Creator: Southerland, Paul B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1574]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of the river across the middle from the left to the right, a small river ferry carrying three cars and people, two people on the near bank, housing on the other side and more. Backside handwriting: "This Pete DeFord's ferry on Grand River between Ketchum and Disney.")"
Date: February 9, 1938
Creator: Shroder, William J., Jr.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1570]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of a dry/wet river flowing, a bridge across the upper middle left to right, the bridge with high support beams, and more in the background. Backside handwriting: "Washita River Cheyenne Bridge at Strong City.")"
Date: August 12, 1947
Creator: Johnson, Bill
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1569]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma's Washita River lived up to its Indian name of Muddy Water this week as it rampaged in the Cordell-Carnegie areas. This was the view Saturday of the Washita at Fort Cobb on the S.H. 146 crossing."
Date: November 7, 1964
Creator: Heaton, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1573]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "It's the Mountain Fork river, classified by numerous outdoor lovers as the state's prettiest river, and this veiw shows one of the stream's most scenic big, deep, long holes for boating, swimming and fishing. This magnificent scene is seven miles east of Broken Bow about a half-mile down stream from the new bridge across highway U. S. 70. This river is a thing of beauty from its source in western Arkansas it its mouth a f… more
Date: 1950
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1575]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of separate bridges across the to left and upper middle right, a river boat, two cranes on the river banks/bed, a pipeline/something else from the bottom left to the river boat, other boats, and more. Backside handwriting: "Will Rogers Verdigres.")"
Date: 1970
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1572]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The map shows the wmadering river from near Cheyenne until it spills its silt into Lake Tacoma. Above, the Washita as it looks east of the bridge on U .S. 77, north of Pauls Valey. After leaving the more sandy terrain, the river still is well defined on its southward journey."
Date: 1947
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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