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.71-Mile Single Field Drain

Description: Photograph of a .71-mile single field drain built in 1957 that drains 60 acres of cropland. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Single field drain built 1957. Drains 60 acres of cropland. It is .71 mile long. Shows good shaping and spoil spreading with farm equipment."
Date: May 14, 1958
Creator: Mackey, Carl E.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

From Dust to Dust: Gibbon, an Oklahoma Town

Description: Article describes the rise and fall of the town of Gibbon, which began as a prosperous farming community built by homesteaders in the land run of 1893. Rita S. Pierce and Gordon Moore explore the town in its heyday, as well as the financial and environmental factors that led to its downfall.
Date: Summer 1983
Creator: Pierce, Rita S. & Moore, Gordon, 1955-
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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