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Native Grass Drill

Description: Photograph of a district owned native grass drill. The drill is a 8' combination seeder equipped for seeding rough grass seeds in the large box and hard grass seeds in the small box on the back of the drill.
Date: July 22, 1955
Creator: Stith, Clarence E.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wind Erosion Control

Description: Photograph of home made erosion control made of old tires spaced at 20 foot intervals to try to check wind erosion on the county road. These tires are used to slow wind erosion until vegetation can get started in the borrow ditch.
Date: July 8, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Midland Bermuda Grass Pasture

Description: Photograph of Midland bermuda grass pasture planted in the spring of 1954, pastured by 3 cows and 4 calves. Pasxture is 2 acres and is irrigated on 7x soil. This pasture could stand more grazing.
Date: July 8, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wind Erosion Control

Description: Photograph of wind erosion control. Homemade wind erosion coontrol made of old tires spaced at 20 feet intervals to try to check wind erosoion on the county road. These tires are used to slow wind erosion until vegitation can get started in the borrow ditch.
Date: July 8, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Tick Clover

Description: Photograph of Tick Clover along margin of blackjack timber growing in borrow ditch. This Tick clover is a wild legume and is doing well along the roadside.
Date: July 8, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Sand Dunes

Description: Photograph of sand dunes that wee at one time active becoming stabilized by giant reed bluestem grass.
Date: July 8, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Midland Bermuda Grass Pasture

Description: Photograph of a Midland Bermuda Grass pasture planted in the spring of 1954 pastured by 3 cows and 4 calves. Pasture is 2 acres and is irrigated on 7x soil. This pasture could stand more grazing.
Date: July 8, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Active Sand Dunes

Description: Photograph of active sand dunes becoming stabilized with the use of blow-out grass and sand bluestem grass. The sand in these dunes was blown up from the North Canadian river bottom.
Date: July 8, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of a district-owned native grass seed drill. The drill is an 8-foot combonation seeder equiped for seeding rough grass seeds in the large box and hard grass seeds in the small box on the back of the drill. OK-133-4.
Date: July 20, 1955
Creator: Stith, Clarence
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1092.0374]

Description: Caption: "Picture taken just after new and largest crest of flood waters reached the bridge on Highway 283 north of Laverne. Upper center of picture shows Kiowa River as it empties into the Beaver River. Rain continued to fall as picture was taken from airplane. Laverne Municipal Airport is now in this approximate location, in western Harper County."
Date: May 27, 1955
Creator: Klinger, Lyle
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0368.0217]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Joe Bob Leach and his mother, Mrs. L. A. Leach, look over some of the many cards from well-wishers as the Buffalo lad pastes some more in his already bulging scrapbook"
Date: July 12, 1955
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0342.0389]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Laverne Mayor Lyle Klinger, left, and Fire Chief Joe Harmon, right, present Lowell Moore, center, with his first check following his retirement from the Laverne Fire Department after 28 years of service in that capacity."
Date: 1955
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0299B.0286]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "MELVIN HOWARD of Laverne, a 180-pound halfback, tries on a helmet and checks his shoulder pads shortly after his arrival at the All-Star football camp Wednesday."
Date: August 3, 1955
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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