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Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of a squirrel nest in a black locust tree which was planted on a spoils bank in 1947. Volunteer plants include silver bluestem grass, weeds, cottonwood and willow trees. OK-189-9.
Date: November 15, 1955
Creator: Hurd & Moreland
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of an old elm tree growing on a side of a hill that was called the Land Mark Tree by Cherokees who settled the Cooweescoowee District after the Civil War. The tree was seemingly as large when the area was settled by whites in 1893 [i.e., the 1893 Land Run, the 4th of 5 between 1889 and 1895] as it is today. Tall prairie grasses that would hide a steer grew on the hill in the valley below in 1893. It was in an overgrazed pasture from about 1900 to about 1950. The old territorial road … more
Date: December 15, 1955
Creator: Moreland [no given name]
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0991.0553]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Oklahoma Military academy"
Date: February 15, 1963
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.TP0392.0789]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Nearing completion is a $60,000 mess hall addition to accommodate an additional 200 cadets at Oklahoma Military Academy, Claremore, where fall classes will begin in August 30."
Date: July 15, 1965
Creator: 3rd Party
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1205.0117]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The familiar statue of Will Rogers and Soapsuds has been moved to a spot overlooking the Rogers' family graves on one side and Claremore on the other."
Date: July 15, 1991
Creator: Argo, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1213.0315]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The storm system that hit northeastern Oklahoma this week was no picnic-and it means no picnics for a while at this Lake Oologah she, which usually is several yards from shore."
Date: March 15, 1990
Creator: Argo, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1028.0500]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Aviation navigator Harold Gatty, at left with hands on hips, humorist Will Rogers, in hat, and pilot Wiley Post, with a crowd next to Post's plane, Winnie Mae, in an airfield at Claremore, Okla."
Date: June 15, 1931
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1103.0516]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Will Rogers-grave"
Date: August 15, 1985
Creator: Gooch, Steve
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0940.0604]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Equipment and building materials set rusting in a storage yard at the Black Fox nuclear project."
Date: November 15, 1981
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0318.0373]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Johnny Dusenberry, 112-pound open class boxer from Oklahoma Military academy, Claremore, sees how his Golden Gloves pin looks on the uniform of fellow cadet Dale Lightner, here with Dusenberry for the state tournament which began Monday night at the Auditorium."
Date: February 15, 1951
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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