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Tree Farming

Description: Photograph of tree farming, pine trees planted in 1948.
Date: November 2, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Pine Nursery

Description: Photograph of pine nursery from state division of forestry one mile west of Broken Bow.
Date: November 26, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Fighting Rooster

Description: Photograph of a fighting rooster.
Date: November 10, 2003
Creator: Argo, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Forestry Training

Description: Photograph of Smithville, Okla. Vocational Agriculture class with instructor examining pine tree that should be removed from the forest because it is defective. Small log or pulpwood will be cut from defective trees of this type. A tract of about 80 acres, owned by Story-McKee-Wilson Lumber Company, is set aside as school forest where the Voc. Agri. class study and apply proper forestry practices. Selective cutting has been carried out on 20 acres in the 1955 and 1956 compartment. The high scho… more
Date: November 27, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Soils, Harvesting Cotton

Description: Photograph of harvesting cotton on the Tom Deberry farm. Soil is 9x Idabell very fine sandy loam.
Date: November 6, 1969
Creator: Reasoner, Robert C.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Timber and Lumber Treatment

Description: Photograph of a creosoting plant. Cylinder is 80 feet and 6 feet deep, has a capacity over 1,000 cubic feet of wood. This plant would cost $100,000 if purchased. OK-1061-10.
Date: November 2, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Timber and Lumber Treatment

Description: Photograph of a creosoting plant. Cylinder is 80 feet and 6 feet deep, has a capacity over 1,000 cubic feet of wood. This plant would cost $100,000 if purchased. OK-1061-9.
Date: November 2, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of a before picture on the Whitegrass Waterhole. Looking northwest. Channel will be 8 feet deep and 35 feet flat at the bottom. 3 to 1 slide slope. OK-1061-6.
Date: November 2, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cleared and Seeded

Description: Photograph of land that timber was cleared in 1956. Seeded to fescue and leaking clover in fall of 1956.
Date: November 2, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Smithville Vocational Agriculture Class Studying Conservation Plan Map of School Forest

Description: Photograph of Vocational Agriculture class studying conservation plan map of school forest. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: Front Row: 1. J. C. Brown, 2. Glenn Scott, 3. Jack Brock, Instructor, Back Row: 1. Glen Hensley, 2. Tom Stickle, 3. Don McClung, 4. Steve Hilton, 5. Luther Baxter. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Conservation Education. Vocational Agriculture class at Smithville, Okla. High School studying conservation plan map of school forest. A tract of 8… more
Date: November 27, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

UNIDENTIFED Man Standing Next to a 80-foot Pipe At A Creosoting Plant in Valliant

Description: Photograph of a UNIDENTIFED man standing next to an 80 foot long, 6-foot deep pipe at a Creosoting plant in Valliant, Oklahoma. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cylinder is 80' long, 6' deep, has capacity over 1,000 cu. ft. of wood. This plant would cost $100,000 if purchased."
Date: November 2, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

New Building at the Brushy Ridge School Site

Description: Photograph of a new building on the old site of Brushy Ridge School. Patrons and School Board completed this building of a class room, hall, assembly room and large kitchen for $2,600. 00. Funds from their school forest donated by J. D. Bates helped furnish the kitchen.
Date: November 20, 1956
Creator: Hayes, E. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Forestry Training

Description: Photograph of Glen Scott, Vocational Agriculture student, girdling cull hard wood tree in pine stand. J. C. Brown and Tom Stickler checking girdle to be certain it is wide enough to kill the tree. These boys are studying forestry in relation to soil conservation training. Work and training is being carried on in the school forest. The forest is divided into several compartments to allow study of all phases of forestry.
Date: November 27, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of a pine nursery. Approximately 1,500,000 Loblolly and short leaf pine trees are to be planted during the 1956 – 1957 planting season. Dry weather and the shortage of irrigation water has cut the output of this nursery by approximately 50%. These trees will be used to establish pine stands on old worn crops such as cotton and corn. The trees will conserve the land from further erosion. OK-412-2.
Date: November 26, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Forestry Training

Description: Photograph of Glen Hensley planting a pine seedling in school forest. Steve Hinton, Don McClung and Luther Baxter watching the planting. These boys are members of a Vocational Agriculture class at Smithville High School. This class has planted 5 acres of pine (1956 planting season) and plan to plant an additional 5 acres. The boys are studying as part of a well rounded course in soil conservation work.
Date: November 27, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Conservation Education

Description: Photograph of the Vocational Agriculture class at Smithville, Okla. High School studying conservation plan map of school forest. A tract of about 80 acres, owned by Story-McKee-Wilson Lumber Company, is set aside as school forest where the Voc. Agri. class study and apply proper forestry practices. Left to right is J. C. Brown, Glenn Scott, Jack Brock, Instructor, back row; Glen Hensley, Tom Stickle, Don McClung, Steve Hilton and Luther Baxter. The boys of this class are learning forestry by do… more
Date: November 27, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of a pine nursery. Bill Campbell, nursery manager, preparing to plow up trees. Tractor loosens trees with bar, leaving trees loose for hand pulling. Trees are sorted and packed in bundles of 50 trees each. Little River Soil Conservation District crews pick up the trees at the nursery she dfor farm delivery. Three large industrial forest firms give small landowners trees on a tree-for-tree-matched basis. These trees are given to small land owners to encourage them to increase their ti… more
Date: November 26, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Forestry Lumber

Description: Photograph of forestry lumber sorter at Herron Industries in Idabel.
Date: November 27, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Harvesting Cotton

Description: Photograph of harvesting cotton on Tom DeBerry Farm in in McCurtain county in Nov 1969.
Date: November 1, 1969
Creator: Reader, Robert C.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Three Sticks Monument

Description: Photograph of the Three Sticks Monument in the Ouachita National Forest.
Date: November 1, 1996
Creator: Argo, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

John F. Kennedy Memorial

Description: Photograph of a John F. Kennedy Memorial in the Ouachita National Forest.
Date: November 1, 1996
Creator: Argo, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Forestry Training Undertook By Smithville Vocational Agriculture class

Description: Photograph of Smithville's Vocational Agricultural Class students and their instructor on Story-McKee-Wilson Lumber Co. land set aside for them examining a pine tree that should be removed from forest because it is defective. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. J. C. Brown, 2. Jack Brock, Instructor, 3. Tom Stickle, 4. Steve Hilton, 5. Glen Hensley, 6. Glenn Scott, 7. Don McClung, 8. Luther Baxter. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Forestry Training. Smithville, Okl… more
Date: November 27, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Fighting Rooster

Description: Photograph of a fighting rooster.
Date: November 10, 2003
Creator: Argo, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Fighting Rooster

Description: Photograph of a fighting rooster.
Date: November 10, 2003
Creator: Argo, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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