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[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0266]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "THIS DERAILED FRISCO WHEAT TRAIN still stood three miles north of Rocky Wednesday morning after it left the tracks Tuesday due to a burned out journal box."
Date: June 14, 1960
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of two acre Bermuda grass pasture strip developed from a badly gullied draw. The draw was sloped and sodded in 1938 and now provides grazing at the rate of 1 unit per acre and serves as an outlet channel for 70 acres of terraced and cultivated land. Mr. Fred Bunch states that this pasture strip furnishes better grazing than any of his 28 acres of native pasture on this 160 acre farm. He also states that his soil conservation practices have increased by $1,000 the value of this farm. … more
Date: December 14, 1942
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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