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[Photograph 2012.201.B0237.0284]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "He might be called " Mr. Junior College." But Elmer H. Cook, school teacher, principal and junior college founder here would be the last to say the accomplishments were his alone."
Date: January 13, 1960
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Garland Coal Company Dragline Operation

Description: Photograph of a Garland Coal Company dragline in operation. The back of the photograph proclaims, “View of huge drag-line in operation. Owned by Garland Coal Company. Drag bucket capacity is 34 cu. Yds. Drag-line is capable of stripping coal 90-feet deep.”
Date: March 30, 1967
Creator: Eaton, James L.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Watershed, Flood Waters Sans Bois Creek

Description: Photograph of Cecil Presfield driving amphibious car returning Mrs. Jim Presfield home from work along with the Presfield children and neighbos Dan Condo's children home from school. During floods Sans Bois Creek overflows into the Grassy Lake area cutting off all access roads. They must use boat, amphicar, or horses to cross the 10 to 12 feet of water over the roads. Presfield has 500 acres, most in Sans Bois bottom. He lost 2 calves in this flood. In the last previous flood he lost 8 head fro… more
Date: May 15, 1968
Creator: Banks, Herbert J.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1263.0398]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Green Thumb supervisor Ronnie Regland, 22, sits on rock steps and terracing installed by his crew of farmers, all over 60. Fourteen Haskell County farmers spend 24 hours every week in Lake John Wells Park east of Stigler - in the last 18 months, the farmers have given the park a facelifting and have made it a haven for picnickers. The farmers work under the Green Tumb program, a fedrerally financed project operarted through… more
Date: November 14, 1969
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0370.0248]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Attaching his deer tag to the buck he killed northeast of Stringtown during the recent deer season is Walker Lemay of Stigler."
Date: November 25, 1964
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1126.0359]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "H. A. Rhoades, Stigler, said although crop farming is being replaced with livestock in eastern Oklahoma, fertilizer use is increasing every year in the area."
Date: December 2, 1962
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Discussion About Planting Bermuda Grass

Description: Photograph of W.R. Stephens and SCS Technician W.J. Fowler discussing planting NK 27 Bermuda Grass seed with culti-packer seeder. Seeding is following land clearing . Seeding rate is 1.5 to 2 pounds of seed per acre. Fertilizer rate is 200 pounds of 10-20-10 per acre.
Date: May 25, 1960
Creator: Eaton, J. L.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Conservation Planning

Description: Photograph of a 280-ton electrically operated dredging machine operated by the Garland Coal Co., 7 miles northeast of Stigler, Oklahoma. The dredging machne bucket holds 34 cubic yards of material. The machine can strip on over-burden to a depth of 90 feet.
Date: March 30, 1967
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Marion Riddle's Farm Pasture Before Improvement

Description: Photograph of in progress pasture improvement on the Marion Riddle farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Marion Riddle breaking land with mules and walking turning plow for Bermudagrass sprigging. Plans to apply lime and fertilizer."
Date: April 17, 1968
Creator: Banks, Herbert J.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1374.0713]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Linus Williams, Stigler News-Sentinel, said he thought the general feeling was that those students who didn't apply themselves in college, didn't maintain the required average, should not receive a deferment."
Date: January 28, 1966
Creator: Crowder, Russ
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Haskell County Soybeans

Description: Photograph of soybeans growing two miles NW of Whitefield on mapping unit 15H. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Soybeans growing on mapping unit 15H.”
Date: August 9, 1967
Creator: Brinlee, R. C.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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