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The Mayes

Article describes the familial history of the Mayes family as they accumulated their wealth and become prominent members of the Cherokee tribe. Mayes county within Oklahoma is named after this family.

Date: Spring 1937

Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943

Item Type: Article

Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Rip-Rapped Farm Pond in a Contour Ridged Pasture/Pryor Project

Photograph of a "Rip-rapped farm pond in a contour ridged pasture from an altitude of 400 feet."

Date: May 19, 1937

Creator: Slack

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

UNIDENTIFIED Farmer Mowing Weeds Between Contour Ridges For Pasture Improvement/Pryor Project

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED farmer with horse drawn equipment mowing weeds between contour ridges for pasture improvement. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Farmer mowing weeds between contour ridges from pasture improvement. By controlling weeds, Bermuda grass will afford more pasture to the livestock."

Date: May 20, 1937

Creator: Slack, Jim

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

UNIDENTIFIED Farmer Plowing Hairy Vetch As a Green Manure Crop/Pryor Project

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED farmer plowing under hairy vetch for green manure. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Farmer plowing under hairy vetch which is being used for green manure in preparation for another later crop. He is using a Farm-all tractor and two bottom plow."

Date: May 20, 1937

Creator: Slack, Jim

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Bermuda Grass Terraced System

Photograph of large Bermuda grassed terrace outlet system which will carry water from 30 acres. Grass spot sodded in June 1937 and water kept out until fall.

Date: November 15, 1937

Creator: Slack, Jim

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cultivated Land Retired TP Pasture

Photograph of cultivated land retired to pasture, contour ridged and set to Bermuda grass above diversion ditches.

Date: May 19, 1937

Creator: Slack, Jim

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

A Newly Terraced Field

Photograph of a newly terraced field from an altitude of about 700 feet. A natural drain with native vegetation is also shown with the terraces emptying into them.

Date: May 19, 1937

Creator: Slack, Jim

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Strip Cropping in a Terraced Field

Photograph of strip cropping in a terraced field with sweet clover and lespedeza taking up point rows of cowpeas and on the terraces.

Date: May 19, 1937

Creator: Slack, Jim

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a farmer plowing under hairy vetch being used for green manure in preparation for another later crop. He is using a Farm-all tractor and two bottom plows. OK-5640.

Date: May 20, 1937

Creator: Slack, Jim

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a close-up view of a Bermuda grass shelter which separates roots from the sod in a much more efficient manner than shaking it by hand. Vacant lot I Pryor, Oklahoma. OK-5634.

Date: May 21, 1937

Creator: Slack, Jim

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society