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[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3789]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Rocky Dean is inhearting his Dad's jacket, only this is one of his size. And this is the family of DeWayne Hodgson, star farmer, left to right, his wife, Lillian DeWayne, Rocky Dean, Alfred Hodgson, DeWayne's father, and Mrs. Hodgson, DeWayne's mother."
Date: 1951
Creator: Hill, Gilbert
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3787]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A smiling, slender-faced boy from the bleak and rugged plains of northwest Oklahoma, DeWayne Hodgson, 21, of Freedom , Tuesday night was named here as the "Star Farmer" of America. The title means he's the outstanding boy, with the best record and the best chance of succeeding in his chosen profession of farming, in the entire membership of 350,000 Future Farmers of America. And to give him a boost on his way, the title c… more
Date: 1951
Creator: Hill, Gilbert
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3788]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Here's wealth in western Oklahoma, a fine herd of Herefords, a waterhole created by damming up a usually dry draw, and plenty of grass. And that's DeWayne Hodgson, Ameroca's star farmer, looking it all over because it's his."
Date: 1951
Creator: Hill, Gilbert
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Cull Tree Removal Contractor

Description: Photograph of Left to right: J. W. Adams, Cull Tree Removal Contracor, Wister, Oklahoma; Mrs. John Bateman, LeFlore County Soil Conservation District cooperator. Encouraged by Joe and Jack Johnson, J. W. Adams became interested in helping landowners to develop their land. Mrs. Bateman was encouraged by Joe and Jack Johnson to become a cooperator of the LeFlore County Soil Conservation District and she has since that time become a "Tree Farmer" and has improved over 500 acres of commercial timbe… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Turney, Douglas
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Woodland Cons.

Description: Photograph of a good stand of shortleaf pine from natural reseeding on Dickson cherty silt loam. E. Combs farm, Adair County, Okla.
Date: July 6, 1964
Creator: Warth, Peter E.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0991.0044]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A Hughes county farmer of the Lamar area, who four years ago became attached to an old Violin left by the previous occupants in New Mexico farmhouse which he rented, today looks upon it as his fondest possession."
Date: 1955
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B2000.0252]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Happy smiles and envy were mixed liberally Friday morning as 117 Oklahomans began a tour of the northwestern United States and Alaska which will end August 18."
Date: July 30, 1937
Creator: Hughes, William J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1436.0511]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Berbard Thiessen right, and Fred Bright examine a piece of custom-made dolomitic stone which they quarried from the top of a 100-foot high mound on the Bright farm, nine miles southeast of hydro."
Date: 1954
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1431.0045]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "LOUIS H. ZELNICEK, Kingfisher County wheat farmer: " Agricultural income has reached the point where the farmer who is just trying to make a living is being forced out of existence."
Date: April 24, 1960
Creator: McLaughlin, Al
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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