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Fish

Description: Photograph of Dan Robertson, DC at Wagoner, foreground; and Sonny Parker of Porter placing channel catfish in cage for rearing.
Date: May 6, 1971
Creator: Bullard, Gary L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Verdigris River, Pryor Project (2)

Description: Photograph of the Verdigris River which forms the southern and eastern boundaries of the 1600-acre "Will Rogers Ranch". In dry summer months when creeks on the ranch run dry this river furnishes an invaluable water supply for the cattle.
Date: April 18, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Mr. Dickerson Standing in Hairy Vetch

Description: Photograph of E. Dickerson standing in his field of hairy vetch, left, and oats to the right. The field was limed 2 years ago at the rate of 2 tons to the acre and phosphate with 500 pounds of raw rock phosphate.
Date: May 26, 1947
Creator: Reid, Louis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Pryor Project Will Rogers Ranch

Description: Photograph of the Verdigris River forms the southern and eastern boundaries of the 1600 acre "Will Rogers Ranch". In dry summer months when creeks on the ranch run dry this river furnishes an invaluable water supply for the cattle. A water corral is fenced off in the river for the purpose.
Date: April 18, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Graded Border Irrigation System

Description: Photograph of a graded boreder irrigation system of 400 acres. Water is pumped from the Verdigris River at H.E. corner of 400 acre field. Water is shown running from feeder ditch through border to field tabs. Field to left of electric fence is in rye and vetch and has had one irrigation. An additional 300 acres will be leveled smoothed ditched and bordered and put into irrgation in 1956. The system provides drainage as well as irrigation.
Date: November 17, 1955
Creator: Hurd and Moreland
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Sediment and Erosion

Description: Photograph of acres and acres of farm land on its way to the sea. The Arkansas Rivier shown as cutting away valuable farm land in a sharp bend in Section 30, Township 10 North, Range 27 East. [near Sequoyah, Oklahoma]. The large chunks of earth, covered with a good cotton crop, came off and washed away. OK-10/2406.
Date: October 1941
Creator: Ralf, Frank
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of brush eridication. A bulldozer with a special pointed cuter blade is pushing over large oak trees. This land being cleared will be established as permenant pasture. It is virgin land and is non-productive while the brush is on it. When cleared, the land will be sodded to bermuda grass. The cost of this clearing is approximately $40.00 per acre. This brush eradication and pasture establishment is recommended by the Soil Conservation Service [SCS] as proper land use practice. OK-290… more
Date: May 21, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farm Homes

Description: Photograph of the ranch house--the Dog Iron Ranch--of the Will Rogers' estate [the"White House on the Verdigris River"--in the 1960s moved near the Oolagah Resevoir]. The house was built in 1875 by Will Rogers' father and is the house in which Will was born and raised. The ranch is now being managed by a near relative of Will Rogers who has been a cattleman all his life.
Date: April 18, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 36.466990 -95.665354
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Strip Mining, Reclamation

Description: Photograph of Frank McNabb, coal miner, and Lewis [no last name given], Soil Conservation Service specialist, standing by carrying [unclear] used to replace topsoil on strip mines. OK-4755-8.
Date: unknown
Creator: Heidelage, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Verdigris River #1

Description: Photograph of the Verdigris River which frms the southern and eastern boundaries of the 1600-acre "Will Rogers Ranch". In dry summer months when creeks on the ranch run dry this river furnishes an imvaluable water supply for the cattle. A water corral is fenced off in the river for the purpose. Pryor Project.
Date: April 18, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of stockwater, A.C. Hanes farm. Some of Hanes’ dairy cows getting water from a watering trough below the farm pond seen in photo OK-291-11. This pond is fenced to keep cows out the pond so the water can be kept clean. Water in the pond is used to irrigate rye and vetch pasture which is grazed by these dairy cows. The dam with the [path?] to the trough is seen in the foreground. OK-291-1.
Date: May 21, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Sericea Lespedeza. Sericea Lespedeza grazed heavily and used for hay since 1952. It was planted in 1950. Sericea is a good soil-building and pasture legume fir a cross timber site such as the one it is on. It was recommended for this site by the Soil Conservation Service. OK-289-12.
Date: May 21, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of sericea lespedeza. Hereford cattle grazing on a field of sericea lespedeza. This field of 30 acres is carrying 30 cows and calves. It was retired from cultivation in 1950 because it was solid in Johnson grass. The field was seeded with sericea lespedeza and has been used for hay and pasture since retirement from cultivation. At present the Johnson grass is almost killed off. OK-291-7.
Date: May 21, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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