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[Photograph 2012.201.B0379.0613]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "If this long, double row of mailboxes outside a mobile home park at Elk City is any indication of the number of newcomers to the area, this western Oklahoma town has its fair share."
Date: March 1, 1983
Creator: Argo, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Plot 164 Range Cover Evaluation of Sideoats Grama Cover In Controlling Soil Splash on Red Shale Hills Site

Description: Photograph of Plot 164 range cover evaluation of sideoats grama cover in controlling soil splash on red shale hills site. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Range cover evaluation plot 164 in excellent condition range on red shale hill site (soil unit 24-RR) had 4518 lb. sideoats grama cover per acre and was 97% effective in controlling soil splash. Detachability was 32% and splash amounted to 1,248 lb. per acre."
Date: November 1, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Red Shale Hills Site in Excellent Condition

Description: Photograph of a Red Shale hills site (soil unit 24-RR) in excellent condition. A shovel is in the foreground of this photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Red Shale hills site (soil unit 24-RR) in excellent condition. Sideoats grama and hairy grama plots in this area were 97-98% effective in preventing soil splash."
Date: November 1, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Old Wooden Bridge to be Replaced by Fill and Drop Inlet/Elk City Project

Description: Photograph of an old wooden bridge to be replaced by fill and drop inlet two miles south and 2 miles west of Elk City, Oklahoma. The back of the photograph proclaims, “2 miles south, 2 west of Elk City. County cooperative highway erosion control project. Old wood bridge is to be replaced by a fill and drop inlet. To be followed with later pictures.”
Date: April 1, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Old Wooden Bridge to be Replaced by Fill and Drop Inlet/Elk City Project

Description: Photograph of an old wooden bridge to be replaced by fill and drop inlet two miles south and 2 miles west of Elk City, Oklahoma. The back of the photograph proclaims, "2 miles south, 2 west of Elk City. County cooperative highway erosion control project. Old wood bridge is to be replaced by a fill and drop inlet. To be followed with later pictures."
Date: April 1, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Future Drop Inlet Site Constructed By Country Cooperative Highway Control Project/Elk City Project

Description: Photograph of a country cooperative highway control project, which two bridges, one in the foreground, and one hidden in the center background, replaced with a drop inlet structure. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Country cooperative highway erosion control project. These two bridges are to be replaced by a drop inlet structure. To be followed with later picture."
Date: April 1, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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