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Herford Cattle Grazing on Bermudagrass on the Property of Mrs. A. H. Riney

Description: Photograph of eleven Registered Herford cattle grazing on Bermudagrass on land owned by Mrs. A. H. Riney. A few homes are in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Registered Herford cattle grazing on Bermuda grass in December. There is still good growth for winter forage."
Date: December 15, 1971
Creator: Wood, Calvin L.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of a "before picture." This ten acre field situated in a small valley was so severely eroded in the rains and flood of October 2, 1955, that it was planned to sod the whole fied to bermuda grass. Floodwater removed the soil over much of the area to plow depth and deeper in a few places. OK-204-7.
Date: December 15, 1955
Creator: Rule, G.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of an old elm tree growing on a side of a hill that was called the Land Mark Tree by Cherokees who settled the Cooweescoowee District after the Civil War. The tree was seemingly as large when the area was settled by whites in 1893 [i.e., the 1893 Land Run, the 4th of 5 between 1889 and 1895] as it is today. Tall prairie grasses that would hide a steer grew on the hill in the valley below in 1893. It was in an overgrazed pasture from about 1900 to about 1950. The old territorial road … more
Date: December 15, 1955
Creator: Moreland [no given name]
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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