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[Photograph 2012.201.B0107.0044]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Verdigris River bridge on SH 51 between Wagoner and Coweta."
Date: October 15, 1954
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0139.0284]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Pearl Cole has been running a busy enterprise ever since she discovered a gourd was good for more than something to drink from."
Date: October 6, 1989
Creator: McDaniel, David
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0357B.0128]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Jack Lewis and Keith Lumpkins, from left, make apple cider"
Date: October 30, 1988
Creator: Argo, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1344.0473]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Wagoner County - Courthouse"
Date: October 1, 1939
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Gully Control Work

Description: Photograph of a combination of rock checks and sod dams with Bermuda grass used in gully control work.
Date: October 17, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Severe Gully Erosion

Description: Photograph of severe gully erosion on Verdigris terrace soils.
Date: October 17, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Better Grass From Plowing

Description: Photograph of a bermuda pasture root planted in three foot rows eight or ten years ago by the farmer. The section on the right was plowed last spring but not mowed. The grass is heavier where the plowing was done, although weeds are larger. The pasture is to be mowed next spring and progress pictures are to be made to show the grass growth.
Date: October 27, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Secrest Ranch

Description: Photograph of Secrest Ranch showing the rear view of a self-propelled combine cutting seed from Indiangrass and big bluestem. Yields here were around 250 pounds of seed to the acre. The native grass is to be used largely in the Washita River watershed. OK-9756.
Date: October 5, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Secrest Ranch

Description: Photograph of Earle Goode of Ardmore cutting through a good stand of Indiangrass and big bluestem on the Secrest Ranch. The combine is owned by asher and Hurlow of Ardmore. The machine was set so high that it barely touched the tops of the larger plants of little bluestem; the exceeding bulk of the big bluestem and Indian grass made this necessary. The seed was cut on contract with the Soil Conservation Service. OK-9755.
Date: October 5, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of Bob Kendell, left, and Bill Woods, right, both of Admore, unload a combine harvest into a truck. The material they handle is bluestem seed. The truckload went to Camp Gruber where it was spread out to dry. OK-9758.
Date: October 6, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of Earle Goode, left, and Bill Woods, right, both of Admore, unload a combine harvest into a truck. The material they handle is bluestem seed. The truckload went to Camp Gruber where it was spread out to dry. OK-9757.
Date: October 6, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of solid sodded flume outlet for a farm pond. The flume is an overfall and the pond is an equalizer in a terrace system. OK-[unclear].
Date: October 27, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Pasture Land Drainage

Description: Photograph of newly constructed drainage ditch. Wet heavy bottom land site, 3a soil. Cleared of timber in 1957. Chunk sodded to Bermuda in 1960. Soil Unit III-3a.
Date: October 26, 1961
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

General View of Bluestem Grass Pasture

Description: Photograph of a "General view of bluestem grass, part of a large acreage, which soil conservation service harvested for use in replanting depleted rangeland and abandoned cropland in Texas and Oklahoma."
Date: October 6, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Self-Propelled Combine Cutting Seed From Indiangrass and Big Bluestem on the Secrest Ranch

Description: Photograph of the rear view of a self-propelled combine cutting seed from Indiangrass and big bluestem. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Rear view of a self-propelled combine cutting seed from Indiangrass and big bluestem. Yields here were around 250 pounds of seed to the acre. The native grass is to be need largely in the Washita River watershed."
Date: October 5, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Earle Goode and Bill Wood Unloading Bluestem Seed Harvested from the Secrest Ranch Into a Truck

Description: Photograph of Earle Goode and Bill Wood unloading bluestem seed harvested from the Secrest Ranch into a truck bound for Camp Gruber. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Earle Goode, 2. Bill Wood. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Earle Goode, left, and Bill Wood, right, both of Ardmore, unload a combine into a truck. The material they handle is bluestem seed. The truckload went to Camp Gruber, where it was spread out to dry."
Date: October 6, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Contrasting Bermudagrass Fields/Wagoner Camp

Description: Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man kneeling in between two contrasting Bermuda fields. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Bermuda pasture root planted in three foot rows eight or ten years ago by the farmer. The section on the right was plowed last spring but not mowed. The grass is heavier where plowing was done, although weeds are larger. The pasture is to be mowed next spring and progress pictures are to be made to show the grass growth."
Date: October 27, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

UNIDENTIFIED Man Combining Sericea Lespedeza

Description: Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man combining sericea lespedeza. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Combining sericea lespedeza."
Date: October 22, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis E.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

UNIDENTIFIED Man Standing in a Parallel Contour Strips on Uniform Slope/Wagoner Camp

Description: Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man standing in one of the parallel contour strips on uniform slope ten miles northwest of Wagoner. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Parallel contour strips on uniform slope. These strips are to be planted to native grass mixture. To be followed with later pictures."
Date: October 27, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

UNIDENTIFIED Man Standing in a Parallel Contour Strips on Uniform Slope/Wagoner Camp

Description: Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man standing in one of the parallel contour strips on uniform slope ten miles northwest of Wagoner. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Parallel contour strips on uniform slope. These strips are to be planted to native grass mixture. To be followed with later pictures."
Date: October 27, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of a peach orchard. 2 year-old trees planted on the contour and checked. OK-1604-12
Date: October 26, 1961
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of the combining sericea lespedeza. OK-9795.
Date: October 22, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis E.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Earl W. Smith and J.A. Killough, Soil Conservation Service technicians, examine a stack of sericea lespedeza hay. George E. Staner has 500 acres of sericea. OK-9792.
Date: October 22, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis E.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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