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Garland Coal Company Dragline Operation
Photograph of a Garland Coal Company dragline in operation. The back of the photograph proclaims, “View of huge drag-line in operation. Owned by Garland Coal Company. Drag bucket capacity is 34 cu. Yds. Drag-line is capable of stripping coal 90-feet deep.”
Date:
March 30, 1967
Creator:
Eaton, James L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Preparation with Bulldozer
Photograph of dozer disking & pulling railroad iron preparing land on bottomland owned by Harvey Woods. Leon Riley is operating dozer.
Date:
April 30, 1968
Creator:
Bell, Dale
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Borrow Pit Stabilization
Photograph of erosion as a result of a small amount of runoff. Diversion protects this borrow pit from overhead water, yet erosion is occuring in this highly erosive alluvial soil. Before the protecting diversion was contructed a gully 30' wide as deep as the pit (about 30') had formed at the NE corner of this pit and was extending into adjoining cropland field. Although this gully was filled and overhead water diverted erosion is in progress.
Date:
April 30, 1968
Creator:
Cluff, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of a Soil and Water Conservation District [SWCD] manager getting Greenfield Bermuda grass roots for springging. The District makes equipment available to do conservation for which there is not equipment available from other sources. OK-1382-1.
Date:
July 30, 1961
Creator:
Costner, Andrew
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of Soil and Water Conservation District [SWCD] manager getting Greenfield Bermuda grass roots for sprigging. The District makesequipment available to do conservation for which there is not equipment available from other sources. OK-1382-1.
Date:
July 30, 1961
Creator:
Costner, Andrew
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of Soil and Water Conservation District [SWCD] equipment manager getting Greenfiled Bermuda grass roots for sprigging. The District makes equipment available for conservation for which there is not equipment available from other sources. OK-1382-1.
Date:
July 30, 1961
Creator:
Costner, Andrew
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of District Conservationist Jesse Murrell, center, explaining the function of principle spillway pipe to Bill Sharp, left, secretary of the State School Land Commission, and James Ballinger, Commission member and Stae Board of Agriculture President. OK-3507-12.
Date:
July 30, 1969
Creator:
Croom, Dan
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Conservation Planning
Photograph of a 280-ton electrically operated dredging machine operated by the Garland Coal Co., 7 miles northeast of Stigler, Oklahoma. The dredging machne bucket holds 34 cubic yards of material. The machine can strip on over-burden to a depth of 90 feet.
Date:
March 30, 1967
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of trees in grassland (text too difficult to read). OK-1629-8.
Date:
July 30, 1962
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of Greenhill Farms. Savannah breaks in excellent condition.
Date:
July 30, 1961
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Shrubs
Photograph of bull nettle and purple nightshade before chemical treatment. Will be sprayed with 2-4-D at a rate of one pint of concentrate per acre. OK-1400-8.
Date:
July 30, 1961
Creator:
Collins, F. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Geological Operations
Photograph of a core drilling unit performing a foundation investigation on the center line of a dam.
Date:
October 30, 1968
Creator:
Croom, Dan F.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of a portable spray unit using cluster type spray nozzle. Treating persimmon and ragweed in Midland bermudagrass. Chemical used is 2-4-D, one pint of concentrate per acre. Soil unit # 7. OK-1400-6.
Date:
July 30, 1961
Creator:
Collins, F. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Geology and Geological Operations
Photograph of the use of power auger in burrow material locotion. OK-3263-4.
Date:
October 30, 1968
Creator:
Croom, Dan F.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Geology and Geological Operations
Photograph of the tagging of a field soil samples for shipment to soil [unclear--text fades at this point].
Date:
October 30, 1968
Creator:
Croom, Dan F.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
DEI Operations
Photograph of producing a sepia copy of the general plan of a reservoir on a blueline reproduction machine. Shawnee DEI Office. OK-3263-10.
Date:
October 30, 1968
Creator:
Croom, Dan F.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cow Grazing on Big Hop Clover on the Dick Elliott Farm
Photograph of a cow grazing on Big Hop Clover, which was seeded over with Bermudagrass on the Dick Elliott farm south of Soper. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cow grazing Big Hop Clover which was seeded over Bermudagrass Note stand of Clover and excellent condition of the cow. On the Dick Elliot farm south of Soper."
Date:
July 30, 1966
Creator:
Smola, Norman E.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Big Bluestem and Sideoats Grama
Photograph of Big Bluestem and sideoats grama, companion plants on very shallow and Loamy Prairie range sites. Soils 2-B and 24-AB.
Date:
July 30, 1962
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of Fred Wunderlich, district supervisor, observes the growth of black locust trees in Critical Area 204 of Sugar Creek regarding flood prevention. OK-1828-5.
Date:
October 30, 1962
Creator:
Wall, R. H.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of rain-induced splash erosion on the side of "E" Ditch on Naval Air Station [NAS}, Whiting Field, near Milton, Florida. Impact of raindrops caused displacement of sandy material not protected by cover in this rocky and other hard material. Complete ground cover would prevent this erosion. F-932-12.
Date:
March 30, 1966
Creator:
Holcombe, Ed.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of gully control, with District Conservationist Jessa Murrell (L) and Charles Nunley of the State School Land Department discuss lovegrass cover above treated gullies on School Land farm. OK-3507-11.
Date:
July 30, 1969
Creator:
Croom, Dan
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Tree Planting
Photograph of J.L. Miller; Dan Issacs; Lewis Brown; Jerry Hicks; Dean Osborne; Ralph Guy; Ronnie Miller, Neighborhood Youth Corp enrollees, under direction of their supervisor, Dan Issacs and the landwoner Lewis Brown, planting white pine seedlings on very steep Class VIIe land. Ashe fine sandy loam.
Date:
March 30, 1966
Creator:
Greene, E. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Erosion
Photograph of splash erosion on side of "E" Citch on Whiting Field NAAS. Impact of rain-drop caused displacement of sandy material not protected by cover, in this rocks and other hard material. Complete ground cover would prevent this erosion.
Date:
March 30, 1966
Creator:
Holcombe, Ed
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Proper Use of Stubble Residue
Photograph of Demonstration plot No. 9. One way, first operation leaving 1500 lb. straw from 3900 lb. original. Don Jackson preparing plots for "Use of Crop Residue Field Day" June 30, 1965.
Date:
June 30, 1965
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History