Resource Type

Farm Pond Dam Grasses

Photograph of dam of farm pond with little bluestem, switch grass, Indian grass, side oats grama, land love grass plants. Cotton hulls were spread over dam at time of seeding in the winter of 1958-59. This unit is in the GPCP.
Date: October 6, 1960
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a drill with fenders attached for sowing rye cover crops in cotton.
Date: October 6, 1960
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of moisture intake. Only three inches insoak on range in poor condition following 1.65 inches of rain that fell in 1 ½ hours on October 14, 1956. OK-392-4.
Date: October 16, 1956
Creator: Whittington, Fred
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sowing Wheat on the Contour

Photograph of R.E. Jones sowing wheat on the contour with two drills in tandem hookup. This field is terraced and stubble mulch. Thee is approx 1200 lbs of mulch on the surface now. After being gone over once with one-way and 4 times with graham plow. Jones is a participant in the GPCP.
Date: October 6, 1960
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Closeup of Grain Drill

Photograph of the business end of a grain drill. R.E. Jones sowing wheat on the contour with two drills in tandem hookup. This field is terraced and stubble mulch. Thee is approx 1200 lbs of mulch on the surface now. After being gone over once with one-way and 4 times with graham plow, Jones is a participant in the GPCP.
Date: October 6, 1960
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Jones Sowing Wheat

Photograph of the front end of a grain drill owned by R.E. Jones. Jones sowing wheat on the contour with two drills in tandem hookup. This field is terraced and stubble mulch. Thee is approx 1200 lbs of mulch on the surface now. After being gone over once with one-way and 4 times with graham plow, Jones is a participant in the GPCP.
Date: October 6, 1960
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sowing Wheat

Photograph of Mr. Jones sowing wheat on the contour with two drills in tandem hookup. This field is terraced and stubble mulch. There is approx 1200 lbs of mulch on the surface now After being gone over once with one-way and 4 times with graham plow. Jones is a participant in the GPCP.
Date: October 6, 1960
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Elk City Historical Museum

Photograph of a scene at the Elk City Historical Museum.
Date: October 2, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

National Route 66 Old Town Museum Complex

Photograph of a scene at the National Route 66 Old Town Museum Complex, off Route 66.
Date: October 2, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Elk City Historical Museum

Photograph of a scene at the Elk City Historical Museum.
Date: October 2, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Elk City Historical Museum

Photograph of a scene at the Elk City Historical Museum.
Date: October 2, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Elk City Historical Museum

Photograph of a scene at the Elk City Historical Museum.
Date: October 2, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

National Route 66 Old Town Museum Complex

Photograph of a scene at the National Route 66 Old Town Museum Complex, off Route 66.
Date: October 2, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

National Route 66 Old Town Museum Complex

Photograph of a scene at the National Route 66 Old Town Museum Complex, off Route 66.
Date: October 2, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Elk City Historical Museum

Photograph of a scene at the Elk City Historical Museum.
Date: October 2, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Elk City Historical Museum

Photograph of a scene at the Elk City Historical Museum.
Date: October 2, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

National Route 66 Old Town Museum Complex

Photograph of a scene at the National Route 66 Old Town Museum Complex, off Route 66.
Date: October 2, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

National Route 66 Old Town Museum Complex

Photograph of a scene at the National Route 66 Old Town Museum Complex, off Route 66.
Date: October 2, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

National Route 66 Old Town Museum Complex

Photograph of a scene at the National Route 66 Old Town Museum Complex, off Route 66.
Date: October 2, 2000
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of range management. Grama grass pasture (left) as overgrazed; Condition Class II (good). Grama grass pasture (right); Condition Class I (Excellent), properly grazed. One row (?) to 20 acres has been carried for the past several years on the Class I pasture, while the one on the left has carried about one cow (?) to 10 acres for the same period. Grass on the right was excellent during the drought of 1939 while the one on the left was being damaged by wind erosion. OK-8950.
Date: October 19, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of range and brush control. Shows improvement of range after deferred grazing and mesquite treatment. Live mesquite on the left was missed by the airplane going over highlines. Curtis Willsie is a participant of the Great Plains Conservation Project. OK-983-2.
Date: October 6, 1960
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Marion Bryant Farm

Photograph of a scene on the Marion Bryant farm.
Date: October 9, 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

S. F. Nixon

Photograph of S. F. Nixon next to an eight foot overfall at the lower end of a terrace outlet channel.
Date: October 9, 1936
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cotton and Alfalfa Growing on the Marion Bryan Farm/Elk City Project

Photograph of cotton rows growing on the contour on the side of the hill, while alfalfa grows at the bottom of the slope on the Marion Bryant Farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, “The cotton rows are on the contour on the side of the hill, while the alfalfa is at the bottom of the slope. In former years when the cotton was farmed in straight rows up the slope, there was a great deal of washing in the sandy soil of the cotton field and the silt was deposited in the alfalfa, threatening to destroy it. The cotton field was then contoured and since then there has been no damage to the alfalfa below.”
Date: October 9, 1936
Creator: Howard, Ivy
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History