Photograph two groupings of men are each spraying a fire hose on a building on the main street that is engulfed in flames and smoke. Caption: "High wind, boiling smoke foiled firemen Saturday as flames destroyed this Hugo feed company plant."

Graphic created to accompany a story about fires in the Southwest east corner of Oklahoma. Caption: "Wind-whipped fires caused an estimated $500,000 damage in Hugo Saturday and raged out of control Saturday night in tinder-dry pine forests of McCurtain and Leflore Counties and into Arkansas."

Photograph of Hubert Adams, and W. T. Fountain, soil conservationist, showing off vetch growth. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Hubert Adams, 2. W. T. Fountain, soil conservationist. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Vetch-Rye soil building cover crop. Spring 1952. Land Capability Class III land. 6-GP Soil Unit. Moderately severe erosion cropland. Field planted to Austrian winterpeas [sic] in Fall 1950. 150 pounds super phosphate applied at planting time. Austrian Winterpeas [sic] followed by popcorn 1951. 150 pounds 5-10-5 applied at planting time. Vetch and rye planted in fall 1951. 200 pounds of rock phosphate was applied at planting time. 2 tons of dry weight material was allowed to go on the land to be worked into the soil. To be followed by Barley for grain crop.”

Wood frame structure, covered front doorway, metal banisters on steps to front door, and concrete retaining wall. Hanging sign "St. Mark's Episcopal Church." Built 1941.

Printed on back of photo "Groundbreaking for St. Mark's Parish House, Hugo, Okla. Sunday, February 21, 1954. (Left to rt): Steven Lennon, Acolyte, Bill Powell, Crucifer, The Rev. Vern Jones, Vicar."

Photograph of Class II land. Terraces on San Saba Clay. OK-8503

Photograph of Class I land. Lonoke very fine sandy loam on a slope less than 1 percent. OK-8500.

Photograph of Class III land. Bowie very fine sandy loam, terraced and farmed on the contour.

Photograph of grading minnows by sizes. The worker is taking minnows from a holding box to put into the mechanical grader.

Photograph of Hubert Adams, and W. T. Fountain, soil conservationist, standing in a field covered in vetch and rye grass. 1. Hubert Adams, 2. W. T. Fountain, soil conservationist. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Vetch-Rye soil building cover crop. Spring 1952. Land Capability Class III land. 6-GP Soil Unit. Moderately severe erosion cropland. Field planted to Austrian winterpeas [sic] in Fall 1950. 150 pounds super phosphate applied at planting time. Austrian Winterpeas [sic] followed by popcorn 1951. 150 pounds 5-10-5 applied at planting time. Vetch and rye planted in fall 1951. 200 pounds of rock phosphate was applied at planting time. 2 tons of dry weight material was allowed to go on the land to be worked into the soil. To be followed by Barley for grain crop."

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."

Photograph of a supplemental pasture of oats and vetch seeded in Bermudagrass sod in the fall of 1956. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Oats and vetch seeded in Bermudagrass sod in the fall of 1956. Seeding was done with a sod disc with about 200 pounds of 5-10-5 fertilizer being applied with the seed. Fifteen pounds of vetch and 2 bushels of oats per acre were seeded in the Bermudagrass sod. Owner Planned to use the oats and vetch as winter grazing for his cattle."

Photograph of front view of a easy -flow fertilizer spreader adapted fro Bermudagrass seeding. Holes are adjusted to plant 4-24 inch rows. Seed is mixed with 5-10-5 fertilizer and planted at the rate of 2 lbs. of seed and 200 lbs of fertilizer per acre. The seed is dropped in small furrows that are made by spring-tooth harrow teeth. Press-wheels train in the furrows. Cost of this conversion is about $65 worth of material plus labor.

Photograph of a tractor with a modified Easy-flow fertilizer spreader adapted for grass. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Easy-flow fertilizer spreader adapted for Bermudagrass seeding. Holes are adjusted to plant 4-24 inch rows. Seed is mixed with 5-10-5 fertilizer and planted at the rate of 2 lbs. of seed and 200 lbs. of fertilizer per acre. The seed is dropped in small furrows that are made by sprig-tooth harrow teeth. Press-wheels train in the furrows. Cost of the conversion is about $65 worth of material plus labor."

Photograph of two of Will Baskett's beef stock grazing on his well-managed pasture. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, "Native Grass Rangeland. Range Class – Excellent condition Blackland Prairie Site. Land Capability Class II. 5 GP Slight Erosion. Carrying capacity 25 kind of mature beef stock on 100 acres early spring to late summer. Range conservation measures practiced, controlled grazing, no burning, phosphate application. This native grassland has received good treatment throughout the years from previous owners."

Photograph of W. E. Hardesty, SCS technician, and Mr. Gorrell inspecting either vetch or Biennial sweetclover sown in the fall of 1948 on a severely eroded area. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. W. E. Hardesty, SCS technician, 2. Mr. Gorrell. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Biennial sweetclover sown in fall of 1948. Treatment included 200# superphosphate, 400# rock phosphate and 2 tons limestone per acre. Severely eroded area. SCS technician W. E. Hardesty, on left, with Mr. Gorrell on right."

Photograph of grading minnows by sizes. The worker is taking minnows from a holding box to put into the mechanical grader.

Photograph of two beef stock cattle grazing on native grass rangeland in excellent condition. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Native Grass Range. Range Class-Excellent Condition. Blackland Prairie Site. Land Capability Class I. 5-GP. Slight Erosion. Carrying capacity 25 head of mature beef stock on 100 acres early spring to late summer. Range Conservation measures practiced, controlled grazing, no burning, phosphate application. This native grassland has received good treatment throughout the years from previous owners.”

Photograph of a snake in its native habitat. OK-8585.

Photograph documenting land capability class II soil unit 6-GP erosion as moderately severe. The cropland is sericea meadow that was planted in the spring of 1949. 150 pounds of superphosphate applied at planting times. 200 pounds of rock phosphate applied in the spring of 1952. Average annual yield is 2 tons of legume hay. OK-10-541.

Photograph of some of the very few virgin pine trees still in existence in the Kiamichi Soil Conservation Distict. OK-8506.

Photograph of class II land. Lonoke silty clay loam showing row directions for simple drainage. OK-8501.

Photograph of Class VII, badly eroded and gullied, formerly cultivated land. This should be planted to trees. OK-8494.

Photograph of Hubert Adams, and W. T. Fountain, soil conservationist, showing off vetch growth. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Hubert Adams, 2. W. T. Fountain, soil conservationist. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Vetch-Rye soil building cover crop. Spring 1952. Land Capability Class III land. 6-GP Soil Unit. Moderately severe erosion cropland. Field planted to Austrian winterpeas [sic] in Fall 1950. 150 pounds super phosphate applied at planting time. Austrian Winterpeas [sic] followed by popcorn 1951. 150 pounds 5-10-5 applied at planting time. Vetch and rye planted in fall 1951. 200 pounds of rock phosphate was applied at planting time. 2 tons of dry weight material was allowed to go on the land to be worked into the soil. To be followed by Barley for grain crop.”