Fire near gas station. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Men in line to file land claims at the U.S. land office in Perry, Oklahoma on September 28th 1893 at 9 o'clock in the morning.

Photograph of a scene at the Cherokee Strip Museum and Rose Hill School.

Photograph of four self-propelled 14' combines with operator and sacker on each combine. C.S. Thompson, resident of Ponca City and owner of the ranch, standing on first combine. C.E. Riley, Pawnee contractor standing in front of the combines. The ranch is over 5000 acres and approximately 2000 acres is being harvested for native grass seed.

Photograph of a native grass harvest. Approximately 2000 acres of this 5000 acre ranch is being harvested for native grass seed. Picture shows loading seed from combine to truck. C.E. Dilley, of Pawnee, is the contractor.

Photograph of the first train leaving the line north of Orlando, for Perry in the Cherokee Strip.

Photograph of native Bluestem grasses sowed on overgrazed depleted pasture land.

Photograph of oats and cotton drilled on contour and terraces on the Frank DeVorak farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Oats drilled on contour in a strip and on the terraces and between two strips of cotton, which is also planted on the contour."

Photograph of a UNIDENTIFED man cultivating grain sorghum on the contour with a two row cultivator. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Cultivating grain sorghum on the contour with a two row cultivator."

Photograph of a 17-inch pipe on the backside of Site No. 11 Long Breach Watershed Project discharging water from 14 days of periotic rainfall. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Pipe on backside of Site No. 11 Long Breach Watershed Project discharge under from the 17" pipe. From July 13 to 26, 16" of rain fell on this watershed and the water went around the emergency spillway on July 15 following 11" of the rain in 44 hours for about a 3 hour period. Everything worked perfectly and no damage to the bermudagrass cover in the waterway. About 100 to 150' of native grass above the permanent pool contour was damaged by standing water during the rain period."

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED farmers using horse drawn equipment spreading lespedeza and sweetclover seeds on contour ridges in native pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Seeding contour ridges in native pasture, using lespedeza and sweet clover. The ridges were built with two rounds with terracing plow, then worked with orchard disc. Seed broadcast by hand. Covering with two mower wheels as drag or harrow."

Photograph of Pasture contour ridges after a heavy rainfall. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Pasture contour ridges, spaced about 60 feet apart, after a heavy rain. The water had risen to the top of the ridges and in many cases overflowed. An earth dam is visible in the center right, and terraces can be seen in the field in the foreground."

Photograph of "Contour pasture ridges a year and four months after construction. These were built in November, 1936. The vegetation here consists of Buffalo and Grama grasses. Picture was taken about 3 hours after a heavy rain."

Photograph of four cows grazing on buffalo and grama grasses grown on contour pasture ridges. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Contour pasture ridges one year old, built in March, 1937. The predominant grasses here are buffalo and gramma. Picture taken about 3 hours after a heavy rain."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED farmer using an improvised device harrowing contour furrows. The back of the photograph proclaims, "This shows an ingenious device, improvised by the farmer, doing a good job of harrowing contour furrows after they have been broadcasted to lespedeza and sweet clover. It consists of two moving machine wheels chained together in such a way that one wheel is on each side of the furrow."

Photograph of sandbar willow being watered with Conservancy. District-owned pump. Trees have been out for about 3 weeks. OK-4164-3.

Photograph of wave action damage. Water is drawn down, about one foot. Sandbar Willow has been out about three weeks. Trees were watered this date. OK-4164-5.

Photograph of cuttings of a sanbar willow being set out in a trench prepared on bermuda grass (?). OK-4106-14.

Photograph of watershed maintenance, upper Black Bear watershed. Wave action damage. Water is drawn down about one foot. Sandbar willow has been out for about 3 weeks. Trees were watered on this date. OK-4164-6.

Photograph of Upper Black Bear watershed, site # 47. Growth of a sandbar willow and wave action damage. OK-4218-7.

Photograph of Upper Black Bear watershed, site # 48. Sie # 48 is a multipurpose site. The City of Lucien, OK is going to use water from this site which is being financed by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) OK-2447-12.

Photograph of a flood on the Black Bear Watershed. OK-368-5.

Photograph of flooding.High waters, 2 miles NE of Red Rock, OK, from flash floods caused by Hurricane Carla. OK-1453-4.

Photograph of a core drilling unit performing a foundation investigation on the center line of a dam.