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Ernie Griffin
Photograph is of a man wearing pants, hat and shoes with a tank top of a Navy military uniform holding a long stick that could be a walking stick while standing on some rocks and uneven terrain. Caption: "Ernie Griffin, Fanshawe, home on leave from the Navy, served as one of the guides for the photographer in finding the remote 40 acres in Pontotoc county where the terrain has been turned topsy-turvy."
Date:
June 26, 1952
Creator:
Burns, Bill
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Carter Hospital
Photograph of the Carter Hosptial near Talihina, Oklahoma.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Woodland Conservation Applied
Photograph of John Bateman tree farm within Ouachita National Forest. Complete woodland conservation applied to his 140 acre tract.
Date:
May 25, 1960
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Irrigation, Transcrete Pipe
Photograph of Transcrete pipe being laid for irrigation on bottomland soil unit 9. Gated pipe will be used from risers on 660' runs.
Date:
July 15, 1961
Creator:
Ball, Lemuel
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fescue Lodino Clover Pasture
Photograph of a Fescue-Ladino clover pasture planted in fall of 1956. Upland soil-5% slope, has produces and still producing excellent pasture. Lime-fertilized-managed.
Date:
November 4, 1959
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Multiflore Rose
Photograph of Multiflora fence and hedge which was the first one planted in the district. Cecil Keylon, SCS, inspecting the condition of fence. This hedge is on the north side of a pine planting made in 1955. It is a good plant for fnce, hedge and for wildlife cover.
Date:
July 13, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Successful Drainage of Wet Areas
Photograph of a low must be present to successfully drain wet areas. This drain is well constructed but there is not a suitable outlet area. When Cache Creek drainage project under Public Law 566 is completed, a suitable outlet will be available. SCS Technician responsibilities of PL-566.
Date:
1961~
Creator:
Ball, Lemuel F., Jr.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wet Spots in a Spinach Field
Photograph of wet spots in a spinach field. Soil unit 9H. Drowning out due to plow pan and surface crusting. Approx. 5 acres lost in a 40 acre field. Crop residue and land leveling would correct this.
Date:
November 4, 1959
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Dynamited Ditch ibn Minehart Slough
Photograph of a dynamited ditch in Minehart Slough. Only feasible means of opening ditch in this low, wet area to drain water and dry the area out.
Date:
October 6, 1959
Creator:
McClung, Forrest
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grader Making Final Grade
Photograph of a grader putting final grade on main ditch of drainage system as staked by SCS technicians.
Date:
July 19, 1961
Creator:
Ball, Lemuel F., Jr.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Altar at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, Poteau
Altar area within St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. Wood altar, dossal, cross at center, flower vase and candelabra on each side, Bible, large vase with flowers beside altar on each side.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Exterior of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
Stone façade on metal quonset hut. Single front door, cross on right front, ladder on side of hut. Plans were being made to reestablish a mission in Poteau previous to 1959 but was not officially organized until 1959. There had been a mission in Poteau in 1914 but it was closed and sold during the Depression.
Date:
1959
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Exterior of Oak Lodge St. John's Episcopal Church
Wood structure, double front doors with arched window above, arched windows on either side of door and on side of building. Rectangular shaped bell tower with cross. Written on back of original "The only church of any comm--- in Oak Lodge; and the only bu--- of our church in LeFlore Cou--- which is 65 miles long, and averages 30 miles wide; ___ covering nearly 2000 sq. m--" Founded 1903, now closed.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Shrubs
Photograph of the Arkansas River bottom cotton stalk closeup. More than 100 boles made on this stalk. Crop rotation, soil building crops and fertilizer tell the story. mGood management by the farm boss pays on cotton as well as grass. OK-1482-4.
Date:
October 16, 1961
Creator:
Ball, Lemuel
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a residential areas were hard hit by flood waters of Mountain Creek. Water stood 8 feet deep around these houses. Land treatment and structural measures to be installed on Caston and Mountain Creek to prevent flooding of agricultural land will help the city residents too. OK-1341-3.
Date:
May 22, 1961
Creator:
McCollum, W. C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of the baling sericea lespedeza on the Andrew J. Costner farm, 3 miles NW of Heavener, OK. Mr. Costner is a supervisor of the LeFlore County Soil Conservation District. Charles Nobles, custom hay baler, and Roy Erwin, Work Unit Conservationist of the Soil Conservation Service, checking the quality of the sericea lespedeza hay. Twenty acres of sericea lespedeza meadow produced 509 bales of top quality hay. OK-10-873-B.
Date:
July 15, 1954
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of Lee R. Carlton, work Unit Conservationist [WUC], Talihina, examining a field of lovegrass (erogratis curvula) and Sericea lespedeza. The mixture was planted on April 19, 1955 and fertilized with 100 pounds of 10-20-10 and 200 pounds of 0-20-0 fertilizers. Mowed on June 10, 1955 at 15 bales per acre. Potato Hill, 6 d, drouthy soil. This is an introductory planting of weeping lovegrass in this area. It looks promising. OK-72-10.
Date:
July 7, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Ezee Flow Spreader
Photograph of an Ezee Flow Spreader seeding attachment developed and designed by Lee Carleton, WUC, Talihina, OK, and Ernest Hardesty, Engineer Specialist, Oklahoma City, OK.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Pray, H. L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a low must be present to successfully drain wet areas. This drain is well constructed but there is not a suitable outlet area. When Cache Creek drainage project under Public Law 566 is completed, a suitable outlet will be available. Soil Conservation Service [SCS] has technical responsibilities of PL-566. OK-1259-9.
Date:
May 14, 1905
Creator:
Ball, Lemuel
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a water gap washed out by Rock Creek. Valuable cattle could have gotten out onto a busy highway. Fences and livestock suffer as well as the land when the floods come. OK-1341-2.
Date:
May 22, 1961
Creator:
McCollum, W. C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of a combine harvester. Combining soybeans on Arkansas River bottom soil. Such heavy soils often need drainage . Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technicians stake drainage where needed on lands of district cooperators. These beans will produce 40 bushels per acre. OK-1482-6.
Date:
October 16, 1961
Creator:
Ball, Lemuel
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician Lemuel Ball standing beside a culled hardwood stump on LeFlore County Soil and Water Conservation District [SWCD] cooperator W. A. Amis's farm. Had culled hardwood not been removed, the young pine would be supressed and much smaller. OK-1538-12.
Date:
February 21, 1962
Creator:
Smola, Norman
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation [?].
Photograph of grain sorghum. Chairman of the Board of Supervisors practicing what he preaches. Grain sorghum in rotation. OK-1463-9.
Date:
September 21, 1961
Creator:
Costner, Andrew
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fish and Wildlife Management
Photograph of Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician Norman Smola observes how excellent wildlife food and cover provided by a living fence of multiflora arose. Wildlife have a place in today's agriculture and are planned for in conservation planning of land use and treatment. This usage serves as a fence as well as the food, shelter and rest area for song birds and quail. OK-1538-6.
Date:
February 21, 1962
Creator:
Ball, Lemuel
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History