Wichita Mount Wildlife Refuge Hilly Stony Range Site

Photograph of a hilly stony range site, close utilization, at the Wichita Mount Wildlife Refuge west of Grama Lake. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Hilly story range site. Close utilization.”
Date: April 15, 1958
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Hilly Stony Range Site

Photograph of a hilly stony range site that has been protected from grazing by deer for 7 years. Hatchery and Mt. Scott in background.
Date: April 15, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Hobbs Western Timber Company

Photograph of Hobbs Western Timber Company workers loading cross-ties onto train cars.
Date: April 15, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pine Poles

Photograph of peeled pine poles ready for market.
Date: April 15, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

U. S. Highway 281 Debris Under Bridge

Photograph of G. C. Gardner, Jr., Soil Conservation Service technician, points to debris piling up under a U. S. Highway 281 bridge near Hinton. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Close up of U. S. Highway 281 bridge shown in Okla-9570. G. C. Gardner, Jr., Soil Conservation Service technician, points to debris piling up under bridge. Note narrow space between bridge floor & silt accumulation. “
Date: April 15, 1948
Creator: Fox, Lester C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Silt Filling Terrace Channel in Terraced Contour Orchard on Camp Brothers Ranch/Muskogee Project/Boley Camp

Photograph of a terrace channel in terraced contour orchard on the Camp Brothers Ranch filled with silt. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Silt from sandy road and unprotected area above filling in terrace channel in terraced contour orchard."
Date: April 15, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Bould Ridge Range Site

Photograph of the Bould Ridge Range Site in excellent condition. Light utilization. Hilly stoney land site in background.
Date: April 15, 1958
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Buffalo Grazing on Mt. Scott Pasture

Photograph of buffalo on area o concentration just north of Mt. Scott pasture gate. Buffalo over-use this area attempting to move to other pasture that they have used or grazed in the past.
Date: April 15, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Debris Piling Up Under Bridge

Photograph of U.S. Highway 281 bridge shown in Okla-9570. G.C. Gardner, Jr., Soil Conservation Service technician, points to debris piling up under bridge. Note narrow space between bridge floor & silt accumulations.
Date: April 15, 1948
Creator: Fox, Lester C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

John Westmoreland & Sons Mill

Photograph of workers cutting pine poles for split fence posts at the John Westmoreland & Sons Mill.
Date: April 15, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Hobbs Western Timber Company

Photograph of Hobbs Western Timber Company workers loading cross-ties onto train cars.
Date: April 15, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Hill Hudgins Family

Photograph of the Hill Hudgins family inside a squatter shack on land purchased by the U. S. Government. This family of eight lives in a one room shack with a kitchen adjoining. They have cleared 13 acres of forest land selling pine cross-ties and poles as a livelihood.
Date: April 15, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Row Irrigation

Photograph of row irrigation; part of field is 2 percent slope, row direction down steepest slope; plastic sleeves in pipe lets water down each row.
Date: April 15, 1955
Creator: Murray, Hubert J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soil Erosion

Photograph of lookin gwest across proposed dam of gully plug. Fred Gray, SCS technician, indicates depth of gully.
Date: April 15, 1958
Creator: Fox, Lester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Furrow Type Seed Drill

Photograph of a furrow type native grass seed drill developed on Phil Ferguson ranch for overseeding depleted rangelands.
Date: April 15, 1958
Creator: Engleman, Jack
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History