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John Derryberry Farm Cattle on Winter Pasture
Photograph of several cattle grazing on a winter pasture on the John Derryberry farm. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, “Cattle on fescue-clover pasture on John Derryberry farm, four miles south of Idabel.”
Date:
February 1973
Creator:
Lambeth, Nickey J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Boyce Dilliard
Photograph of Boyce Dilliard looking at vetch on the H. H. Dilliard farm.
Date:
May 3, 1939
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Doak Bird
Photograph of Doak Bird using his new coastal digger on his beef and chicken farm.
Date:
May 1960
Creator:
North, Fred
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Doak Bird
Photograph of Doak Bird using his new coastal digger on his beef and chicken farm.
Date:
May 1960
Creator:
North, Fred
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Doak Bird
Photograph of Doak Bird using his new coastal digger on his beef and chicken farm.
Date:
May 1960
Creator:
North, Fred
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Beaver Bend State Park
Photograph of a scene in Beaver Bend State Park.
Date:
October 26, 1941
Creator:
Wolff, S. E.
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
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
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
A. A. Boren
Photograph of A. A. Boren with sacked seed of Kentucky 31 fescue.
Date:
July 30, 1952
Creator:
Davis, D. O.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of G. L. Kirk, chairman of the board of supervisors, Little River Soil Conservation District (SCD) and cooperator of the Valliant SCD, prepares seedbed for planting Kentucky 31 fescue grass on his 160 acre grassland farm. OK-10-475.
Date:
July 20, 1950
Creator:
Putman, Jack
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Timber and Lumber Treatment
Photograph of a creosoting plant. Cylinder is 80 feet and 6 feet deep, has a capacity over 1,000 cubic feet of wood. This plant would cost $100,000 if purchased. OK-1061-10.
Date:
November 2, 1959
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of Mr. Oscar Coleman on a tractor, combining Dallis grass seed from a 15 acre pasture. Mr. Coleman, member of the Board of Supervisors and Business of the Little River Soil Conservation district, says he expects a yield of 200 to 250 pounds of seed per acre. OK-9236.
Date:
October 2, 1946
Creator:
Jenkins, E. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of Norwood Creek, near the Red River. Near here the flooding of the Creek joins the red River. A natural lake once held much of Norwood's waters back [from flooding]. OK-459-12.
Date:
May 11, 1905
Creator:
Hayes, E. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of traffic limited to trucks, tractors and horseback riders during the April killing rains (14.57 inches for one month). Push Creek, a tributary of Northwood Creek, has no channel. It spreads from one-half to 2 miles wide. OK-459-9.
Date:
April 25, 1957
Creator:
Hayes, E. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of agricultural workers. During rush season field and shed are full of town pickers. Scarcity of labor made this 4-acre berry patch a "you-pick-em" deal and everyone is happy. OK-1339-11.
Date:
May 10, 1961
Creator:
Hayes, E. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of the controlling of undesireable hardwood over pine works. Competition of oaks and low brush is not reduced sufficiently for maximum pine production. Jesse McBrayer shown, planting pine in hardwood. OK-1442-2.
Date:
October 16, 1961
Creator:
Hayes, E. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a before picture on the Whitegrass Waterhole. Looking northwest. Channel will be 8 feet deep and 35 feet flat at the bottom. 3 to 1 slide slope. OK-1061-6.
Date:
November 2, 1959
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of drainage. Whitegrass Creek looking east from the bridge. Channel main no. 1. Water is from a 3.5 inch 18 to 30 hours prior to the photo's taking, This creek channel is inadequate for removing flood water for proper drainage. OK-628-8.
Date:
July 22, 1958
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of the Whitegrass-Waterhold Project. A.A. Boren, member of the Conservancy District Board, checking the bridge to be enlarged on Main Channel No. 1, the Whitegrass-Waterhold Project. Area in the background is inundated by approximately 4 inches of water on the Borem Ranch will be cleared and developed to improved pasture as soon as the channel is completed on the project. OK-1563-11.
Date:
May 15, 1905
Creator:
McCollum, W. C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of from the Whitegrass Waterhole Project, Flood Control Structure # 3. Looking west from L. T. Melton yard. This flood control lake was stocked with fish in 1962 and will be managed for fish production. OK-1638-3.
Date:
August 1962
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of flooding. Floodwater from a 3.5 inch rain 18 to 30 hours prior to the photo's taking. The different heights of the cotton owes to water standing in the field. This land would be class 1 land if not for the flood water. It is producing about 30% of what it should produce. OK-628-7.
Date:
July 22, 1958
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History