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[Photograph 2012.201.B0319.0092]
Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Patti Toon (right) became the new Miss Sayre Saturday night and is shown receiving her awards from Miss Juna Kaye Eagon."
Date:
April 9, 1970
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Range
Photograph of deep sand site on formerly cultivated land seeded to tall grasses on Giles Passmore farm. The grass has been properly managed.
Date:
October 9, 1968
Creator:
Connally, B. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0295.0393]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Erick was a busy frontier town but had only three houses when Mrs. Nora Hood, 87, moved there."
Date:
September 9, 1960
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stubble Mulch Tillage
Photograph of a close up of stubble mulch tillage of wheat stubble after harvest. Approximately 2000 pounds per acre of wheat stubble left on the soil surface to protect the land from wind and water erosion. Decomposed stubble also adds organic matter to the soil. This practice is recommended by SCS.
Date:
August 9, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stubble Mulch Tillage
Photograph of stubble mulch tillage of wheat stubble after harvest. Approximately 2000 pounds per acre of wheat stubble left on the soil surface to protect the land from wind and water erosion. Decomposed stubble also adds organic matter to the soil. This practice is recommended by the SCS.
Date:
August 9, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stubble Mulch Tillage
Photograph of stubble mulch tillage of wheat stubble after harvest. Approximately 2000 pounds per acre of wheat stubble left on the soil surface to protect the land from wind and water erosion. Decomposed stubble also adds organic matter to the soil. This practice is recommended by the SCS.
Date:
August 9, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Terrace Construction
Photograph of Wayburn Gibson, contractor, constructing terraces with caterpillar and bulldozer. Terrace will reduce erosion by reducing runoff. Terrace system was designed by the Soil Conservation Service. Land will be planted to wheat in the fall of 1956.
Date:
August 9, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Terrace Construction
Photograph of Wayburn Gibson, contractor, constructing terraces with caterpillar and bulldozer. Terrace will reduce erosion by reducing runoff. Terrace system was designed by the Soil Conservation Service. Land will be planted to wheat in the fall of 1956.
Date:
August 9, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wheat Stubble Mulch Tillage
Photograph of stubble mulch tillage of wheat stubble after harvest. Approximately 2000 pounds per acre of wheat stubble left on the soil surface to protect the land from wind and water erosion. Decomposed stubble also adds organic matter to the soil. This practice is recommended by the SCS.
Date:
August 9, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Conservation, Environmental & Safety Education
Photograph of F.E. LeGrand of Mayfield, Oklahoma, receiving a 1-gallon jug of Oklahoma rainwater from Leon J. McDonald, Assistant State Conservationist. In a contest to name Mr. Raindrop. Sponsored by the Soil Conservation Society of America and the Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman, Mr. LeGrand won with the name "Mr. Splash." OK-194-10.
Date:
November 9, 1955
Creator:
Whittington, Fred
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of F. E. LeGrand, Mayfield, Oklahoma, receiving a one-gallon jug of Oklahoma rainwater from Leon J. McDonald, Assistant State Conservationist. In a contest to name Mr. Raindrop, sponsored by the Soil Conservation Society of America and the Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman magazine, Mr. LeGrand won with the name “Mr. Splash.” OK-194-9.
Date:
November 9, 1955
Creator:
Whittington, Fred
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of F. E. LeGrand, Mayfield, Oklahoma, receiving a one-gallon jug of Oklahoma rainwater from Leon J. McDonald, Assistant State Conservationist. In a contest to name Mr. Raindrop, sponsored by the Soil Conservation Society of America and the Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman magazine, Mr. LeGrand won with the name “Mr. Splash.” OK-194-10.
Date:
November 9, 1955
Creator:
Whittington, Fred
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B1249.0209]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "While publisher W. J. "Bill" Bacon is hospitalized in Oklahoma City, Tod Sloan, Elk City (center) , helps Jerry Butler, (left) , and Edsel Thompson get out the Sayre Headlight-Joutnal."
Date:
April 9, 1947
Creator:
Johnson, Bill
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0241.0072]
Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Sayre Oklahoma ( County Judge)."
Date:
March 9, 1941
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a farm pond showing interception ditches which divert water that would otherwise go below the den into the pond. The spillway is at the right end of the dam. OK-5368.
Date:
October 9, 1936
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History