[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.0561]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Crater Eight Feet Deep is searched by air policemen and rescue workers after a B-52 bomber crashed in a cotton field six miles north of Altus."
Date: December 11, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0240.0565]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dr. Howard B. Cordiner, OSU horticulturist, inspects one of the better heat-resistant tomato breeding lines at the Oklahoma irrigation research station near Altus."
Date: July 13, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0317.0393]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.
Date: January 3, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0119A.0357]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "With a 4-H club safety project, Betty Fern McGee, Altus, left, is busy."
Date: August 18, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1416.0213]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Bone needle and thimble found in Devil's Canyon."
Date: July 23, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1416.0211]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: July 23, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1416.0214]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "A portion of relics found in Devil's Canyon."
Date: July 23, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1416.0212]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Relics found in Devil's Canyon."
Date: July 23, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1416.0210]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "More implements from Devil's Canyon."
Date: July 22, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1416.0209]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Pipe and other relics found by Mrs. Winters."
Date: July 22, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1062.0263]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Members of Altus' newest organization are shown above in their blue and gold uniforms."
Date: 1958
Creator: Altus Air Force Base
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1038.0356]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Korean visitor, Young-Woo Park, is interviewed by two Altus High School journalism students, Kay Biles, left, and Jane Pickett. (The 38-year-old South Korean teacher is on a tour of U.S. schools.)"
Date: January 22, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1128.0146]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Maribeth Riddle Altus Pianist & Organist"
Date: January 22, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1128.0413]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "ALTUS, Aug. 16. -A warning delivered four year ago has given an Altus man a new outlook on life, a new circle of friends and a garage full of pictures. John W. Riley"
Date: 1958
Creator: Shell, Paul
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Photograph of a soil survey. Harmon stony loam. A very shallow to shallow soil developed on dolomitic limestone. Class VI land. Shallow Range site. OK-720-6.
Date: July 10, 1958
Creator: Bailey, Oran F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Photograph of a soil survey (river wash). Much land classed as riverwash or river channels occurs in Jackson and other Oklahoma counties. The land itself has practically no agricultural value, but provides habitat for many water fowl and other animals. OK-593-7.
Date: March 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Photograph of a soil survey. While making the soil survey, Richard Graft, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] scientist, discovered a recently-formed gyp sink [= a sinkhole] in a gently sloping wheat field of Tillman clay loam soil. The gyp sink is approximately 30 feet deep and 15 feet wide. OK-720-12.
Date: July 10, 1958
Creator: Bailey, Oran F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1416.0215]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. C.L. Winters, Blair, looks over the two buffalo heads and other relics she found in Devil's Canyon."
Date: July 22, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of the Red River. A large area of riverwash. Many thousands of acres of this land makes up thesandy channel of the Red River. The land has very little agricultural value but provides a habitat for wildlife. OK-743-6.
Date: September 1958
Creator: Bailey, O. F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1306.0198]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Tom Thaggard"
Date: January 3, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1374.0635]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Murry Williams, Altus"
Date: January 3, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Combining Alfalfa on Tipton Loam

Photograph of combining alfalfa on Tipton loam, 0 to 1% slopes. Land Class I. This is a choice soil as is well suited to all principal crops grown in this country.
Date: September 1958
Creator: Bailey, Oran F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of range land. Aerial view of rangeland. The area is mostly in the Breaks, Shallow and Red Clay range sites. Mesquite trees and shrubs dot the landscape. OK-143-11.
Date: September 1958
Creator: Bailey, Oran F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Photograph of the Red River. A large area of the riverwash. Many thousands of acres of this land makes up the sandy channel of the Red River. The land has very little agricultural value but provides a habitat for wildlife. OK-748-6.
Date: September 1958
Creator: Bailey, Oran F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History