Resource Type

Tame Pasture Planting

Photograph of Quarter horses grazing on a 10-acre field of bermuda grass.
Date: August 22, 1969
Creator: Conradi, Al
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of tame pastures improvement. Abandoned cropland field being planted to Bermuda grass using a two-automatic planter. Fertilizer is applied at the time of planting. The Bermuda grass will be overseeded with legumes. OK-540-3.
Date: August 6, 1957
Creator: Lowe, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of conservation crop rotation. Field of Class III and IV, 7-OH soil, planted with Bermuda sprigs in 1942 and 1943. Pastured continuously with no maintenance until the spring of 1955, at which time it was plowed and planted to Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation. Bermuda made good growth after Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation had matured. Land was plowed in the spring of 1956 and planted to corn with an application of 200 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer per acre at the time of planting corn. Corn was harvested in September and yielded 50 bushels per acre. The Bermuda was used for fall pasture followed by vetch and small grain. OK-371-8.
Date: August 15, 1956
Creator: Lowe, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of conservation crop rotation. Field of Class III and IV, 7-OH soil, planted with Bermuda sprigs in 1942 and 1943. Pastured continuously with no maintenance until the spring of 1955, at which time it was plowed and planted to Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation. Bermuda made good growth after Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation had matured. Land was plowed in the spring of 1956 and planted to corn with an application of 200 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer per acre at the time of planting corn. Corn was harvested in September and yielded 50 bushels per acre. The Bermuda was used for fall pasture followed by vetch and small grain. OK-371-8.
Date: August 15, 1956
Creator: Lowe, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1389.0557]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Robert Walker, McAlester Convict"
Date: August 2, 1973
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1268.0186]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "First women enlistee in McAlester's U.S. Army Reserve unit, Spec. 4 Phillys Sturgeon, was sworn in recently as a company clerk."
Date: August 26, 1973
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0655]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Prison rodeo at the Big Mac is billed as world's wildest."
Date: August 23, 1980
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0656]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Inmate contestants in the McAlester State Prson rodeo which opens friday hope they will not have as much trouble in this year's rodeo as they did in this pictur ein one of their previous action-packed events."
Date: August 25, 1979
Creator: Marvel, Fred W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0640]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Labor Day activities in Oklahoma will include the Oklahoma State Prison Rodeo At McAlester Sept. 2-4."
Date: August 27, 1977
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0668]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "One of the most thrilling events in the annual penitentiary rodeo comes when convicts seek to retrieve a tobacco sack containing a $20 bill from the horns of a wild , mean bull."
Date: August 26, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0667]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma State Penitentiary's 19th annual rodeo starts Thursday night and Ray H. Page, new warden at the prison, says it will be "bigger and better."
Date: August 28, 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0595]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Money the hard way" is the name of the game and it is played each year at the state prison rodeo at McAlester."
Date: August 12, 1965
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0664]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "An inmate joins the action during the McAlester behind-the-walls Prison Rodeo, September 3-5."
Date: August 28, 1976
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0637]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Upside down in the saddle is the way the participant looks on his horse."
Date: August 31, 1956
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0665]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Rough rides are in storedfor a number of inmates at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary September 1-4 during the State Prison Rodeo."
Date: August 18, 1966
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0663]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Riding wild broncs is one of the wild and wooly events in which convicts will participate during the 19th annual inside-the-walls rodeo at McAlester on August 30 and 31 and September 1."
Date: August 28, 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1318.0044]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The FBI plans to question Charles Turnbow a 18 year old McAlester athlete who admitted grabbing the Pam AMerican games "torch"
Date: August 14, 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0652]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: August 28, 1980
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0592]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Inmate Buddy Fesmire says he wouldn't want to trade places in the tub with fellow prisoner Elbert Vick."
Date: August 28, 1985
Creator: Gamallo, Manny
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0631]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The bull gets the better of this inmate during rodeo tryouts."
Date: August 13, 1965
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0661]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Rough ride in a tub is attempted on the back of a bucking bronc at the Oklahoma State peitentiary in McAlester."
Date: August 18, 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0590]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: August 27, 1985
Creator: Marvel, Fred W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0591]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: August 27, 1985
Creator: Marvel, Fred W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1100.0630]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Holding on for dear life and a chance to compete in the "Behind the Walls" rodeo at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, McAlester, is this inmate."
Date: August 17, 1965
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History