A daylight photograph of a fire at Claremore in Rogers County, Oklahoma. Onlookers watch as firemen endure intense smoke while battling a fire in the Claremore business district. Black wax pencil and editing marks are visible on the image. Caption: "Claremore business district blazes under clouds of dense smoke Friday."

Photograph of the Claremore Athletic Association, a three-storeyed brick building with awninged porches on each level.

Photograph of the Verdigris River which frms the southern and eastern boundaries of the 1600-acre "Will Rogers Ranch". In dry summer months when creeks on the ranch run dry this river furnishes an imvaluable water supply for the cattle. A water corral is fenced off in the river for the purpose. Pryor Project.

Photograph of a Welcome to Claremore sign.

Photograph of a Welcome to Claremore sign.

Interior of wood frame church with rows of wooden folding chairs. Dossal behind altar, cloth covered lectern on either side of altar, and ornate organ at front left. The St. John's Episcopal Church, Collinsville, was established in 1912 but is now closed.

The new modern building of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. The Madonna and Child stained glass window and surrounding stained glass windows can be seen from the outside.

The new location of the Madonna and Child stained glass window dedicated to Margaret Fairchild. The surrounding windows were the original small windows flanking the dedicated window.

The original installation of the Madonna and Child window with side windows as shown to the children of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Claremore.

The newly erected church of St. Paul's Episcopal Church made of brick and wood shakes.

The original cement cornerstone of St. Paul's first church erected in 1911. The cornerstone is now located inside of the new St. Paul's church.

The choir, chancel, altar and organ of the first Episcopal church building in Claremore.

A processional of unidentified priests and women Sunday School teachers are led by an acolyte next to Redeemer Episcopal Church.

Photograph of Sericea Lespedeza. Sericea Lespedeza grazed heavily and used for hay since 1952. It was planted in 1950. Sericea is a good soil-building and pasture legume fir a cross timber site such as the one it is on. It was recommended for this site by the Soil Conservation Service. OK-289-12.

Photograph of sericea lespedeza. Hereford cattle grazing on a field of sericea lespedeza. This field of 30 acres is carrying 30 cows and calves. It was retired from cultivation in 1950 because it was solid in Johnson grass. The field was seeded with sericea lespedeza and has been used for hay and pasture since retirement from cultivation. At present the Johnson grass is almost killed off. OK-291-7.

Photograph of shallow prairie. Excellent condition.

Photograph of a waterway along the northside of a farm sown in fescue with terrace spilling into the channel sown in wheat. OK-1601-1.

Photograph of a fireguard protects valuable winter forage from outside fires. OK-1600-7.

Photograph of a wildlife run composed of Sericea lespedeza and Johnsongrass along the edge of a meadow. OK-1446-6.

Photograph of coal strip mines seeded to a mixture of biennial sweetclover, K [?], lespedeza and native grasses. Not the benching in the foreground due to grazing. OK-1447-12.

Photograph of a creek with timber cleared and left bank shaped and sodded in Bermuda grass. OK-1600-10.

Photograph of the 31p Collinsville-Dennis complex. This loamy prairie site has an excellent native grass cover of big bluestem, little bluestem, switchgrass and Indiangrass. Note the small amount of bare ground in the drainageway. See 7-T20N, R17E. OK-1446-9.

Photograph of soil profile of Choteau silt loam soil (N6-A). This loamy prairie range site is a higher producer in Rogers County, OK. OK-1600-4.

Photograph of a sign on US Highway 75 at the entrance into the Double Creek watershed from the south. The six upstream detention dams constructed on the watershed were designed and constructed by the Soil Conservation Service. OK-274-1.