Resource Type

[Photograph 0010.02-D WFD Crew photo (7-9-2021).JPG]

Photograph of WFD crew standing in front of Engine 1. From left: Fire Chief Kelly Grooms, Deputy Chief Jimmy Cagle, Assistant Chief Jeff Hamilton, Darrel Watkins, James McMahan, Jarrad Edwards, Dalton Grooms, Jason Tackett. Photo taken in front of the Wagoner fire station at 807 W. Cherokee St.
Date: July 9, 2021
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 0004.02-D Rescue-1 2007 Chev (7-9-2021)]

Photograph of WFD Rescue 1, a 2005 Chevrolet.
Date: July 9, 2021
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 0006.02-D BP-1 2011 Ford (7-9-2021).JPG]

Photograph of WFD Brushpumper 1, a 2011 Ford.
Date: July 9, 2021
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 0008.02-D BP-2 2007 Ford (7-9-2021).JPG]

Photograph of WFD BP-2, a 2007 Ford.
Date: July 9, 2021
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 0003.02-D E-1 2007 Ferrara (7-9-2021)]

Photograph of WFD E-1, a 2007 HME/Ferrara pumper.
Date: July 9, 2021
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 0005.02-D Tanker 2 1988 Mack (7-9-2021)]

Photograph of WFD Tanker 2, a 1988 Mack.
Date: July 9, 2021
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 0007.02-D L-1 1979 Boardman (7-9-2021).JPG]

Photograph of WFD Ladder 1, a 1979 Hendrickson/Boardman. This rig was originally owned by the Moore, OK, Fire Department.
Date: July 9, 2021
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 0009.02-D E-3 1986 Pierce (7-9-2021).JPG]

Photograph of WFD E-3, a 1986 Ford/Pierce. Marked as E-2 but is E-3.
Date: July 9, 2021
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 0002.02-D E-2 1996 Pierce (7-9-2021)]

Photograph of WFD E-2, a 1996 International/Pierce pumper.
Date: July 9, 2021
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 0001.02-D WFD fleet (7-9-2021)]

Photograph of WFD rigs in front of the fire station. Fleet photo.
Date: July 9, 2021
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 0001.02-D E-1 1989 Mack (7-10-2021)]

Photograph of Red Bird FD Engine 1, a 1989 Mack CF/Marion pumper. It carries a 1500 Hale pump and a 1000 tank. Diesel/Automatic.
Date: July 10, 2021
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

E-1 2005 Kenworth (7-10-21)

Photograph of Porter FD E-1, a 2005 Kenworth/HME Silverfox.
Date: July 10, 2021
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Hard at Work in Their Garden

Photograph of Cicero Abernathy, left, and his wife, right, hard at work with their hoes in their neat garden. He hoes beans while she nips the weeds from the cabbage.
Date: May 16, 1947
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pasture Land Drainage

Photograph of newly constructed drainage ditch. Wet heavy bottom land site, 3a soil. Cleared of timber in 1957. Chunk sodded to Bermuda in 1960. Soil Unit III-3a.
Date: October 26, 1961
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lancaster Pond

Photograph of part of the Lancaster pond. After four years of severe drought Mr. Lancaster still has plenty of livestock and recreational water. This large pond 12 acres at spillway level, average depth 9 feet, is the principal water source for 150 head of cattle.
Date: November 14, 1955
Creator: Robertson, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of Mr. Talmage Hardin using a sod-type drill (District-owned) seeding a small grain-vetch mixture on an old sod of Bermuda grass. OK-189-3.
Date: November 14, 1955
Creator: Robertson, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of Mr. Talmage Hardin using a sod-type drill (District-owned) seeding a small grain-vetch mixture on an old sod of Bermuda grass. OK-189-3.
Date: November 14, 1955
Creator: Robertson, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a watering trough below a pond dam on the Chester Hall farm. OK-9108.
Date: August 20, 1945
Creator: Reid, Louis E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of common Bermuda grass on strip mine spoils on the Nick Robson Ranch. Sodded by hand with sprigs in 1949. In this photo, Warren McCarty, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] is showing the natural spreading of native legumes. OK-287-11.
Date: May 18, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of strip pits spoils coming back naturally to native grasses. Coal was stripped from this area in the early 1940s. The area was aerially-seeded to sweet clover around 1950 and good stands were obtained and remained for 3 or 4 years. Not much sweet clover is evident at the present time. Area grazed by steers in the spring and summer as planned by Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technicians. Nick Robson on the right and Warren McCarty on the left. OK-287-10.
Date: May 15, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Bermuda grass sprig sodded in March, 1955. Small grain hairy vetch mixture seeded with a sod-type drill, October, 1955. The cattle remained on the pasture. OK-189-2.
Date: November 14, 1955
Creator: Robertson, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of cows munching improved pasture on the Lonnie E. Blair farm. Fine Jersey stock grazing on improved pasture that is mowed regularly for weed control. The Blairs, who have a herd of about 5 cows, are milking 34. OK-8836.
Date: September 5, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of solid sodded flume outlet for a farm pond. The flume is an overfall and the pond is an equalizer in a terrace system. OK-[unclear].
Date: October 27, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a farm pond on V. L. Colorigh’s farm. Looking south to north across a large dam and pond measuring 21,657 cubic yards, 24 surface acres and 250 acres of drainage area. It was completed in January, 1954 and as of June 1956 had never used the spillway. This pond is used for livestock water and recreation. Soil Conservation Service technicians assisted with the layout of this pond. OK-276-6.
Date: April 20, 1956
Creator: Robertson, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History