Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Largest Mennonite Brethren Church in the United States stands at Corn on the same site a dugout was used for the first services."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The original home of the superintendent of the Colony Indian School and community now houses the superintendant of the Colony public schools."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Rainey school is one of Oklahoma's most unusual institutions. Rainey is a two-frame school building in Washita county, about six miles east of Rocky, the closest city."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Canute is just east of Elk City in far-western Oklahoma, and like so many other small communities in the middle of the oil and gas boom area, it is seeing a spurt of construction to house the influx of people who have come to town to the work rigs."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph of Lee Brown, operator, is plowing under mature cover of rye after it has been grazed about 5 months by livestock. Knie uses this field, approximately 100 acres of Class I, II, and III land, exclusively for grazing. He says the cattle gained about 2 lbs. per day and this utilization of the land produces considerable more than harvest crops by machine.

Photograph of Kidred Sasseen, Chairman of the Washita County Soil Conservation District, shows shrub oak and skunk brush in his pasture. OK-705-8.

Photograph of brush control. Eldred Sasseen, Chair of the Washita County Soil Conservation District [SCD], shows shrub oak and skunk brush on his pasture. OK-705-8.

Photograph of brush control. Rotary brush mower being used to clear large brush. Eldred Sasseen exhibits the size of brush the mower cuts. OK-705-11.

Photograph of Lee Roark with modern hay loading equipment.

Photograph of land undergoing soil crusting. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Soil Crusting. Land has crusted after rain and prevents Bermuda sprouts from penetrating through the soil."

Photograph of a 1958 surplus wheat crop from the Washita County Soil Conservation District that was too much for local elevators to hold and 250,000 bushels had to be piled on the ground. An UNIDENTIFIED individual is using a tractor to push the wheat. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bountiful crop of 1958 in Washita County Soil Conservation District that was too much for local elevators and 250,000 bushels had to be piled on the ground. This entire crop was produced from land where good soil conservation practices are carried out."

Photograph of a line of trucks waiting to unload their wheat payload into an elevator located in Cordell. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Wheat harvest. Wheat trucking waiting to be unloaded into Cordell elevator. Wheat yields have been good in county since adoption of conservation practices such as terraces, waterways, legume rotation, and crop residue management."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Tights (or leotards as we call them today) or slacks are both the same to Mrs. Edward Van Name (above and at left) , who wears the former in "As You Like It" and has modeled the latter at fashion shows at Tinker Air Force Base."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Tights (or leotards as we call them today) or slacks are both the same to Mrs. Edward Van Name (above and at left) , who wears the former in "As You Like It" and has modeled the latter at fashion shows at Tinker Air Force Base."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Washita County courthouse at Cordell is a landmark in western Oklahoma."

Photograph of Austrian winter peas are used for legume rotation. Nelson, in photo, practices complete soil conservation program of legume rotation, terraces, waterays, and crop residue management.

Photograph of Austrian winter peas growing in rotation with small grain. Nelson has been cooperating with the Washita County Soil Conservation District for several years. He stands between wheat and Austrian peas.

Photograph of surplus wheat. Bountiful crop of 1958 in the Washita Soil Conservation District was too much for local elevators and 250,000 bushels had to be piled on the ground. All this crop was produced from land where good soil conservation practices are carried out. OK-708-5.

Photograph of brush control. Eldred Sasseen, Washita County Soil Conservation District [SCD] co-operator, makes a first round in shrub-oak and skunk brush infested pasture with a rotary mower. Pasture in present condition is worthless. OK-705-9 shows brush removed and the grass left. OK-705-10.

Photograph of a rotary brush mower being used to clear large brush. Kidred Sasseen, standing in the picture, exhibits the size of the brush that the mower cuts. OK-705-11.

Photograph of Kidred Sasseen, Washita County Soil Conservation District cooperator, makes the first round in shrub-oak and skunk brush infected pasture with a rotary mower. Pasture in present condition is worthless. OK-705-9 shows brush removed with grass left. OK-705-10.