Hereford Cattle Grazing

Photograph of grade Hereford grazing on rye and vetch class III 12 cross timbers soil. Mr. Keller has found it very profitable to buy cattle in the fall, winter on this type of pasture and sell on spring market.
Date: March 11, 1933
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

US Government Land; Squatter families

Photograph of transient squatters moving in, cutting timber and moving on. In 1938, 400 families of this type moved into McCurtain County. OK-8028.
Date: December 11, 1939
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Civilian Conservation Corps

Photograph of a Civilian Conservation Corps [CCC] parade in Stillwater on Armistic Day, November 11, 1934.
Date: November 11, 1934
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of an Armistice Day parade of 1934 in Stillwater, Oklahoma feature Soil Conservation Service. First [unclear] for the Civilian Conservation Corps personne.
Date: November 11, 1934
Creator: Hollopeter, Chas A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of basin listing on the contour. The dams or blocks are 8 feet apart. TX-140-039.
Date: February 11, 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention.

Photograph of a rotary drill used to making test wells for irrigation. OK-357.
Date: May 11, 1939
Creator: Haines, R. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sheep Grazing on Contour Furrowed Buffalograss Pasture/Duncan Project

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED men in a contoured furrowed buffalograss pasture with a herd of sheep. A house and a barn are in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Sheep grazing on native buffalo pasture which has been contour furrowed."
Date: April 11, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Returning to Alfalfa

Photograph of a field to be returned, by irrigation, to alfalfa. Irrigation well will be located in the foreground. Alfalfa was produced in this field for about 30 years prior to 1934, with irrigation water supplied from the Beaver River. Impossible to take water from river since floods have cut the bank of the creek.
Date: May 11, 1939
Creator: Haines
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of an Armistice Day** parade of 1934 in Stillwater, Oklahoma featuring Soil Conservation Service heavy farming equipment. **in the US, this became Veterans Day starting in 1954.
Date: November 11, 1934
Creator: Hollopeter, Chas A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Hereford Cattle Grazing

Photograph of grade Hereford grazing on rye and vetch class III 12 cross timbers soil. Mr. Keller has found it very profitable to buy cattle in the fall, winter on this type of pasture and sell on spring market.
Date: March 11, 1933
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Blue Gramma Grass Field

Photograph of Stillwater Project showing Blue Gramma grass meadow which is loaded with seed.
Date: September 11, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Blue Gramma Grass Field

Photograph of Stillwater Project showing Blue Gramma grass meadow which is loaded with seed.
Date: September 11, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Erosion Control

Photograph of Little Bluestem grass reestablishing itself in badly gully eroded area which was formerly cultivated. Notice the soil holding properties of the grass.
Date: April 11, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History