Enclosure West of Grama Lake

Photograph of an enclosure west of Grama Lake in hilly stoney site. Big bluestem dominant with hairy grama and puffsheeth dropseed.
Date: October 14, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soldier Dam

Photograph of Soldier Dam off the southwest corner of Mt. Lauramac. Hilly stony range site, excellent condtion, light utilization. Grazed mostly by elk and deer. Arthur F. Halloran, Wildlife Biologist.
Date: April 14, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of soldier dam off southwest corner of Mount Lauramac. Hilly stony range site, excellent condition, light utilization. Grazed mostly by elk and deer. OK-1105-2.
Date: April 14, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of little bluestem advancing into flat from adjacnet higher ground. This area was a prairie dog town before being killed out. Dominant vegetation is silver bluestem, curlycup gumweed, blue grama and buffalograss. West end of Big Game Pasture, in Fuloingim Flat, east of enclosure. OK-1105-7.
Date: April 14, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of Arthur F. Halloran, Wildlife Management biologist at Soldier Dam off the southwest corner of Mount Lauramac. Hilly sorm range site, excellent condition, light utilization. Grazed mostly by elk and deer. OK-1105-1.
Date: April 14, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of Arthur F. Halloran, Wildlife Management biologist with elm species hedged by deer. Note dead elm bush on right. West part of Big Game Pasture, 1/8th mile east of Goodin Springs. OK-1105-4.
Date: April 14, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of Arthur F. Halloran, Wildlife Management biologist with elm species showing use and hedging at base of tree primarily by deer. Just east of Fullingim Flat at Goodin Spring. OK-1105-6.
Date: April 14, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, US Fish and Wildlife Service,

Photograph of enclosure in flat below Cutthroat dam in northwest corner of Big Game Pasture. OK-946-4.
Date: October 14, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, US Fish and Wildlife Service,

Photograph of a pasture enclosure at the wildlife refuge. OK-941-12.
Date: October 14, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, US Fish and Wildlife Service,

Photograph of C.E. Kingery, Range Conservationist and Arthur F. Halloran, Wildlife Management biologist enclosure at Gurley Gate, Big Game Pasture. OK-946-3.
Date: November 14, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of a fifteen year old longhorn steer. OK-9155.
Date: April 14, 1946
Creator: Allred, B. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Livestock

Photograph of an aged, longhorn steer. OK-9154.
Date: April 14, 1946
Creator: Allred, B. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soldier Dam

Photograph of Soldier Dam off the southwest corner of Mt. Lauramac. Hilly stony range site, excellent condtion, light utilization. Grazed mostly by elk and deer.
Date: April 14, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Edgerock Range Site

Photograph of Edgerock Range Site in excellent condition.
Date: November 14, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Edgerock Range Site Near Porter Hill

Photograph of an Edgerock range site in excellent condition near Porter Hill and Elgin. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Edgerock Range Site. Excellent Condition."
Date: November 14, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Little Bluestem Advancing

Photograph of little bluestem advancing into flat from adjacent higher ground. This area was a prairie dog townh before th3ey were killed out. Dominant vegetation is silver bluestem, curlycup gumweed, blue grama, and buffalograss. West end of Big Game Pasture, in Fullingim Flat east of enclosure.
Date: April 14, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Edgerock Range Site

Photograph of Edgerock Range site, in excellent condition.
Date: November 14, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Livestock

Photograph of cows and calves grazing south of Grama Lake, Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge.
Date: April 14, 1971
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of a prairiedog and mound at the edge of an official prairiedog town that is rapidly encroaching on the Bolder Ridge site range. Utilization light except in the prairiedog town where it is severe. OK-1105-10.
Date: April 14, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of an official dogtown. Edge of a prairie dog town encroaching into Flats site in exxcellent condition. Utilization in Dogtown is severe and outside it is light. OK-1105-9.
Date: April 14, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of Arthur F. Halloran, Wildlife Management biologist at the west end of Graham Flat in the eastern part of Big Game Pasture. Flats site (loamy bottom in excellent condition, light utilization. Flattened appearance of vegetation near enclosure is largely due to characteristic lodging of big bluestem, plus some trampling and bedding damage by buffalo. OK-1104-12.
Date: April 14, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of Arthur F. Halloran, Wildlife Management biologist with old fence line at Gurley gate. Right side was an original buffalo pasture. Left was in area grazed by commercail cattle and horses until 1937 when all commercial cattle permits were cancelled. By 1937, the buffalo in the 8000 acre pasture had increased to 416. In addition, 27 longhorns were put to pasture in 1927. West end of the Big Game Pasture. OK-1105-8.
Date: April 14, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of Arthur F. Halloran, Wildlife Management biologist just east of Fullingim Flat at Groodin Spring. Greenbrier hedged by deer and possibly elk. New growth is just starting. OK-1105-5.
Date: April 14, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, US Fish and Wildlife Service,

Photograph of enclosure west of Grama Lake in hilly, stony site. Big bluestem dominant with hairy grama and puffsheeth dropseed. OK-946-2.
Date: October 14, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History