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Rock Slide

Caption says, "A-413 Railroad and Highway Relocation. Slide on Santa Fe Railroad Relocation. Seepage area Station 69 to 70 - 50."
Date: October 27, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lima Shovel and Hugg Dump Truck

Caption says, "A-415 Railroad and Highway Relocation. Lima shovel and Hugg dump trucks excavating gravel in gravel pit, one-half mile west of Rock quarry."
Date: October 27, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Russian Thistles Caught on Fence

Caption says, "A-46 Altus Project. A typical scene of fences on dry farmed areas that can be seen throughout the valley. Fences are covered with great quantities of dry Russian thistles that are blown across the fields by the brisk wind. This fence has stopped all that is possible, while the rest have merely rolled along and over the pile until stopped by some other obstacle in their path. Photograph taken at the southeast corner of the N.Y.A Experimental Plot."
Date: January 27, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Barn Lot and Russian Thistles

Caption says, "A-48 Altus Project. A Barn lot of a farm on the south border of the N.Y.A. Experimental Plot north of Altus, Oklahoma, owned by Mr. W. M. Vandiver. Scenes such as this may be anywhere in the valley. Russian thistles are stopped by fence lines, farm impliments, and other obstacles in the path large enough to hold them."
Date: January 27, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Experimental Agricultural Plot

Caption says, "A-45 Altus Project. Photograph of Experimental Agricultural Plot looking north from the southeast corner. Mr. Myrl Gray, Supervisor of N.Y.A. at the Altus Junior College, holding a stalk of last year's growth of kafir corn. The area has been partially cleared of Russian Thistles. The experimental plot consisting of 39 acres was leased from Mr. W. M. Vandiver for one year with a three year option. Organizations interested in this experiment are the N.Y.A., Farm Security, Chamber of Commerce, County Agricultural Agency, County Commissioners, Altus Junior College, and the Bureau of Reclamation. It will be under the supervision of the N.Y.A. and the Bureau of Reclamation. Sixteen acres under N.Y.A and twenty-three under County Commissioners. The area will be divided into forty plots of one-quarter acre each. Twenty of the plots will be planted and farmed with improved methods of irrigation. The remaining 20 will have the same crops but farmed under natural conditions existing before irrigation and will serve as a check plot."
Date: January 27, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farm Lot

Caption says, "A-47 Altus Project. Farm lots such as this may be seen throughout the dry farmed area in the valley. This farm joins the south border of the NYA experimental plot. The experimental plot can be seen above the barn. The west half has been plowed, the remaining area partially cleaned of Russian thistles."
Date: January 27, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Rock Slide

Caption says, "A-414 Railroad and Highway Relocation. Slide on Santa Fe Railroad Relocation, seepage area. Stations 69 to 70 - 50."
Date: October 27, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lima Shovel and Hugg Dump Truck

Caption says, "A-416 Highway Relocation. Lima shovel and Hugg dump trucks excavating gravel in gravel pit, one-half mile west of rock quarry."
Date: October 27, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History