Photograph taken during daylight of smoke billowing from a building fire. There is a fire truck nearby. Caption: "Smoke pours from windows of Harper Mattress and Furniture Co. building."

Photograph of Julian's Cafe and adjacent building with smoke billowing out from a fire. Firemen and men outside and pickup truck nearby. Caption: "Covered by smoke is Harper's Mattress and Furniture Co. Wewoka."

Photograph of Soil Conservation Service [SCS] Work Unit staff at Wewoka, Oklahoma. From left to right: Ralph E. Craburn, state aid; Raymond A. Holley, engineering aid; Rufus C. Martin, conservation aid; W.C. Mitchell, Work Unit Conservationist [WUC]; and, Mrs. Avis H. Merideth, clerk. OK-10, 827.

Funeral Program for Annie Lee Grayson

Photograph of Mr. Rudolph Porter [left] showing Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician W. C. Mitchell (right) the growth of sericea lespedeza planted in April 1951 in this 12 acre field. Field was transitioning from continuous peanuts and hegira [a grain / grass] production. In March 1953 300 pounds of 0-20-0 fertilizer was applied. One cutting in 1952 yielded 25 bales an acre and part-time use as a grazed field in September and October. On May 15, 1953, cutting yielded 25 bales and an expected ton per acre with the second cutting in late August. The field was then converted to part-time grazing for 75 cows in September and October. III CT 7. OK-10, 836.

Photograph of L. F. Phillip (left), ranch foreman, and Soil Conservation Service [SCS] Technician W. C. Mitchell check up on the growth of grass in this 2-year-old Bermuda pasture that has done well under proper management despite a drought. This was old cultivated field. Clovers are to be overseeded. The 70-acre field was given 1 ton of lime and 100 pounds of 12-24-12 fertilizer when the Bermuda was planted and 100 pounds ammonium nitrate at the end of the first year. III CT 7. OK-10, 831.

Photograph of lespedeza growing on a terrance in a five-acre field of sericea (aka: sericea lespedeza). On terrances the sericea is left intact to provide food (seeds) and shelter for quails. Mr. Mitchell is restoring this former peanut land to productiveness through conservation. IV CT 7. OK-10.289

Weekly newspaper from Konawa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Konawa, Indian Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Konawa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Konawa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Still burning late Friday was a liquefied petroleum tank car which exploded 4 1/2 miles west of Seminole after 35-car Rock Island freight derailment."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Thick smoke rises above flaming cars of a massive freight train derailment Friday west of Seminole."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Mrs. Lyle Boren - Wife of U.S. Congressman - Seminole Okla."

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

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Remember Al Nichols ? The attorney and political leader who has waged many a hot fight as an Oklahoma legislator, is now active in Wewoka's civilian defense guard."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Dr. J. N. Harber -Millionaire former Mayor Seminole"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Kenneth Mendenhall, Seminole"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mike Thomas, an SOS volunteer surveyor for Seminole County, writes out a description of Jack Larkin's stone work in Larkin's yard."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Shalin Harris and Wesley Pebworth, Seminole, discover giant bubbles in one of the child-sized museum exhibits."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "ELECTION BOARD members Mrs. Edna Mae Phelps and Will Mattoon go over official election returns Monday."

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

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "SOUND FOR WASHINGTON are Bradley Benson, left, of Woodward, and William sparks, of Seminole who left Wednesday for a week's stay in the Nation's capital."

Weekly newspaper from Seminole, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.