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[Photograph 2012.201.B0242.0307]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Walters Masons this week marked a milestone envisioned more that 22 years ago when special ceremonies saw the laying of the cornerstone of the Masonic building, located on the city's main street downtown."
Date: October 16, 1956
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0292.0247]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Tracy Daugherty, 80, a former state representative, died Monday in a Lawton hospital after a long illness."
Date: November 23, 1956
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1414.0459]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Robert G. Wilson"
Date: November 8, 1956
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Irrigation

Photograph of a 24" steel pipe to deliver water from Cache Creek to large elevated ditch on SCD Cooperators, Elmer Graham's 700 acres of irrigated land near Temple, Oklahoma. Pipe will carry 10,000 GPM.
Date: May 4, 1956
Creator: Woodward, Grant
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Steel Pipe Irrigation

Photograph of the installation of 24" steel underground pipe for irrigation of 800 acres land on Elmer Graham Farm. Water pumped from Cache Creek. Steel pipe line is 3100 feet long. Land is being leveled for row irrigation with assistance from Cotton Co. SCD.
Date: April 4, 1956
Creator: Woodward, Grant
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of native grasses. Range seeded to native grass mixture of: little blue stem, blue grama and buffalo grass in March, 1951 on a well-prepared seed bed with an Easy-Flow planter. Planted on Class VII land, soil unit # 6 in an old cultivated field. This grass has had no fertilizer and has had little grazing due to low rainfall conditions. Grass has been grazed according to its capabilities. Old cultivated land was converted to grass to conserve soil on this Class VII and Class III land from further erosion. OK-363-9.
Date: August 10, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Installing Underground Pipe

Photograph of the installation of a 24" steel underground pipe for irrigation of 800 acres land. Water pumped from Cache Creek. Steel pipe is 3100 feet long. Land is being leveled for row irrigation with asistance from Cotton Co. SCD.
Date: April 4, 1956
Creator: Woodward, Grant
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of King Ranch Bluestem. A King Ranch bluestem planting made in 1954. This grass was planted at the rate of 4 pounds per acre with an easy flow planter and fertilizer. It was planted on Class III land, soil unit 6 and will be used for grazing. OK-363-4.
Date: August 10, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of native grass. Mixture of bluestem grass seeded in January 1952 on a well-prepared seed bed, seeded with an easy flow seeder. Grass was seeded at the rate of 10 pounds per acre. Has had light grazing. Owner, John E. Guest, cut 340 bales of hay from this 20 acres in 1955. Grass was seeded in Class VII land soil unit # 6, old cultivated land. Grass has had no fertilizer and is in good condition. Owner plans to return most of hi sland to native grass. OK-383-5.
Date: August 10, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History