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Elmer “Whitey” Marshall Building Terraces With A Bulldozer
Photograph of Elmer “Whitey” Marshall building terraces with a district owned bulldozer. The back of the photograph proclaims, “District owned tractor building terrace with bulldozer. Portion of terrace in the foreground is complete. Elmer “Whitey” Marshall has been operating for district 1 ½ years.”
Date:
April 13, 1949
Creator:
Archer, Sellars G.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cloddy Terraced, Contoured Field
Photograph of Ted Lehman and A. T. Elder, SCS Technicians, examining a cloddy field. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: Ted Lehman and A. T. Elder. The back of the photograph proclaims, “This terraced, contoured field, having no residue to manage because of drought, has been chiseled once 8 or 9 inches deep to make surface cloddy as show here by SCS Technicians Ted Lehman (left) and A. T. Elder. There has been no blowing and even hard rain would not seal surface when soil is thus cloddy. III RR 2.”
Date:
April 21, 1953
Creator:
Fox, Lester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Dust Storm Field Treatment with Grass Planting
Photograph of aerial view to the City Service Company compressor plant at Straight in the Oklahoma Panhandle was built iin the midst of the wheat growing area in 1944. The first year, the company had a great deal of trouble from blowing dust. The Soil Conservation District helped them get a start of buffalo and other grasses, however, and now the entire 160 acres surrounding the plant is tied down with grass.
Date:
April 5, 1950
Creator:
Putman, Jack
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Row Irrigation
Photograph of row irrigation; part of field is 2 percent slope, row direction down steepest slope; plastic sleeves in pipe lets water down each row.
Date:
April 15, 1955
Creator:
Murray, Hubert J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Dust Storm
Photograph of mild dust storm tears down main streee of Arapaho, Okla. On Highway 183.
Date:
April 3, 1950
Creator:
Putman, Jack
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Dust Storm Medical Treatment
Photograph of Dr. J.E. Morgan, eye, ear and nose specialist, shows how he treats his patients after a dust storm in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Sinus patients are affected tremendously by dust, the doctor says. Dr. G.E. Haslan at Anadarko said the March dust storm in his area caused him to have 3 or 4 times more patients than in normal times. He had so many patients he couldn't keep up withthem all land had to have other doctors to help out.
Date:
April 5, 1950
Creator:
Putman, Jack
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Dr. Morgan Treating a Dust Storm Patient]
Photograph of Dr. Morgan treating a female patient who is laying on a table, with various equipment visible in the room: "Dr. J. E. Morgan, eye, ear and nose specialist, shows how he treats his patients after a dust storm in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Sinus patients are affected tremendously by dust, the doctor says."
Date:
April 4, 1950
Creator:
Putman, Jack
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
House on Stoneybroke Ranch
Photograph of the house that good grass and fine Angus cattle built. Stone to build the house came from Stoneybroke Ranch. Mr. & Mrs. Carlton Corbin have worked hard to mae a success of their cattle business. This is oone of their rewards.
Date:
April 1950
Creator:
Putman, Jack
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Ezee Flow Spreader
Photograph of an Ezee Flow Spreader on the Jerry Thompson Farm.
Date:
April 28, 1955
Creator:
Evans, Charles A.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass Sprigger
Photograph of a homemade two row grass sprigger.
Date:
April 9, 1956
Creator:
Martin, J. V.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Terraces
Photograph of terraces holding water on Hugh Boggs' wheat field.
Date:
April 20, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hill Hudgins Family
Photograph of the Hill Hudgins family inside a squatter shack on land purchased by the U. S. Government. This family of eight lives in a one room shack with a kitchen adjoining. They have cleared 13 acres of forest land selling pine cross-ties and poles as a livelihood.
Date:
April 15, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Marsh Hawk Nest
Photograph of a Marsh Hawk nest on Allan Gholsten's farm.
Date:
April 5, 1940
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Diversion Dam
Photograph of the head gate of a diversion dam, for irrigation, across Buffalo Creek on Ed George's farm.
Date:
April 11, 1941
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hobbs Western Timber Company
Photograph of Hobbs Western Timber Company workers loading cross-ties onto train cars.
Date:
April 15, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Pine Poles
Photograph of peeled pine poles ready for market.
Date:
April 15, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Marsh Hawk Nest
Photograph of a Marsh Hawk nest on Allan Gholsten's farm.
Date:
April 5, 1940
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Diversion Dam
Photograph of a diversion dam, for irrigation, across Buffalo Creek on Ed George's farm.
Date:
April 11, 1941
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
John Westmoreland & Sons Mill
Photograph of workers cutting pine poles for split fence posts at the John Westmoreland & Sons Mill.
Date:
April 15, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hobbs Western Timber Company
Photograph of Hobbs Western Timber Company workers loading cross-ties onto train cars.
Date:
April 15, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fescue
Photograph of fescue plants.
Date:
April 1, 1951
Creator:
Hodson, Edgar A.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
JR White
Photograph of fJR White, farm operator, seeding weeping lovegrass on Dr. Robert Adams' farm.
Date:
April 29, 1955
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cattle
Photograph of J. J. Tims' cattle grasing.
Date:
April 10, 1961
Creator:
Leonard, Claude M.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hancook Farm
Photograph of R. M. Marshall (left), W. M. Nixon (center), and J. A. Perrin (right) looking at weeping lovegrass planted in 1951.
Date:
April 2, 1952
Creator:
Rechenthin, C. A.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History