Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Highways - State - Historical Markers"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Kiamichi River Bridge"

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "(left) at the water barrel, popular with Indians attending the quarterly Sunday school singing convention at a three-day encampment north of Fort Towson, are Wister David and his wife, whose home adjoins the Corinth Baptist church, host to the meeting."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "James R. Duncan, Hugo"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Brown and his wife, Gail, do their thing in their studio in Hugo."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Choctaw County Sheriff James Buchanan, left, will join the posse hunting elephants and handlers Charles Weaver."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "What started as a hobby has gained Ken Brown of Hugo a profitable career and world-wide reputation."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Kiamichi River Bridge"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Scenes at southwestern Oklahoma's largest bridge a 136,000, 1,659-foot span over the Kiamichi river."

Photograph of Hubert Adams, and W. T. Fountain, soil conservationist, showing off vetch growth. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Hubert Adams, 2. W. T. Fountain, soil conservationist. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Vetch-Rye soil building cover crop. Spring 1952. Land Capability Class III land. 6-GP Soil Unit. Moderately severe erosion cropland. Field planted to Austrian winterpeas [sic] in Fall 1950. 150 pounds super phosphate applied at planting time. Austrian Winterpeas [sic] followed by popcorn 1951. 150 pounds 5-10-5 applied at planting time. Vetch and rye planted in fall 1951. 200 pounds of rock phosphate was applied at planting time. 2 tons of dry weight material was allowed to go on the land to be worked into the soil. To be followed by Barley for grain crop.”

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Choctaw County Sheriff James Buchanan, left, will join the posse hunting elephants, and handlers Charles Weaver, center, and Jessie 'Corky' Clark, holding a 'bull hook' used to control elephants."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Tapeline says this Osage orange (Bois d'arc) tree on the farm of teacher and cattleman Raymond Stewart west of Hugo, measures 11 feet 10 inches around at a point four feet above the ground, and it may set a state record. Previous numbers show the largest recorded Bois d'arc to have been just over 8 feet in circumference."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Cuttin' up at their barbershop in Hugo, with a combined 84 years of experience with the profession, are, from left, Mrs. Howard Rice, Mrs. R. O. Sullivan, and Mrs. Riley Sexton, who married into the business and has 42 years experience herself."

Photograph of E.S. Cordell, work unit leader, Soil Conservation Service, Hugo, Oklahoma and Mrs. Laura C. Pickens, land owner. Featuring crop rotation and soil improvement. Two rows of corn and one row of peas. OK-8788.

Photograph of a homemade fertilizer distributor upon a corn planter as made by Collin Johnson, in the photo. The distributor is made from scrap metal, old bicycle chain and sprockets. The apparatus permits simultaneous planting and fertilizing and may readily be removed from the planter. ok-8767.

Photograph of an area in need of proper drainage showing effects of concentrated from a rain of only 1 to 1.5 inches. The county road is nearly impassable due to water. A group drainage project is needed to overcome this high water problem due to the number of land owners involved.

Photograph of Hubert Adams, and W. T. Fountain, soil conservationist, standing in a field covered in vetch and rye grass. 1. Hubert Adams, 2. W. T. Fountain, soil conservationist. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Vetch-Rye soil building cover crop. Spring 1952. Land Capability Class III land. 6-GP Soil Unit. Moderately severe erosion cropland. Field planted to Austrian winterpeas [sic] in Fall 1950. 150 pounds super phosphate applied at planting time. Austrian Winterpeas [sic] followed by popcorn 1951. 150 pounds 5-10-5 applied at planting time. Vetch and rye planted in fall 1951. 200 pounds of rock phosphate was applied at planting time. 2 tons of dry weight material was allowed to go on the land to be worked into the soil. To be followed by Barley for grain crop."

Photograph of a cow grazing on Big Hop Clover, which was seeded over with Bermudagrass on the Dick Elliott farm south of Soper. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cow grazing Big Hop Clover which was seeded over Bermudagrass Note stand of Clover and excellent condition of the cow. On the Dick Elliot farm south of Soper."

Photograph of young purebred bull calves on Dallis grass-white clover summer pasture. Through the last several years this field has come into a solid stand of Dallis grass and white clovers. Seeding has occurred mainly from droppings from areas previously established with Dallis grass and clovers. Also seeds have beebn spread by feeding Dallis grass-clover hay. One ton of lime each 8 years and 300 pounds of super-phosphates each 3 years are being applied to this field. This pasture, according to Mr. Wyatt, has a carrying capacity of a cow and a calf per acre. This farm unit consists of some 90 acres of Bermuda base pasture and 10 acres of Dallis grass pasture. The pasture supports some 50 purebred beef cows for some 10 months per year. Land Capability Class I 7-FC. Slight erosion.

Photograph of a snake in its native habitat.

Photograph of grassland in Hugo, Oklahoma. Compatibility Land Class VI, 24-C GP. Slight erosion. Native grass rangelend. Range Condition Class--Good. Range conservation practices used for improvement. Controlled grazing of proper stocking. No burning. Futher recommendations: seeding with King's Ranch Bluestem. Carrying capactiy: 15 to 20 acres per animal unit through a 7 month long normal grazing season. OK-10-654.

Photograph of grazing cows; native grass rangeland. Range class--Excellent condition of Blackland Prairie Site. Land Compatibility Class I. 5 GP [= Gravel, Poorly graded**] Slight erosion. Carrying capacity 25 head of mature beef stock on 100 acres early spring to lae summer. Range conservation measures practiced, controlled grazing, no burning, phosphate application. This native grassland has received good treatment throughout the years from previous owners. OK-10-655 ** from the Unified Soil Classification System: USCS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Soil_Classification_System and https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a614144.pdf and https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/np215/Food%20security%20talk%20inputs%20Lunch%203-15-11.pdf.

Photograph of a hay barn derived from a Quonset hut—concrete foundation and floor. Steel frame. Galvanized corrugated iron covering. An excellent long-lived structure. OK-10-658.

Photograph of front view of a easy -flow fertilizer spreader adapted fro Bermudagrass seeding. Holes are adjusted to plant 4-24 inch rows. Seed is mixed with 5-10-5 fertilizer and planted at the rate of 2 lbs. of seed and 200 lbs of fertilizer per acre. The seed is dropped in small furrows that are made by spring-tooth harrow teeth. Press-wheels train in the furrows. Cost of this conversion is about $65 worth of material plus labor.