Diamond Bar Ranch Calves and Pasture Management

Photograph of numerous calves on the Diamond Bar Ranch waiting in pens. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Calves being weighed on the Diamond Bar Ranch before being shipped to feed lots.”
Date: August 4, 1972
Creator: Price, Neil M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Diamond Bar Ranch Calves and Pasture Management

Photograph of numerous calves on the Diamond Bar Ranch waiting in pens. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Calves being weighed on the Diamond Bar Ranch before being shipped to feed lots."
Date: August 4, 1972
Creator: Price, Neil M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watershed Maintenance

Photograph of cuttings of a sanbar willow being set out in a trench prepared on bermuda grass (?). OK-4106-14.
Date: March 4, 1971
Creator: Mullen, Glen L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Burn Recovery Area

Photograph of increased growth of switchgrass compared to earlier photos. This area was burned in August 1963. Switchgrass which spreads by rhyzomes was less damaged than bunch type grasses.
Date: April 4, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Range Fire Recovery

Photograph of buffalo grazing on area athat burned in March 11, 1967 east of highway north of Cache gate. This fire was of incendiary origin. Quanah-Elk Mountain pasture. Animals tend to concentrate grazing on areas that have been burned.
Date: April 4, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Range Sulpher Flat Trap

Photograph of SW corner of the Sulpher Flat trap looking east. Note fence line contrast.
Date: April 4, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Recovery From Fire

Photograph of grass recovery from August, 1963 fire. An increase in little bluestem, sand dropseed and fingedleaf paspalum is noted. Area north of cedar grove east of Meers Gate.
Date: April 4, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sulpher Flat Trap

Photograph of SW corner of the Sulpher Flat trap looking east. Note fence line contrast.
Date: April 4, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Woodlands

Photograph of Soil Conservation Service (SCS) Technician Andrew Costner and Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) board member Jack Rabourn discuss a pine area on a soil best suited to woodland use. OK-2483-7.
Date: August 4, 1966
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pasture Land Plane

Photograph of a land plane finishing up land grading job on Nolan Jones place.
Date: June 4, 1966
Creator: Winston, Jimmy
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wood Products

Photograph of charcoaled wood from culled hardwoods. Many acres of LeFlore county soils are covered with cull hardwoods. Where the soil is well suited to tame pasture production, many land owners are removing the cull hardwoods in order to establish the area to improve pasture plants. By charcoaling the cull hardwoods a usable product is secured and a help in the cost of pasture development is realized.
Date: February 4, 1966
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wood Products

Photograph of wood which has been charcoaled still retains some identity. The chunks are readily recognized as from an oak, hickory, etc.
Date: February 4, 1966
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wood Products, Charcoal

Photograph of charcoal being removed from a kiln is stockpiled prior to being hauled to a briquet plant
Date: February 4, 1966
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Woodlands

Photograph of landowner Jack Rabourn observes as a Soil Conservation Service (SCS) Technician uses a woodland stick in discussion of the landowner's woodland program of management. OK-2453-8.
Date: February 4, 1966
Creator: Costner, Andrew
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gully Plug on Roaring Creek Site 16A Watershed Taken From the G. E. Blanton Ranch

Photograph of a gully plug on Roaring Creek Site 16A Watershed Taken from the G. E. Blanton Ranch. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Gully plug, Site 16A, Roaring Creek Watershed. This structure was built to protect Site 16 from silt. Sediment pool partially filled with water. The photographer took this photograph on the G. E. Blanton Ranch.”
Date: January 4, 1965
Creator: Leonard, Claude M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Feed Stalks as Protective Cover

Photograph of feed stalks left as a protective cover from wind erosion on Springer-Miles loamy fine sand, undulating.
Date: December 4, 1962
Creator: Frie, Jimmie W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grassed Water Outlet

Photograph of a grassed water outlet.
Date: December 4, 1962
Creator: Frie, Jimmie W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Hollister Soils, Tillman Soils, and Rough Broken Land

Photograph of a grassy landscape of Hollister soils in foreground, Tillman soils in background, and Rough broken land in far background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Soils – Typical landscape of Hollister soils in foreground, Tillman soils in background on gently sloping areas, and land type, Rough broken land in far background."
Date: December 4, 1962
Creator: Frie, J. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wind Erosion Protective Cover

Photograph of feed stalks left as a protective cover from wind erosion on Springer-Miles loamy fine sand, undulating.
Date: December 4, 1962
Creator: Frie, Jimmie W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Three UNIDENTIFED People Fishing Near Site 23 Wildhorse Creek

Photograph of a UNIDENTIFED adult and two UNIDETIFIED adolescents fishing for carp and catfish in a plunge basin near Wildhorse Creek Site 23. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Not only are reservoirs used for recreation, but plunge basins below flood prevention structures as well. Catfish and carp are the main catch in these pools."
Date: July 4, 1962
Creator: Brown, Bob R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Three UNIDENTIFED People Fishing Near Site 23 Wildhorse Creek

Photograph of a UNIDENTIFED adult and two UNIDETIFIED adolescents fishing for carp and catfish in a plunge basin near Wildhorse Creek Site 23. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Not only are reservoirs used for recreation, but plunge basins below flood prevention structures as well. Catfish and carp are the main catch in these pools."
Date: July 4, 1962
Creator: Brown, Bob R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita Watershed

Photograph of people fishing from McCubbins Creek bridge which is on the county road onnorth side of Lake Humphreys. This bridge is across a reach of the lake.
Date: July 4, 1962
Creator: Brown, Bob R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita Watershed

Photograph of people fishing from McCubbins Creek bridge which is on the county road onnorth side of Lake Humphreys. This bridge is across a reach of the lake.
Date: July 4, 1962
Creator: Brown, Bob R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita Watershed

Photograph of Washita Watershed. Not only are reservoirs used for recreation, but plunge basisn below flood prevention structures as well. Catfish and carp are the main catch in these pools.
Date: July 4, 1962
Creator: Brown, Bob R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History