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Green Bean Harvest

Photograph of a green bean harvest on Peck silt loam (7w.B). Three to four tons per acre is average production with occasional yeilds under favorable conditions of 6 to 7 tons per acre. Returns from beans to farmers in Adair County about $600 thousand in 1959.
Date: June 23, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Photograph of a soil profile of Huntington silt loam. This is a deep, medium textured, first bottom soil which occasionally is overflown and is important agriculturally in Adair County. OK-1148-10.
Date: July 22, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Green Bean Harvest

Photograph of Green bean harvest on Bodine stony silt loam (7Xc-BE). This is an excessively well drained soil of the Ozark Highlands, formerly coverred with hardwood timber and used extensively for strawberry production. Slopes are very strong to steep. Field had previously been cleared of timber and had been producing strawberies for 3 years.
Date: July 23, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0249.0851]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: December 8, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0249.0850]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A $ 33,500 wrongful death damage suit was filed Wednesday in District Court against Rep. Bill Tom Harper.."
Date: January 1, 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0249.0852]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Rep. Bill Harper , Stilwell , testifies in coroner's jury hearing of fatal accident ...."
Date: March 3, 1961
Creator: Gumm, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Second Year Strawberry Crop

Photograph of a second year strawberry crop. Soil is Bodine cherty siltloam, 1 to 8 percent slopes, an extensive Adair county soil sidely used for strawberries.
Date: April 25, 1961
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stilwell Silt Loam Soil Profile

Photograph of a soil profile of Stilwell silt loam, 0-1% slopes ½ miles east of Proctor, Oklahoma. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Soil profile of Stilwell silt loam, 0-1% slopes. A deep medium textured terrace soil occurring extensively along creeks and streams."
Date: April 25, 1961
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of river bank damage and gravel deposition along Barren Fork Creek--one of Adair County's largest streams. OK-985-1.
Date: April 25, 1961
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1418.0625]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "These two men are among the top-ranking strawberry growers in Oklahoma. Wren Worley, left, and his father, Luke Worley, harvested 30 acres of berries this season, at Stillwell, averaging well over 100 crates of 24 quarts each peracre, and will have 40 acres next season."
Date: June 7, 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a &Xdp-BC Eldorado cherty silt loam showing fire damage to a native grass meadow. Foreground has been burned, background shows hay that would have been hauled from the field if fire hadn't took it's toll. OK-1422-3.
Date: August 2, 1961
Creator: Warth & Moss
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of a typical view of brushy and wooded range in the Sandstone Mountain area. OK-1456-9.
Date: September 21, 1961
Creator: Warth, Peter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lake Francis

Photograph of natural spillway near dam on Illinois River forming Lake Francis.
Date: September 22, 1961
Creator: Warth, Peter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Tame Fawn

Photograph of a tame fawn in the Cookson Hills State Game Refuge
Date: September 22, 1961
Creator: Warth, Peter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a natural spillway near a dam on the Illinois River forming Lake Francis. OK-1422-11.
Date: September 22, 1961
Creator: Warth, Peter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Caves & Speleology

Photograph looking out of the Cave Springs caves. OK-1460-5.
Date: September 25, 1961
Creator: Warth, Peter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of a well-filled tree of Golden Delicious apples. Soil is Baxter silt loam. OK-1455-5.
Date: October 2, 1961
Creator: Warth, Peter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

First Year Strawberry Beds

Photograph of a farmer cultivating a first year strawberry beds on Bodine stony lilt loam, 5 to 15% slopes.
Date: October 7, 1961
Creator: Warth, Peter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fruit and Vegetable Cultivation

Photograph of of Jim Brown cultivating 1st year strawberry beds on Bodine stony silt loam, 5 to 15% slopes. OK-1160-9
Date: October 7, 1961
Creator: Warth, Peter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Towns and Cities of Oklahoma

Photograph of the city of Stilwell, OK, from the Davis Mountains. OK-1606-1.
Date: October 7, 1961
Creator: Warth, Peter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Charcoal Briquette Plants

Photograph of the largest charcoal and briquette plant west of the Mississippi. OK-1154-5.
Date: October 11, 1961
Creator: Warth, Peter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of an 85 bushel per acre corn crop along Evansville Creek. In the foreground is small grain stubble. Soil is Stilweel silt loam, 0 to 15 slopes. OK-1154-10.
Date: October 11, 1961
Creator: Warth, Peter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sprinkler irrigation from Peavine Creek

Photograph of sprinkler irrigating green beans from portable pump on Peavine Creek.
Date: October 11, 1961
Creator: Warth, Peter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of effective Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control by aerial spraying of low grade hardwood trees on Bodine cherty silt loam. 1 to 8% slopes. Indian grass, big and little bluestem and some desirable forbs have returned as well as broomsedge and brushy shrubs. OK-1426-6.
Date: October 13, 1961
Creator: Werth and Moss
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History