Photograph of new construction on US 69 in Muskogee and Wagoner Counties by Charles H. McMahan pre January 1, 1948.

Photograph of Secrest Ranch showing the rear view of a self-propelled combine cutting seed from Indiangrass and big bluestem. Yields here were around 250 pounds of seed to the acre. The native grass is to be used largely in the Washita River watershed. OK-9756.

Photograph of Bob Kendell, left, and Bill Woods, right, both of Admore, unload a combine harvest into a truck. The material they handle is bluestem seed. The truckload went to Camp Gruber where it was spread out to dry. OK-9758.

Photograph of the combining sericea lespedeza. OK-9795.

Photograph of Earl W. Smith and J.A. Killough, Soil Conservation Service technicians, examine a stack of sericea lespedeza hay. George E. Staner has 500 acres of sericea. OK-9792.

Photograph of Earle Goode of Ardmore cutting through a good stand of Indiangrass and big bluestem on the Secrest Ranch. The combine is owned by asher and Hurlow of Ardmore. The machine was set so high that it barely touched the tops of the larger plants of little bluestem; the exceeding bulk of the big bluestem and Indian grass made this necessary. The seed was cut on contract with the Soil Conservation Service. OK-9755.

Photograph of Earle Goode, left, and Bill Woods, right, both of Admore, unload a combine harvest into a truck. The material they handle is bluestem seed. The truckload went to Camp Gruber where it was spread out to dry. OK-9757.

Photograph of Bob Kendall and Bill Wood unloading bluestem seed harvested from the Secrest Ranch into a truck bound for Camp Gruber. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Bob Kendall, 2. Bill Wood. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Bob Kendall, left, and Bill Wood, right, both of Ardmore, unload a combine into a truck. The material they handle is bluestem seed. The truckload went to Camp Gruber, where it was spread out to dry.”

Photograph of Earle Goode and Bill Wood unloading bluestem seed harvested from the Secrest Ranch into a truck bound for Camp Gruber. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Earle Goode, 2. Bill Wood. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Earle Goode, left, and Bill Wood, right, both of Ardmore, unload a combine into a truck. The material they handle is bluestem seed. The truckload went to Camp Gruber, where it was spread out to dry."

Photograph of a "General view of bluestem grass, part of a large acreage, which soil conservation service harvested for use in replanting depleted rangeland and abandoned cropland in Texas and Oklahoma."

Photograph of the rear view of a self-propelled combine cutting seed from Indiangrass and big bluestem. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Rear view of a self-propelled combine cutting seed from Indiangrass and big bluestem. Yields here were around 250 pounds of seed to the acre. The native grass is to be need largely in the Washita River watershed."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man combining sericea lespedeza. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Combining sericea lespedeza."