Washita County Bridge Replacement

Photograph of a replaced bridge to provide capacity for carrying water from roadside and outlet channels four miles northeast of Burns Flat. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Old bridge replaced to provide capacity for carrying water from roadside and outlet channels."
Date: July 20, 1949
Creator: Archer, S. G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Olie Hale Farm Pasture Management and Stock Cattle

Photograph of "Stock cattle on the Olie Hale farm 3 ½ miles east of Rush Springs grazing weeping lovegrass seeded in May 1948. This is a coarse textured sandy soil and this field had cropped with peanuts for several years."
Date: May 20, 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a gully on the Red Plains Conservation Experiment Station. This gully is typical of many that were once on the East Farm of this station. It is also representative of many that occur throughout central Oklahoma. OK-9868.
Date: March 20, 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge Long Horn Cattle

Photograph of five longhorn cattle grazing on a field located in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. The back of the photograph proclaims, "The government's only Long Horn cattle herd, the largest in the world, is found in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, at Lawton, Okla. These are the descendants of the great herds that gave fame and fortune to the "Trail Riders" of the old west. They are now practically museum pieces, the skull and horns often selling for hundreds of dollars."
Date: September 20, 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge Long Horn Cattle

Photograph of seven longhorn cattle grazing on a field located in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. The back of the photograph proclaims, "The government's only Long Horn cattle herd, the largest herd on the continent and one of the largest in the world, is found in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, at Lawton, Okla. These are the decendents [sic] of the great herds that fave [sic] fame and fortune to the "Trail Riders" of the old west. They are now practically museum pieces, the skull and horns often selling for hundreds of dollars."
Date: September 20, 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge Long Horn Cattle

Photograph of three longhorn cattle standing on a field located in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. The back of the photograph proclaims, "The government's only Long Horn cattle herd, the largest herd on the continent and one of the largest in the world, is found in the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge, at Lawton, Okla. These are the descendants of the great herds that gave fame and fortune to the "Trail Riders" of the old west. They are now practically museum pieces, the skull and horns often selling for hundreds of dollars."
Date: September 20, 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of the government's only long term cattle herd, the largest herd on the continent and one of the largest in the world, is found in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, in Lawton, Oklahoma. These are the descendants of the great herds that gave fame and fortune to the "Trail Riders" of the Old West. They are now practically museum pieces, the skull and bones often selling for hundreds of dollars. OK-79-530.
Date: September 20, 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of the government's only long term cattle herd, the largest herd on the continent and one of the largest in the world, is found in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, in Lawton, Oklahoma. These are the descendants of the great herds that gave fame and fortune to the "Trail Riders" of the Old West. They are now practically museum pieces, the skull and bones often selling for hundreds of dollars. OK-79, 535.
Date: September 20, 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History