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A Pioneer Family in Old Greer County
Article discusses the life of the Chitwood family on the Oklahoma frontier in Greer County. Adelia Clifton's adapted version of Maggie Chitwood Kilpatrick's manuscript includes stories cattle herding, conditions in the dugout house they lived in, and early education.
Date:
Summer 1961
Creator:
Clifton, Adelia
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of a mesquite tree recently treated with diesel oil, Paul Pigg ranch. J.B. McBride, left and Paul Pigg, right. OK-1415-1.
Date:
August 9, 1961
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of a shelterbelt. Site of the first shelterbelt in the US. OK-1523-7.
Date:
October 19, 1961
Creator:
Frie, Jimmie W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Photograph of granite outcrops. The western extent of the Wichita Mountains. OK-1356-9.
Date:
May 4, 1961
Creator:
Frie, J. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of Bradley Pigg Ranch. Treated mesquite stumps in the foreground. Untreated mesquite in the background. Note fence line contrast near center left of the photo. OK-1415-5.
Date:
August 9, 1961
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of the Bradley Pigg ranch. Treated mesquite stumps in the foreground. Untreated mesquite in the background. OK-1415-6.
Date:
August 9, 1961
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of aerial sprayed mesquite, 1960. Note resprouts of mesquite in tops of the mesquite trees. OK-1415-9.
Date:
August 9, 1961
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Granite Outcrops
Photograph of granite outcrops located on the western extent of the Wichita Mountains near Lake Altus. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Granite Outcrops. Western extent of the Wichita Mountains."
Date:
May 4, 1961
Creator:
Frie, J. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of GP Contract No. 13. Reseeding rangeland under the Great Plains Conservation Program. Truman Fletcher, farm owner, rides the tractor. Hardland Range Site. OK-1312-10.
Date:
April 20, 1961
Creator:
McBride, J. B.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of alfalfa seeders being used to seed hulled Sideoats grama in sorghum stubble cover. OK-1312-2.
Date:
March 4, 1961
Creator:
McBride, J. B.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Treated Mesquite Trees
Photograph of to the right-treated range for mesquite. Left of road-untreated mesquite.
Date:
September 8, 1961
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A.J. Callins Treating Mesquite
Photograph of A.J. Callins with equipment used in treating mesquite on Pigg ranch. Note barrels of diesel oil in pickup. Each tree is treated form can as shown. Shovel is used to clean out or dig around base of tree as needed. Note; the mesquite in foreground is a rattle-snake hole-up.
Date:
July 23, 1961
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Treated Mesquite Stumps
Photograph of treated mesquite stumps in foregeound. Untreated mesquite stumps in backgound.
Date:
September 8, 1961
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Breaks Range Site
Photograph of Gyp ledge rock is near level around the horizon. Immediately south of Mangum, near Salt Fork of Red River. Looking southeast into canyon.
Date:
April 25, 1961
Creator:
McBride, J. B.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Deep Sand Range Site
Photograph of the Deep Sand Range Site. Pasture is in poor condition. Soil Unit 13, Tivoli fine sand.
Date:
May 17, 1961
Creator:
Frie, Jimmie W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
GPCP Contract No. 19
Photograph of three grass drill hook-up drills 12-14 acres per hour with 3 drills. Seeding width, 24 ft. Rear view of 3-drill hook-up. Jesse Jones, farm owner on tractor.
Date:
April 25, 1961
Creator:
McBride, J. B.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
GP Contract No. 13
Photograph of reseeding rangeland under Great Plains Program, GP Contract No. 13. Turman Fletcher, owner, on tractor. Hardland Range Site.
Date:
April 20, 1961
Creator:
McBride, J. B.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Site of the First Shelterbelt
Photograph of the site of the first Shelterbelt in the United States. A Shelterbelt is a a line of trees or shrubs planted to protect an area, especially a farm field, from strong winds and the erosion they cause.
Date:
October 19, 1961
Creator:
Frie, Jimmie W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Seeding Hulled Sideoats Grama
Photograph of an alfalfa seeder being used to seed Hulled Sideoats grama in sorghum stubble cover.
Date:
March 4, 1961
Creator:
McBride, J. B.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Aerial Sprayed Mesquite
Photograph of Aerial spraying of Mesquite trees, 1960. Note resprouts of mesquite in tops of the mesquite trees.
Date:
August 9, 1961
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B1006.0079]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "ADDITION of three new duplex cabins at Quartz Mountain Lodge has made picturesque Quartz Mountain State Park near Mangum more appealing to tourists."
Date:
August 1, 1961
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B1050.0017]
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Joe Perrin, of Mangum."
Date:
April 5, 1961
Creator:
Albright, Bob
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B1013.0303]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Prisoners pour concrete for another home in employes' housing area."
Date:
August 14, 1961
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B1013.0279]
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "It's Christmas in reformatory, too."
Date:
December 22, 1961
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History