Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Looking at blueprints in a planning session at the Girl Scout site near Granite with William Appleby, Altus architect (wearing hat) and his assistants, Glenn Briggs, on back row, and George Kovaciny, are left to right, Mrs. Larry Cress, Altus, executive director of Southwest Area Girl Scouts; Mrs. Laura Juel, Cordell, area secretary; Mrs. Marshall Gurley, Sayre, president, and Mrs. Wanda Hall, Hobart, treasurer."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Kate Portwood is the name selected for this new Girl Scout camp, spanning 245 acres of scenic Wichita Mountains land near Granite."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Nestled in the granite hills near Granite is this lake which is part of the site for a new Girls Scouts camp for which 200 acres of land has been acquired."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A huge slab of rough granite is hoisted from the Roosevelt Granite Co."

Photograph of alfalfa seeders being used to seed hulled Sideoats grama in sorghum stubble cover. OK-1312-2.

Photograph of an alfalfa seeder being used to seed Hulled Sideoats grama in sorghum stubble cover.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Joe Perrin, of Mangum."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "J. J. GILLESPIE, Greer County famer, near Granite: "I don't know the answer."

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.

Photograph of reseeding rangeland under Great Plains Program, GP Contract No. 13. Turman Fletcher, owner, on tractor. Hardland 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.

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.

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."

Photograph of granite outcrops. The western extent of the Wichita Mountains. OK-1356-9.

Photograph of the Deep Sand Range Site. Pasture is in poor condition. Soil Unit 13, Tivoli fine sand.

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.

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.

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."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Granite city officials; left to right, E. J. Hohn, city clerk; J Z. Boyd, city manager."

Photograph of Aerial spraying of Mesquite trees, 1960. Note resprouts of mesquite in tops of the mesquite trees.

Photograph of the Bradley Pigg ranch. Treated mesquite stumps in the foreground. Untreated mesquite in the background. OK-1415-6.

Photograph of aerial sprayed mesquite, 1960. Note resprouts of mesquite in tops of the mesquite trees. OK-1415-9.

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.