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[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

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

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

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

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

[Photograph 2012.201.B0249.0846]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: August 14, 1961
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1013.0298]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "We took them off the rock pile and put them in school said warden Joe Harp."
Date: August 14, 1961
Creator: unknown
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.B1013.0310]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Warden Joe Haro surveys irrigated cotton field."
Date: August 14, 1961
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0122.0289]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Four Hobart Girl Scouts practice their campcraft site."
Date: August 10, 1961
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0122.0290]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Part of the mountain climbing terrain at the Girl Scouts' new campsite near Granite here is being explored by four senior scouts from Hobart."
Date: August 10, 1961
Creator: unknown
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

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

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

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

[Photograph 2012.201.B0101.0179]

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."
Date: August 2, 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

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
A Pioneer Family in Old Greer County (open access)

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

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

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

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

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