Photograph of timber and underbrush with pecan trees mixed in. Will be cleared of all except pecans and sprigged to Bermuda grass.

Photograph of a young lady picking up pecans in one of the many pecan orchards in Garvin County.

Photograph of Ladino clover and oats in Bermuda pasture.

Photograph of range seeding. Claude Gilbert, Assistant Supervisor, seeding tall native grasses with a district drill. OK-1349-2.

Photograph of cattle on Midland Bermuda. Grass planted in April 1961. Fertilized at the time of planting with 125 pounds of 16-20-0 fertilizer per acre. Weeds sprayed with 2-4-D herbicide with good control. Vetch overseeded in October 1961 and fertilized. Soil Unit 7, Class II land. OK-1491-7.

Photograph of of improved pasture via Ladino clover and oats in Bermuda grass. OK-1310-12.

Photograph of harvesting K.R. bluestem seed with homemade stripper made from an old grain binder platform. K.R. bluestem seed planted in the Spring of 1960. OK-1491-9.

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

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Twenty-six New York and Washington visiting newsmen wound up their tour of Oklahoma city's Federal Aviation Agency Aeronautical Center Friday. Here they get a last-minute briefing from Mark weaver, FAA, before heading for the last leg of the tour. They were to board a plane late Friday for the trip home."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Tornadoes Often leave damage in their wake that resembles the aftermath of a heavy bombing. This Konawa night street scene shows a heavily damaged store on the left and the First National Bank building on the right. Note how the power lines in leaning toward the bank building."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A young Wichita, Kan., couple, charged with robbing the First State Bank of Billings, waived a preliminary hearing Tuesday night when they appeared before the U.S. commissioner for arraignment in Oklahoma City. Commissioner H. A. Leatherman set bond for the 19-year-old husband, Richard Gary Steinmetze, at $25,000. No bond was set for his wife, Sharon Sue, 20, who took along her four-month-old baby on the ill-fated foray against the bank. The girl may be released later, Leatherman said, so she can be with her daughter, who is now being cared for by her parents-in-law......The money, in a brown paper bag, was recovered from the car driven by Steinemetze, who was captured by Tropper George Brown five and one half miles west of Tonkawa on a country road. (photo tag: A crowd of curious townspeople clusters, around bank entrance soon after the robbery, awaiting news of bandit's capture and recovery of the money.)"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of a residence area, some houses in the background damaged, debris scattered, broken tree at front right, people at middle right, and more)"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Heavy Damage in Konawa was in the business district, above. Most business structures remained standing, but roofs, windows, door, and interiors were ravaged by the tornado. The twister apparently touched ground just as it passed over the business district and razed the northeast section of the town."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Violence stored in this thundercloud was unleashed Friday on the northeastern section of Oklahoma County. Spencer, Green Pastures and Jones felt the blow of a tornado that dipped from the cloud system. This picture was taken looking northeast past the state capitol from NE 21 and Walnut. Residents reported heavy property damage amd slight injuries to seven persons."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Auto is burried by the toppled home of Mrs. Luella Wendick of NE 63 and Westminster. (Backside handwriting: "Green Pastures Near 63 - on Westminster Rd.")"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Incedible! That was my reaction as I flew over Konawa Saturday and realized no one died in the destructive twister that tramplied the town Friday night. As the airplane circled the southeastern Oklahoma community, it was easy to follow the path of the storm as it moved through the heart of the business district to the northeast. A 3-block area immediatley east of the main street appeared flattened. Roofs of several large metal buildings were hammered into the ground......Plate glass windows were shattered, doors were blown off their hinges, and the winds apparently swept through the interiors wrecking fixtures and scattered merchandise. The large buildings - city hall and several churches - were stil standing, but damage was severe. The town was alive with workers attempting to dig their way through the debris."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Probing Debris of the Guy Adkisson home, Spencer, are family members and friends. The house was picked up and dumped 30 feet away. It was reduced to rubble after the tornado cut a narrow path through the tow(n.) A daughter, Lynn, 4, was pinned under wreckage."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Only shambles remained Saturday of the Konawa business district, pictured in this aerail shot by Daily Oklahoman photographer Jim Lucas."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A twister did this to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Adkisson, 4800 Chester Dr., while the couple and three of their four children huddled in the bath room. They were not injured."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Persons in five Oklahoma cities Saturday began picking up the pieces following a barrage of tornadoes that Friday night did extensive damage but claimed no lives. A late count Saturday revealed 18 persons injured and a possibility of @ million damage in Spencer, Jones, Stratford, Konawa and Wewoka...Konawa Saturday appeared hardest hit. Marion Khoury, a businessman and chief of the volunteer fire department, estimated damages at $2 million. His hardware store was among establishments wrecked. The entire Konawa business district was battered and eight persons were reported injured. Doug Arnold, Wewoka police sergeant, said 50 to 75 were either destroyed or heavily damaged. (photo tag: Splintered wreckage lies in the wake of Friday's tornado at Konawa.)"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of a house badly damaged, people at the house, surroundings in the yard and more demolished, close-up to camera is a railroad sign, and more.)"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Upset Konawa churc h, pictured at left, was lifted from its foundation Friday nigh and set aside."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "A Tornado Stricken Town presents sark tragedy. Once familiar sights are reduced to rubble and residents walk the streets almost unwilling to believe such a thing has happened. The picture, above, and others on this page were made in Konawa Friday night by Times Staff Photographer Cliff King. In the above, you can see the twisted awnings, the loose lumber and the damaged store front."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Furniture Sticks Out of the ruin of a Jones business building. Partners Z. B. Lindsay and W. M. McNeil lost most equipment used in the mechanical-welding-blacksmith shop. They recently has added a worm ranch, and temporary shelter for the valuable wrigglers was hastily put up. This was the worst damage in Jones, where a barn was demolished, and other homes were de-roofed and battered."