Photograph of the hand of Dock J. Polome, SCS Soil Scientist, using device he designed and built to show speed water and soil move on different land slopes. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Dock J. Polome, SCS Soil Scientist using device he designed and built to show speed water and soil move on different land slopes. Speed the marble travels on 1 degree and 10 degree slopes shows effect of slope."

Photograph of brush eridication. A bulldozer with a special pointed cuter blade is pushing over large oak trees. This land being cleared will be established as permenant pasture. It is virgin land and is non-productive while the brush is on it. When cleared, the land will be sodded to bermuda grass. The cost of this clearing is approximately $40.00 per acre. This brush eradication and pasture establishment is recommended by the Soil Conservation Service [SCS] as proper land use practice. OK-290-7.

Photograph of a squirrel nest in a black locust tree which was planted on a spoils bank in 1947. Volunteer plants include silver bluestem grass, weeds, cottonwood and willow trees. OK-189-9.

Photograph of 160 acres of Class VIII land in spoils banks, which have been seeded in sweet clover, Korean lespedeza and mixed clovers by airplane. Seeding done by Frank Podpechan, Manager, Sequoyah Coal Company. OK-192-1.

Photograph of a graded boreder irrigation system of 400 acres. Water is pumped from the Verdigris River at H.E. corner of 400 acre field. Water is shown running from feeder ditch through border to field tabs. Field to left of electric fence is in rye and vetch and has had one irrigation. An additional 300 acres will be leveled smoothed ditched and bordered and put into irrgation in 1956. The system provides drainage as well as irrigation.

Photograph of graded Border Irrigation System. (4300 Acre). Water is pumped from Verdigris River at N. E. corner of 400 acre field. Water is shown running from feeder ditch through border to field tabs. Field to left of electric fence is in rye and vetch and has had one irrigation. An additional 300 acres will be leveled smoothed ditched and bordered and put into irrigation in 1956. The system designed provides drainage as well as irrigation.

Photograph of spoils banks from land formally strip-mined in 1947 located on Todd Fugate's property. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Spoils banks from land strip mined in 1947. Fugate intended to smooth spoils banks and sod bermudagrass for pasture, but gave up after spending $105.00 on dozer work and got only the one spoils bank leveled which is shown in photo. He sowed Korean lespedeza and is waiting for more weathering of shale before sodding Bermuda. What he has in spoils banks is mostly wasteland or Class VIII land of questionable value for wildlife."

Photograph of Art Hanes, member of the Board of supervisors of Rogers Soil Conservation District with Brillion cultipacker seeder. OK-197-8.

Photograph of Mr. Clyde Fraley, Chair, Board of Supervisors of the Rogers County Soil Conservation District standing by a Pasture Dream sodland drill. OK-197-6.

Photograph of Merrill Intaman, member of the Board of Supervisors of the Rogers Soil Conservation District with 2-row automatic Bermuda sprig planter. OK-197-10.

Photograph of Ed Hausenfluck, member of the Board of Supervisors of the Rogers County Soil Conservation District with a Pasture Dream sodland drill. OK-197-12.

Photograph of an old elm tree growing on a side of a hill that was called the Land Mark Tree by Cherokees who settled the Cooweescoowee District after the Civil War. The tree was seemingly as large when the area was settled by whites in 1893 [i.e., the 1893 Land Run, the 4th of 5 between 1889 and 1895] as it is today. Tall prairie grasses that would hide a steer grew on the hill in the valley below in 1893. It was in an overgrazed pasture from about 1900 to about 1950. The old territorial road passed within 50 feet of the tree (in foreground). A generation of trees--elm, ash, hackberry, etc.--has grown to maturity along the creek and died, replaced now by another general [sic], but this Land Mark Tree lives on with many of its roots exposed. OK-109-9.

Photograph of a sign on US Highway 75 at the entrance into the Double Creek watershed from the south. The six upstream detention dams constructed on the watershed were designed and constructed by the Soil Conservation Service. OK-274-1.

Photograph of Nick Robson and Warren McCarty standing in former coal strip pits spoils, which native grasses are coming back and revitalizing the area. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Warren McCarty, 2. Nick Robson. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Strip pits spoils coming back naturally to native grasses. Coal was stripped from this area in early 1940's. Area was aeroplane-seeded [sic] to sweet clover around 1950 and good stands were obtained and remained for three or four years. Not much sweet clover is evident at the present time. Area grazed by steers in spring and summer as planted by SCS technicians. Nick Robson on right and Warren McCarty on left."

Photograph of Sericea Lespedeza. Sericea Lespedeza grazed heavily and used for hay since 1952. It was planted in 1950. Sericea is a good soil-building and pasture legume fir a cross timber site such as the one it is on. It was recommended for this site by the Soil Conservation Service. OK-289-12.

Photograph of sericea lespedeza. Hereford cattle grazing on a field of sericea lespedeza. This field of 30 acres is carrying 30 cows and calves. It was retired from cultivation in 1950 because it was solid in Johnson grass. The field was seeded with sericea lespedeza and has been used for hay and pasture since retirement from cultivation. At present the Johnson grass is almost killed off. OK-291-7.

Photograph of stockwater, A.C. Hanes farm. Some of Hanes’ dairy cows getting water from a watering trough below the farm pond seen in photo OK-291-11. This pond is fenced to keep cows out the pond so the water can be kept clean. Water in the pond is used to irrigate rye and vetch pasture which is grazed by these dairy cows. The dam with the [path?] to the trough is seen in the foreground. OK-291-1.