Sallisaw Creek

Photograph of watershed, Sallisaw Creek site 23. Photo taken downstream lookin gup stream.
Date: October 27, 1961
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Salliesaw Creek Watershed

Photograph of Sallisaw Creek Watershed, Site 23. Before picture.
Date: October 27, 1961
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Recreation

Photograph of Arnold Salazar, owner and operator of the Shady Acres Guest Ranch, pointing out riding area to vacation guests.
Date: 1967-08-XX
Creator: Moss, Allen R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Biology Wildlife

Photograph of brush piles for small game habitate on Jack Payne farm in Adair County.
Date: November 1969
Creator: Bullard, Gary L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Green Bean Harvest

Photograph of Green bean harvest on Bodine stony silt loam (7Xc-BE). This is an excessively well drained soil of the Ozark Highlands, formerly coverred with hardwood timber and used extensively for strawberry production. Slopes are very strong to steep. Field had previously been cleared of timber and had been producing strawberies for 3 years.
Date: July 23, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of effective Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control by aerial spraying of low grade hardwood trees on Bodine cherty silt loam. 1 to 8% slopes. Indian grass, big and little bluestem and some desirable forbs have returned as well as broomsedge and brushy shrubs. OK-1426-6.
Date: October 13, 1961
Creator: Werth and Moss
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stilwell Oklahoma

Photograph of the City of Stilwell, Oklahoma
Date: October 27, 1961
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Tame Fawn

Photograph of a tame fawn in the Cookson Hills State Game Refuge
Date: September 22, 1961
Creator: Warth, Peter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

First Year Strawberry Beds

Photograph of a farmer cultivating a first year strawberry beds on Bodine stony lilt loam, 5 to 15% slopes.
Date: October 7, 1961
Creator: Warth, Peter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Second Year Strawberry Crop

Photograph of a second year strawberry crop. Soil is Bodine cherty siltloam, 1 to 8 percent slopes, an extensive Adair county soil sidely used for strawberries.
Date: April 25, 1961
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control at Stanly Hicks farm by aerial spraying low grade deciduous trees on Bodine cherty silt loam, 1 to 8% slopes. Big and little bluestem, Indiangrass and good forbs are returning along with broomsedge and some brushy shrubs. OK-1426-5.
Date: October 13, 1961
Creator: Werth and Moss
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Photograph of a soil profile of Huntington silt loam. This is a deep, medium textured, first bottom soil which occasionally is overflown and is important agriculturally in Adair County. OK-1148-10.
Date: July 22, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a native meadow. Big and little bluestem appear with beaked panicum. Soil is Baxter silt loam, 1 to 3%. OK-1426-10.
Date: November 2, 1961
Creator: Warth & Moss
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of burned off hardwood in Adair County. OK-3378-15.
Date: March 1969
Creator: Moss, Allen R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Atlantic Variety of Alfalfa

Photograph of an excellent stand of Atlantic variety alfalfa after 4th cutting, 2 years after planting on Stillwell silt loam, 0-1% slopes. In foreground is Lloyd Martin, Supt. Of the Station.
Date: October 19, 1961
Creator: Warth, Peter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Green Bean Harvest

Photograph of a green bean harvest on Peck silt loam (7w.B). Three to four tons per acre is average production with occasional yeilds under favorable conditions of 6 to 7 tons per acre. Returns from beans to farmers in Adair County about $600 thousand in 1959.
Date: June 23, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lake Francis

Photograph of natural spillway near dam on Illinois River forming Lake Francis.
Date: September 22, 1961
Creator: Warth, Peter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Woodland Cons.

Photograph of four year old shortleaf pine from planted seedlings. W.F. Aufeet farm.
Date: July 6, 1964
Creator: Warth, Peter E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watershed Construction & Vegitation, Sallisaw Creek

Photograph of Site 26-Front view of the beginning of a slide on the cut slope of the east emergency spillway. Condition caused by speing water from hill side. Condition will be observed for corrective action when needed. USDA-Soil Conservation Service.
Date: January 18, 1968
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Woodland Cons.

Photograph of a good stand of shortleaf pine from natural reseeding on Dickson cherty silt loam. E. Combs farm, Adair County, Okla.
Date: July 6, 1964
Creator: Warth, Peter E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Timber Land Improvement

Photograph of timber land improvement. Site 20, Sallisaw Creek Watershed, Adair County, Oklahoma.
Date: July 6, 1964
Creator: Warth, Peter E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sprinkler irrigation from Peavine Creek

Photograph of sprinkler irrigating green beans from portable pump on Peavine Creek.
Date: October 11, 1961
Creator: Warth, Peter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Firewood

Photograph of firewood being loaded for transportation to Amarillo, TX. This firewood is cut from supposedly "worthless" native timber.
Date: 1967-01-XX
Creator: Heidlage, Robert F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History