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Cattle Grazing in Reseeded Pasture
Photograph of cattle grazing in a newly reseeded pasture.
Date:
January 1959
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Creg Ranch Cattle and Reseeded Pasture
Photograph of a nine heads of cattle grazing in a reseeded pasture on the Creg ranch. A barn and house is in the far distant background on the right. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cattle grazing in reseeded pasture."
Date:
January 1959
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Deep Sand Savannah Range Site
Photograph of a deep sand savannah range site in excellent condition northeast of Dover. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Deep sand Savannah range site; excellent condition."
Date:
1959~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Examining Heads of Maize
Photograph of Roy J. Turner and Jim McClelland, ranch manager, examine heads of maize grown on irrigated land. Land is protected by floodwater retarding structures on Mill Creek Watershed.
Date:
1959~
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Harvesting Sugar Cane
Photograph of a field ensilage cutter harvesting sugar cane on irrigated Mill Creek bottom. Land protected by floodwter retarding structures. Fertilized with 500 lbs. of 12-12-12. Estimated yield - 27-30 tons per acre.
Date:
1959~
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Loamy Prairie Range Site in Excellent Condition Near Cashion
Photograph of a Loamy Prairie range site in excellent condition and used properly. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Lomay [sic] Prairie range site; excellent condition; proper use."
Date:
1959~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Maintaining Terraces
Photograph of Bob Miller, district cooperator and predident of Chigley Sandy Watershed Association, maintaining terraces with farm equipment.
Date:
1959~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Robert (Bob) Miller Maintaining Terraces With Farm Equipment
Photograph of Robert (Bob) Miller maintaining terraces with farm equipment. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bob Miller, district cooperator, and president of Chigley Sandy Watershed Association, maintaining terraces with farm equipment."
Date:
1959~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sandstone Creek
Photograph of Sandstone Creek at stream gauge No. 3, with good flow of water. The creek has flowed continuously since 1957.
Date:
1959~
Creator:
Whittington, Fred L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sandy Prairie Range Site
Photograph of the Sandy prairie range site. Enterprise fine sandy loam.
Date:
1959~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sugar Cane Harvest on Irrigated Mill Creek Bottom
Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man using a field ensilage cutter to harvest sugar cane on irrigated Mill Creek bottom. Another UNIDENTIFED man follows the field ensilage cutter with a tractor. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Field ensilage cutter harvesting sugar cane on irrigated Mill Creek bottom. Land protected by floodwater retarding structures. Fertilized with 500 lbs. of 12-12-12. Estimated yield – 27-30 tons per acre."
Date:
1959~
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sugar Creek Gully
Photograph of view of gully on which treatment is planned under the Sugar Creek flood prevention plan. This is located in Caddo County.
Date:
1959-01-XX
Creator:
Wall, R. N.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of posts cut from a postlot of locust and catalpa trees. Sandy soil. OK-825-4.
Date:
1959
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Buffalo Grazing on Shortgrass
Photograph of Buffalo grazing on shortgrass. Blue grama dominant showing winter preference to native tall grasses. Flats Range site. Restrictive layer in subsoil prevents growth of tall grasses. Ford soils.
Date:
January 8, 1959
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Photograph of the wildlife refuge. Right: excellent range conditin with little bluestem dominant on Loamy Prairie Site, Lawton loam. Left: Area with restrictive layer in the subsoil (Might be mapped Ford--if area is large enough). Dominant grass is blue grama with western ragweed, cool season annuals, buffalograss and sideoats grama.grass. OK-808-2.
Date:
January 8, 1959
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wildlife Refuge Range Conditions
Photograph of Right side of photo: excellent rang3e condition with little bluestem dominant on Loamy Prairie Site, Lawton loam. Left side of photo: area with restrictive layer in the subsoil. (Might be mapped Ford-if area is large enough). Dominant grass is blue grama with western ragweed, cool season annuals, buffalograss and sideoats grama.
Date:
January 8, 1959
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wildlife Are Improvement Water Control
Photograph of a part of a 17 acre planted, flooded field and a water control system in a hardwood bottom for ducks. The cultivated field was planted to browntop millet in July and the seeds produced were flooded in October. The flooded hardwood bottom made the acorns produce on the Nuttall oak trees. The hardwood area is drained during the summer so as to not kill the trees. Over a thousand mallards were using this field the day the picture was taken.
Date:
January 17, 1959
Creator:
Dillon, Olan W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A field With a Sorghum Cover
Photograph of a field with a Sorghum cover. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Sorghum Cover. Sorghum cover established under Conservation Reserve program. This field will be sown to native grasses in spring of 1959."
Date:
January 20, 1959
Creator:
Stith, C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Breaks Range Site
Photograph of a Breaks Range Site in or near Woodward, Oklahoma. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Rough, broken land, Breaks Range Site showing topography and vegetation."
Date:
February 1959
Creator:
Nance, Earl C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Breaks Range Site, Rough Broken Land
Photograph of rough, broken land Breaks Range Site showing topography and vegetation.
Date:
February 1959
Creator:
Manot, Earl C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cattle Grazing Wheat Pasture on Canadian Soils
Photograph of numerous cattle roaming and grazing a wheat pasture, while a windmill stands in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Wheat pasture on Canadian soils."
Date:
February 1959
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chimney Rock
Photograph of Chimney Rock, landmark of the pioneer days and a tourist attraction of Woodward County. Notice the stratified layer as deposited by the old Permian sea.
Date:
1959-02-XX
Creator:
Cole, E. L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Combining Roads and Water Distribution Construction
Photograph of a cooperative effort in the county to combine roads with proper water distribution for livestock in the construction of dams in Woodward County SCD. This dam has the proper upstream slope as a comparison to OK-805-8.
Date:
February 1959
Creator:
Cole, E. L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Depletion of the Land, Sheet and Gully Erosion
Photograph of the intensity of homesteading contributed to the cultivation of land that wa too steep and shallow. Consequently, many inches of high fertility topsoil were removed by sheet and gully erosion to be forever lost for man's use. Such depletion of the land can only mean less intensive use, lower yields, and evidently a lower standard of living for the nation. Quinlan-Woodward loam, 5 to 12% slope. Shallow Range Site.
Date:
February 1959
Creator:
Cole, E. L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History