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Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata)
This is one of only two land-dwelling turtles in Oklahoma. The adults are relatively small and reach a length of only four to five inches. Ornate Box Turtles are found in a wide range of habitats including prairies, woodlands, stabilized dunes and…
Food on table in community camp. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Food on table in community camp. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Family living in Mays Avenue camp. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. This family had been farmers in Oklahoma until four years ago. Since then they have lived in community camp getting some food from the vegetable dumps, doing "trashing" and going on the road occasionally as migrant workers. They have been to Arizona several times to pick cotton. The man went there this fall. In this picture they are picking overipe fruit that they picked up at vegetable packing places
Family living in Mays Avenue camp. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. This family had been farmers in Oklahoma until four years ago. Since then they have lived in community camp getting some food from the vegetable dumps, doing "trashing" and going on the road…
Black-Tailed Jackrabbit
Black-tailed jackrabbit.
Abandoned farm in the dust bowl area. Oklahoma
A photo of an abandoned house in Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl time period on the Library of Congress website.