Hooker in Texas County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)
Graham–Hoeme Chisel Plow
Historic Landmark of Agricultural Engineering
Photographed by Bill Kirchner, April 17, 2012
1. Graham – Hoeme Chisel Plow Marker
Inscription.
Graham–Hoeme Chisel Plow. Historic Landmark of Agricultural Engineering. Preventing wind erosion was the primary objective of Feed Hoeme, a Hooker, Oklahoma farmer, when he developed a heavy-duty chisel plow in 1933. Hoeme and his sons manufactured and sold about 2000 plows from their farmstead. In 1938, W.T. Graham purchased the manufacturing and distribution rights and established manufacturing in Amarillo, Texas. The Graham-Hoeme Plow, marketed as “The Plow to Save the Plains”, was sold worldwide. This chisel plow helped control wind erosion during the seven-year drought of the 1950's, when about half of Great Plains farmers are estimated to have owned chisel plows. The Graham-Hoeme Chisel Plow has been produced for over sixty years and has been the forerunner of a great proliferation of other chisel plows.
Preventing wind erosion was the primary objective of Feed Hoeme, a Hooker, Oklahoma farmer, when he developed a heavy-duty chisel plow in 1933. Hoeme and his sons manufactured and sold about 2000 plows from their farmstead. In 1938, W.T. Graham purchased the manufacturing and distribution rights and established manufacturing in Amarillo, Texas. The Graham-Hoeme Plow, marketed as “The Plow to Save the Plains”, was sold worldwide. This chisel plow helped control wind erosion during the seven-year drought of the 1950's, when about half of Great Plains farmers are estimated to have owned chisel plows. The Graham-Hoeme Chisel Plow has been produced for over sixty years and has been the forerunner of a great proliferation of other chisel plows.
Erected 2000 by American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
is in Hooker, Oklahoma, in Texas County. It is on Clarence Street (U.S. 54) near South Fields Street, on the right when traveling east. Marker is in small roadside park on southwest side of town. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hooker OK 73945, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Oklahoma Panhandle. It is also in the American South, specifically on the prairies, on the Southern Plains, and specifically on the High Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Comanchería, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Dust Bowl, the Louisiana Purchase, the Republic of Texas, and Cimmaron Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 4 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Shade's Well (approx. 10.1 miles away); Panhandle Baptists (approx. 10.6 miles away); Eureka (approx. 10.8 miles away); a different marker also named Eureka (approx. 10.9 miles away).
Photographed by Bill Kirchner, April 17, 2012
2. Graham – Hoeme Chisel Plow Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on January 1, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 11, 2012, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 3,874 times since then and 132 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on May 11, 2012, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
