Red Dirt Country, as well as Red Dirt music, takes its name from the color of the soil found in North Central Oklahoma. The soil has a high clay content and stains clothing, shoes and even the tires on a truck. This land is the original land which was opened for the Oklahoma Land Run in 1889 and was the first land run into the Unassigned Lands and included all or part of the modern day Canadian, Cleveland, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma, and Payne counties in the state of Oklahoma. These images were taken on a bright December day in 2009. The intensity of the red dirt is very much on display in these images. Thanks for visiting and please come back often! Part 2 of the series can be viewed here.