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Boy Scout Conservation Efforts

Photograph of Roger Beecham, left, and C.C. Wheeler, III; Boy Scouts stocking Boy Scout Camp lake at Dripping Springs with fish. The pond was cleaned out by the use of rotenone under the supervision of the State Fish and Game Service prior to stocking. [OK-ID no. crossed out: 1169-9].
Date: Autumn 1954
Creator: Ottinger, A. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Site 19, Barnitz Creek Sheepsfoot Roller

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man on a Sheepsfoot roller compacting fill material during construction of core trench and embankment at Barnitz Creek Site 19. Three UNIDENTIFED people stand off to the left side of the trench. A fourth UNIDENTIIFED person is sitting on a tractor on the left side of the trench. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Sheepsfoot roller providing ground-bearing pressures of 200 pounds per square inch used in compacting fill material during construction of core trench and embankment."
Date: April 24, 1954
Creator: Ritchey, Leonard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Flooded Washita River near Stafford

Photograph of an aerial shot of a flooded Washita River. Note the house, road, and a few building affected by the rising and falling waters. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Washita River, north of Stafford, Okla., at 6:00 p. m. on April 30, 1954. Note barn in background surrounded by water.”
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of the Washita River, north of Stafford, OK at 6:00 pm on April 30, 1954. Note the barn in the background surrounded by water. OK-10-860.
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History