[Photograph 2012.201.B0135.0555]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "FRIENDS OF pretty, young Flora Edwards were invited to a surprise party in her in her honor at the home of her landlady, July 31. The guests were the ones surprised, however, when they found themselves members of a wedding party of for flora and 25-year-old Clyde Clark, promising young Purcell jeweler."
Date: July 31, 1956
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0238.0060]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: October 23, 1956
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0238.0059]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "J. W. masters, left and Bryan Goldsby, of Goldsby Baptist Church, display the results of the Goldsby effort."
Date: October 21, 1956
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0258.0090]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: October 26, 1956
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Floodwater Retarding Structure Site No. 9

Photograph of site no. 9, Owl Creek subwatershed of the Washita River. Construction work completed on June 20, 1956 by the Paul R. Moody Construction Co. , Contractor. Drainage area 404 acres. Sediment pool storage 17 acre feet. Flood pool storage 155 acre feet. Estimated cost $21,838. 00. Benefit cost ratio 1. 92:1. From the west end of the embankment looking NE.
Date: July 21, 1956
Creator: McCray, V. H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Owl Creek Watershed Site 1

Photograph of placing dirt with dozer. Repairing wave action damage. Earl Bachman contractor.
Date: July 1, 1956
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1335.0031]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Thomas C. Underwood proves his bout with arthritis has left him with no crippling to date as he swings onto a car in the Santa Fe yards at Purcell."
Date: November 4, 1956
Creator: Hale, George T.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Floodwater Retarding Structure Construction

Photograph of site no. 3, Owl Creek subwatershed of the Washita River. Inlet to drawdown structure with anti-vortex baffle and debris guard in place, showing the saluice gate in the closed position and the weir at the top of the riser.
Date: May 22, 1956
Creator: McCray, V. H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Floodwater Retarding Structure Site No. 10

Photograph of Site 10, Owl Creek subwatershed of the Washita River. Work started on 2-28-56 and was completed on 6-20-56 by the Paul R. Moody Construction Co. of Pauls Valley, Okla. Drainage area 303 acres, sediment pool storage 20 acre feet, sediment pool area 5 acres, flood pool storage 115. 5 acre feet, estimated cost $17,319. 00, annual benefit to the downstream flood plain $1,222. 00, benefit cost ratio of 1. 77/1. Earth spillway in background with drawdown structure near the center of the picture.
Date: July 21, 1956
Creator: McCray, V. H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History