Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of flood damage to a road. The need for a flood prevention program is shown by damage to a country bridge and road fill on the Boggy Creek watershed. Farmer fence, right, was damaged for 100 yards. OK-1443-6.
Date: May 14, 1905
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a stockwater dam. Stockwater with a 15 inch drawdown pipe. OK-1371-7.
Date: May 14, 1905
Creator: Bramble, Bob.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of flood damage to road. The need for flood prevention is shown by damage to a country bridge and road fill on the Boggy Creek watershed. Farmer fence, right, was damaged for 100 yards. OK-1443-6.
Date: May 14, 1905
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of two acre Bermuda grass pasture strip developed from a badly gullied draw. The draw was sloped and sodded in 1938 and now provides grazing at the rate of 1 unit per acre and serves as an outlet channel for 70 acres of terraced and cultivated land. Mr. Fred Bunch states that this pasture strip furnishes better grazing than any of his 28 acres of native pasture on this 160 acre farm. He also states that his soil conservation practices have increased by $1,000 the value of this farm. Terraces were built with the assistance of the old Sentinel Civilian Conservation Corps [CCC] Camp. OK-8467.
Date: December 14, 1942
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History