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Yukon Camp Grounds
Photograph of a close-up view of a painting of the Yukon camp done by Harry Leibmann, a camp enrollee. OK-5073.
Date:
March 1936
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Farming
Photograph of water standing in lister ridges in field strip cropped with oats and listed food afte a heavy downpour. Note even distribution of water which stands where it falls in the contours. Constrast this with Picture K-5091 showing concentration of water in wash in low place in field. Taken after the same rain. OK-5629.
Date:
May 24, 1937
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Farming
Photograph of winter picture with wheat drilled in on the contour with semi-deep furrow drill.Each furrow acts as a miniature terrace and holds ice and snow from blowing off of field. This conserves moisture. OK-6008.
Date:
November 20, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of an Acker power auger. OK-584-11.
Date:
December 6, 1957
Creator:
Brune, Gunner M.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of a failing 1500 rotary drilling rig. OK-584-4.
Date:
December 6, 1957
Creator:
Brune, Gunner M.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of the plowing under of Austrian winter peas as a green manure crop on the Experiment Station Farm in Stillwater, Oklahoma. OK-5505.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of the seeding of contour ridges in native pasture, using lespedaza and sweet clover. The ridges were built with two rounds with terracing plow, then worked with the orchard disc. Seed broadcast by hand. Covering with two mower wheels as drag or barrow. OK-5668.
Date:
April 27, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of crop damage from flooding. A complete loss of a wheat crop estimated to be 40 bushels per acre due to floodwaters in Stillwater Creek, June 21, 1957. OK-515-11.
Date:
July 21, 1957
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of an Armistice Day** parade of 1934 in Stillwater, Oklahoma featuring Soil Conservation Service heavy farming equipment. **in the US, this became Veterans Day starting in 1954.
Date:
November 11, 1934
Creator:
Hollopeter, Chas A.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of a close up of a new contour ridging plow developed by the Blackwell Camp (@ Lake Carl Blackwell). Ok-5630.
Date:
May 24, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of a new type of contour ridging plow developed at Balckwell Camp. OK-5632.
Date:
May 24, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of the discing of old contour ridges which have been plowed in as preparation for a Bermuda grass seed bed. OK-6297.
Date:
April 6, 1938
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of numerous gullies branching out into an over-grazed pasture on the J. C. Nichols farm, accelerating the run-off. OK-5/2405.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Reif, Frank
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of terraced cotton field showing runoff water stored in the terrace channels 15 hours after a one-inch rain. The light colored strip beyond the water line shows the strip of land flooded shortly after the rain. OK-3/2406.
Date:
July 10, 1937
Creator:
Reif, Frank
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a terraced cotton field showing runoff water impounded in the terrace channel several hours after a 2.95 inch rain. Note the clean cultivated cotton plants in rows in the foreground. OK-5/2406.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Reif, Frank
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of aa gully controlled by an eart-filled dam on Wesley Kroutel Farm. A diversion channel built around the head of the head of lateral gullies extends to the right. The two earth dams in the major gully shown on the left background have diversion channels running to the right to a suitable outlet. The outlet channel on the extreme left, for aterrace system, empties into the gully above the earth dam. Note the water and silt shown above each dam. OK-6704. 3/2405.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Reif, Frank
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a closeup view of damage resulting from excess water from above causing numerous breaks and silting of terraces. Additional damage resulted because rows ran across terraces NW of Oklahoma A&M 's[i.e., Oklahoma State University's] Experimental Farm near Perkins, Oklahoma. OK-9-509.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of two views taken from the top of a tower showing a terrace field in strips and on the contour in Stillwater. Terraces filled with water. These pictures can be printed as the same, as contrast and pasted together with adhesive tape on the back. OK-9-443.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of strip cropping with cotton, corn, alfalfa and corn in that order from the top of the slope downward.
Date:
July 18, 1936
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of a strip of alfalfa, a terrace, a strip of oats and corn planted on the contour in strips. OK-5212.
Date:
May 26, 1936
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of the backside view of soil-saving dam backing up water in Stillwater, Oklahoma. OK-9-241.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Farming
Photograph of a view of silting of soil below broken terraces. Terrace breaks occurred on the tile outlets. This area is northwest of Oklahoma A&M [i.e., Oklahoma State University] Experimental farm near Perkins. OK-9-526.
Date:
1957
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Personal Emergency Response System (PERS)
Photograph of Leola M. Carleton, Travel Clerk for the Personal Emergency Response System, Stillwater, Oklahoma. OK-2635-10.
Date:
December 1966
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Personal Emergency Response System (PERS)
Photograph of S. L. Clifton, left, President, Stillwater Chapter of the SCSA {Soil Conservation Society of America], congratulates Jimmy Alton, Oklahoma State University senior majoring in agronomy, as the Soil Conservation Society’s 1966 Gildea Scholarship winner. OK-2635-2.
Date:
December 1966
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History