Photograph of Watershed Project Site 11. Mr. George Will, District Supervisor, observing Mr. & Mrs. E. C. Webb signing the first easement on Long Branch Watershed. This easement started the proceedings to clear easements and right-of-ways for constructing Site 11 Detention Dam. Main part of dam is on Perry Cerlile's farm. The three are seated on a culvert bridge showing flood water that covered their bottomland farm 15 times in 1957, located in the Black Bear bottom, 2 miles east of Morrison.

Photograph of Jerome Sykora sodding Prairie Cordgrass on shore line as field trial to determine effect it will have on reducing erosion caused from wave action.

Photograph of silt deposit caused by flood. The 5 or 6; rain Sept. 26, 1959, caused hundreds of silt deposit areas on tributaries of the Red Rock Creek. This silt deposit area is 1 mile below a proposed detention dam site.

Photograph of Black Bear Creek flooding on Gebble farm, 18 mi. east of Perry. Small grain in back ground entire crop lost.

Photograph of five miles east, three north of Perry, Oklahoma, looking norht with George Hall farm in background covered by a flooding Black Bear Creek. Creek approximately 3/4 mile wide at this point.

Photograph of a native grass harvest. Approximately 2000 acres of this 5000 acre ranch is being harvested for native grass seed. Picture shows loading seed from combine to truck. C.E. Dilley, of Pawnee, is the contractor.

Photograph of terraces. Constructing terraces with two, three bottom plows. This picture shows completed terraces as the 16 round was being made. This terrace is approximately 1000 feet long. It checked out 1.2 settled, height of ridge cross section of channel is 16 sq. ft. Ridge is 20 ft. from channel to toe on back side. OK-745-12.

Photograph of pasture planting. Cow and calf, part of 20 head of cows with calves grazing 70 acres of 1st year of Bermuda grass overseeded to vetch and rye in the fall of 1959. OK-1112-11.

Photograph of a waterway. Bermudagrassed waterway designed to carry disposal water from terraced Class III land. OK-247-11.

Photograph of a grassed waterway. This waterway was sodded to Bermuda grass in 1955 following heavy rains. Waterway runs north to south. OK-62-11.

Photograph of 20 acres Cornado sideoats planted Feb, 1948 in cultivated rows. It was fertilized and cultivated 1300 lbs. of certified seed was harvested Oct. 1958 or 65 lbs. per acre. This seed was used to seed 68 more acres of cropland and overseeded some poor stands of native grass pasture.

Photograph of a silt deposit caused by flood. The 5 or 6" rain Sept. 26, 1959 caused hundreds of silt deposit areas on tributaries of Red Rock Creek. This silt deposit area is in a field which is located 3/4 miles below a proposed detention dam site.

Photograph of waterway construction near Perry. Construction started in the spring of 1956.

Photograph of Multi-flora rose planted around pond for wildlife protection and feed.

Photograph of Black Bear Creek flooding farmstead as result of Hurricane Carla.

Photograph of Site No. 71, Upper Black Bear. AC observing concrete workers preparing forms for the riser on the upper end of the principal spillway. Also shown to the left, a drainway to keep the natural drain open to prevent impoundment of water during construction.

Photograph of a waterway established to bermudagrass in 1955.

Photograph of Bud and Reba Warren, receiving a long distance call relative to business. Mrs. Warren a business partner and secretary makes the ranch business a common daily routine of the home.

Photograph of Bermuda overseeded with wheat in 18 inch rows in the stud lot. Shown is Bud Warren with a prize stud. In the lot to the background is the nationally known stud that gave Bud and Reba their start in the quarter horse business.

the second operation of constructing channel type terraces being built by bulldozer. Billy Kay, Contractor.

Photograph of floodwater across Highway 64 due to Long Branch Creek going out of its banks after a 5 inch rain on the watershed. Photo made 10 hours after crest of 1.6 feet flowed across the highway. Flood control structures have been staked on Sites No. 8 & 11 for Long Branch Creek watershed by the Soil Conservation Service.

Photograph of Second year sweet clover in rotation with wheat. Oats and sweet clover then (rotated) with 4 years of wheat. OK-297-12.

Photograph of cattle on the Wadley Farm.

Photograph of a flood on the Black Bear Watershed. OK-368-5.