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Bitter Creek flood Damaged Bridge
Photograph of debris of July 1951 flood blocks Bitter Creek channel at county road bridge, makes future flooding easier unless removed. Bridge, battered by this and previous floods has been condemned. R.R. Walter (left), who ownes farm on both sides of creek this side of bridge, Willis H. Milton, SCS technician, and Charles A. Hollopeter, (rt) district supervisor, inspect damage. Bitter Creek is Chikaskia River tributary. Walter said creek ran out of banks 12 times in 1951 spring.
Date:
August 10, 1951
Creator:
Fox, Lester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of debris of a July 1951 flood blocks a Bitter Creek channel at a country road bridge, making future flooding easier unless removed. Sign at the far end of the bridge warns that bridges, battered by this and previous floods, have been condemned. OK-10-574.
Date:
August 10, 1951
Creator:
Fox, Lester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Field of Cool Season Grasses Irrigated With Sewage Water
Photograph of Charley Porter, SCS technician, kneeling in a field of tall fescue, brome, orchard, and hairy vetch irrigated with sewage water. Cattle can be seen grazing on this field. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cattle grazing on cool season grasses and legumes that have been irrigated with sprinkler irrigation system using sewage water. The grasses and legumes are as follows; tall fescue, brome, orchard and hairy vetch. Charley Porter, SCS technician, appears in the photo."
Date:
April 10, 1951
Creator:
Brock, C. G.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History