Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man spreading out a spoils bank using a bulldozer and using a dragline to cut the ditch. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Spreading of spoil of bulldozer. Dragline cutting ditch."

Photograph of "Ditch stakes as they appear before the dragline cuts the ditch."

Photograph of a field, which the contour pasture ridges have become vegetated. An UNIDENTIFIED town, possibly Ninnekah, is visible in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Contour pasture ridges which have become well vegetated."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man kneeling and inspecting wheat stubble. The photographer on the back of the photograph proclaims, "Stubble of 1952 wheat crop has been properly managed to prevent wind erosion and protect new wheat crop. Wheat residue was one-wayed once and land was disked just prior to planting new crop. Residue was kept in surface to hold soil against wind and to make best use of moisture. Present wheat needs rain to maintain growth."

Photograph of a dozer shaping a gully to be used to carry water from terraces and spill from erosion control dam.

Photograph of an exclosure on soil bank planting first year after contract expired. Cattle have been grazing about 5 months. Grasses include little bluestem, Indiangrass, switchgrass, sideoats grama and others.

Photograph of the inside cab view of soil coring machine from drivers seat. Tube cleaner in foreground is near the operator where 99% of fastened cores in tip can be jared loose by hand simply by setting tube in the cleaner and pushing downward on soil coring tube. Lower limit switch can be used with power by swinging around. Drive head with soil coring tube lowered. Cover for drive mechanism. Hole in floor board to dispose of soil from the coring tube (hinged to jeep cab) and held open by 1/4" stove bolt which hinges to right or left in double nut welded to jeep cab. Heater located so that heat is thrown back into cab. The base of soil coring machine shown here is 1/4" slab steel and is too light as it springs downward on pulling soils from heavy clays.

Photograph of the underneath of the jeep looking upward and toward the rear-note rear wheel and spare tire mounting. Shows gear reducton box and mounting position.

Photograph of Lonnie E, Blair and his boys stacking native bluestem. Mr. Blair is shown near stack of hay and Donald, oldest son, on rake. Mr. Blair is a member of the Board of Supervisors.

Photograph of “Mr. Sam Durham, Extension Service Grass Specialist, inspecting grass work done by the Chickasha, Oklahoma, Soil Conservation Service Project. 40 Acres of abandoned land rededicated to native grasses. This field was contour ridged with 25 ft. intervals and planted 4 kinds of native grasses during spring of 1936. Picture shows 3 year old Side Oat [sic] Grama. Sunflowers indicate locations of the unmowed ridges.”

Photograph of “Masonry arch drop at V-point of two gullies and also serves as drop in terrace outlet disposal system. Man at right is standing in newly build outlet channel. Man at left is standing in gully which will by silted. To be followed with later pictures.” Both men in this picture are UNIDENTIFED.

Photograph of a UNIDENTIFED man standing on a bridge on Highway 281, which has sediment fill blocking water from passing underneath the bridge. A barn, house, or building stands behind the bridge. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Bridge on highway 281, 5 miles south of Hinton Oklahoma showing sediment fill. This sand from upstream has almost completely fill in under the bridge. This sand must be removed at regular intervals or the water will not have sufficient room to pass under the bridge and must overflow the highway. When the water flows around the bridge, considerable damage to the bridge approaches and highway are the result.”

Photograph of an overflowing Caney-Coon Creek blocking traffic and covering land spanning from County Road to Cemetery. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Caney-Coon Creek overflowing County Road to Cemetery. Traffic blocked two days. Three structures planned and approved for flood preservation above will eliminate flooding when constructed.”

Photograph of Muddy Boggy Creek inundating SH-31 and blocking traffic. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Muddy Boggy Creek inundating SH-31 for 3 days, halting traffic. Adjacent farm land [sic] floods several times yearly, making cropping and pasture hazardous. Application submitted for PL-566 assistance in Upstream Prevention.”

Photograph of Foy Hendrix, WUC standing next to a bulldozer in a land clearing undercutting operation on Chester Craven’s land. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Loading Bermudagrass sprigs from covered supply truck into two 2-rowsprigging machines with hitch for planting four rows at a time. Planting machines owned and operated by the Major County SWCD.”

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED men evaluating sediment damage on the main channel of Sugar Creek. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Looking north from highway bridge on highway 152 East of Binger, Oklahoma. Field on right is unprotected and is subject to overflow. Note unevenness of the field from past flooding.”

Photograph of the proper land use of land near Sugar Creek. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Proper use of some of the better land along Sugar Creek. This Class II land has been terraced and is properly farmed. Farmstead (Fred Wunderlich?) is seen in the left background."

Photograph of the mouth of Sugar Creek two miles north of the Washita River. The area is in a heavily forested area. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Mouth of Sugar Creek 2 miles north of the Washita River. Looking south from steel bridge on country road. Sugar Creek has a drainage area of 185,000 acres all of which flows through this small channel into the Washita River.”

Photograph of Bob Wall and Herb Prevett examining siltation under Highway Bridge on Highway 281, south of Gracemont. The photograph does not indicate the position of Wall or Prevett. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Highway bridge on Highway 281 south of Gracemont, Oklahoma showing sediment deposited within two feet of bridge abutment on 275 feet of the original 325 feet length of bridge. Bob Wall and Herb Prevett examining siltation under bridge.”

Photograph of City Hall, Maysville, OK, the bid opening for Oklahoma's 1500th upstream flood control lake, Wiley Post Memorial Lake (site # 34), Finn Creek. L to R: Ross W. Hall, Robert McCarty and Erwin Leaverton. OK-418[?]5-4.

Photograph of City Hall, Maysville, OK. The bid opening for Oklahoma’s 1500th upstream flood control lake, the Wiley Post memorial lake (site # 34). From left to right: Bill Robinson, Maysville City Councilman; Paul hayes, Area Supervisor, Federal Housing Administration (FHA); Ross Hall, State Administrative Officer, Soil Conservation Service (SCS); E. H. Holten, Holten Construction Company; Ray Duncan, Garvin, Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD); and Hal Baker, McClain County SWCD. OK-4195-10.

Photograph of L. E. Blair, [unclear] Board of Supervisors, [unclear] Soil Conservation District. OK-9098.

Photograph of a watering trough below a pond dam on the Chester Hall farm. OK-9108.

Photograph of sweet clover honey. The wife of Howard Flick is preparing comb honey for canning while he lables the full jars. Mr. Flick says all of his honey comes from his sweet clover fields and already this year he has procurred from his 12 hives 60 gallons of honey. OK-8593.