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Diamond Bar Ranch Calves and Pasture Management

Photograph of numerous calves on the Diamond Bar Ranch waiting in pens. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Calves being weighed on the Diamond Bar Ranch before being shipped to feed lots.”
Date: August 4, 1972
Creator: Price, Neil M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Erosion Control

Photograph of northwest corner of Jefferson School ground with erosion caused by heavy traffic and overhead water.
Date: July 28, 1972
Creator: Vaughan, Keith
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Erosion Control

Photograph of diversion terrace on Jefferson School ground empties into road ditch. Lack of proper installation and vegetation resulted in this severe erosion problem.
Date: July 28, 1972
Creator: Vaughan, Keith
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Erosion Control

Photograph of erosion along west edge of Jefferson School ground. Note here tree roots due to erosion.
Date: July 28, 1972
Creator: Vaughan, Keith
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a gully on the Doug Gray farm before shaping and sprigging to Bermuda grass.
Date: April 1973
Creator: Ball, Dale
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Photograph of W. Alvin Trissell at the Kelley Hartley Ranch, Vinita, Oklahoma, showing Rhizoma alfalfa on ridge top on strip mine spoils.
Date: April 1971
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Photograph of W. Alvin Trissell at the Kelley Hartley Ranch, Vinita, Oklahoma showing a young Bois-d'arc tree planted on strip mine spoils in 1969.
Date: April 1971
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Oklahoma State Capital Building

Photograph of south view of Oklahoma State Capital.
Date: November 1972
Creator: Conradi, Al
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Livestock

Photograph of Longhorn cows and calfs grazing at Grama Lake, Wichita Mts. Wildlife Refuge. OK-4167-15.
Date: April 18, 1971
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a drop structure. Looking down a gully before shaping for a drop structure. OK-4922-2.
Date: October 1972
Creator: Little, Dean
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a drop structure. A drop structure formed on the Dean Little farm. OK-4022-7.
Date: October 1972
Creator: Thornborough, Kenneth J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

I-44 Skelly By-Pass, Highway 75 Okmulgee Bee-Line, and the City of Tulsa

Photograph of an example of the vast land needed to construct modern highways to serve metropolitan areas like Tulsa. The foreground shows the I-44 Skelly By-Pass and Highway 75 Okmulgee Bee-Line, while the city of Tulsa is in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Intersection of I-44 (Skelly By-Pass) and Highway 75 (Okmulgee Bee-Line). Tulsa in background. Shows the vast areas of land needed to construct modern highways to serve large metropolitan areas.”
Date: February 18, 1970
Creator: Thomas, James W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Uncle John Creek. Spillway damage on Roy Porter Crossing above Site # 4. OK-5117-8.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Bullen, Elza C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Uncle John Creek. Erosion damage and repair operation on the lower side of embankment of Site # 8. OK-5117-8.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Bullen, Elza C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of Four Mile Creek Watershed. Digging footing trench for a drop structure and tunnel liners on the west side of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific (CRI&P) Railroad. OK-5117-9.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Bullen, Elza C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of flood water in the Little River bottom four miles northwest of Idabel. M. V. mcMullan ranch. OK-4499-3.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Lambeth, Nickey J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of floodwater covering many acres of Pryor Creek bottomland. OK-3790-1.
Date: April 30, 1970
Creator: Donahoo, Don
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of maintenance, site # 4, Whitegrass-Waterhole Watershed. Maintenance work being performed on Site # 4 for sewer damage. OK-4048-12.
Date: December 16, 1970
Creator: Potter, James H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of flooding, near Garvin. Damage done to county road as a result of flooding. Road was one of the better hard-surfaced rural roads in McCurtain County. OK-4499-8.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Lambech, Nickey, J
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Wildhorse Creek Site # 126. Damage done to the concrete flume on WH-126 after a heavy rain of approximately 11 inches on Oct. 8, 1970. This flume is on the east side of the structure. OK-4028-13.
Date: November 3, 1970
Creator: Brooks, Bruce
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Fourche-Maline Stream, Site # 2 Spillway
Date: March 1976
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Awards

Photograph of Cletus White displaying the Goodyear Award he received for being the outstanding conservation farmer in the Comanche County Conservation District. Others in the picture are Mrs. White and son and Mike Walker, a Goodyear Co. representative. OK-4957-11.
Date: November 7, 1972
Creator: Murray, Hubert J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Foursche Maline Watershed. Site # 2. Spillway repair afterward.
Date: March 1976
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of Fourche Maline Creek watershed, Site 2. Spillway repair after.
Date: March 1976
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History