Photograph of an Aerial shot of a flooded highway 58 bridge. The city of Carnegie sits in the background, but largely unaffected by the rising floodwaters. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Flood area over highway 58, north of Carnegie, Oklahoma. This flood was developed from 11-inch rain at Mountain View and 9-inch at Carnegie."

Photograph of an Aerial shot of an UNIDENTIFED city flooded by the Washita River and Cobb Creek. The back of the photograph proclaims, "The Washita River on the right and Cobb Creek on the left. See Okla-10-016, Okla-10-017 and Okla-10-018."

Photograph of an aerial shot of a flooded Washita River covering a nearby road and Mr. Raines farm. Note cars blocked by flooded road on bottom right of photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Mr. Raines, operator of farm on left side of road, lost 16 head of cattle from flood on Washita River. See Okla-10-015 and Okla-10-016."

Photograph of an aerial shot of a home, several buildings, and a field behind the buildings completely covered in floodwaters from Cobb Creek after heavy rains. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Flood water from Cobb Creek. The rainfall at Fort Cobb was 10 inches and south of Weatherford was approximately 3 inches which is on the headquarters of Cobb Creek. The 10-inch rain at Fort Cobb lasted for 5 hours. See Okla-10-015 and Okla-10-016."

Photograph of an aerial shot of the city of Anadarko at peak flood height. The city proper is on the left side and the city water plant is in the foreground. The back of the photograph proclaims, "The Washita River flood at Anadarko was higher than any previous flood during the life of the town. Flood due to large rain in the Mountain View area (11 inches) from Rainy Mountain Creek; Ft. Cobb area (10") from Cobb Creek; Gracemont area (8") on Sugar Creek, and other small tributaries between Mountain View and Anadarko. Building shown in the foreground is the City Water Plant. Photo not made at highest stage."

Photograph of the installation of an automatic drawdown pipe for a Wildlife Fish Pond five miles east and 2 ½ miles north of Binger. The back of the photograph proclaims, “The Installation of an automatic drawdown pipe that will release water 6 feet below water surface.”

Photograph of a dam constucted by beavers. Section of this dam was broken and beavers repaired it soon after. Photo was submitted for possible use in the Water for America Exhibit.

Photograph of Bill Granger, county banker at Gracemont, Okla. Observing a post let planting of black locust. The locust are 8 years old. Will be ready for harvwest in two or three years.

Photograph of B. P. Prickett examining young Black Locust trees to help prevent further severe gully erosion. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Black Locust trees planted in bottom and on sides of a severe active gully in an attempt to stabilize it against erosion. These trees were planted in March of 1957. B. P. Prickett in gully examining the young trees."

Photograph of Caruso, right, and Ray Murrall, left, standing in a depleted Mill land field seeded to native grasses in the spring of 1949. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Caruso, right, and Ray Murrall, SCS technician, in 140-acre depleted Mill land field which was seeded to native grass mixture in spring, 1949. Caruso plans to use this pasture during the winter and rest it during the growing season until grass is well established. No land preparation on this planting. Very sandy soil. Considerable wind and water erosion ahead of grass planting. This 140-acre planting fertilized in 1949 with 140 tons of lime and 20 tons of rock phosphate. 7oOT – VII." People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Ray Murrall, 2. Caruso (M. A. "Mike" Caruso).

Photograph of Claude Gilbert's cattle.

Photograph of Fred Whittington, SCS Range Conservation (left) explaining to Mr. Tackett how to harvest seed. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Fred Whittington, 2. Mr. Tackett. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cheyenne Indian grass planted in 36" rows for seed production as an FFA Project. Good stand was obtained on a sandy site. Fred Whittington, SCS Range Conservation (left) explaining to Mr. Tackett how to harvest seed."

Photograph of Fred Whittington, SCS Range Conservation (left) explaining to Mr. Tackett how to harvest seed. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: Fred Whittington and Mr. Tackett. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cheyenne Indian grass planted in 36" rows for seed production as an FFA Project. Good stand was obtained on a sandy site. Fred Whittington, SCS Range Conservation (left) explaining to Mr. Tackett how to harvest seed."

Photograph of rows of planted Cheyenne Indiangrass for seed production. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cheyenne Indiangrass planted in rows for seed production. Planted May 5 & 6, 1958. Grass has been irrigated, hoed and cultivated several times. Seed was obtained through the Soil Conservation Service seed nursery at Manhattan, Kansas."

Photograph of Chickasha dam and reservoir. Recreaton was opened to the public on 5/18/60 for the first time. Photo was submitted for possible use in the Water for America Exhibit.

Photograph of Chickasha dam and reservoir. Recreaton was opened to the public on 5/18/60 for the first time. Photo was submitted for possible use in the Water for America Exhibit.

Photograph of combining Cheyenne Indiangrass seed.Seeded in 1958. Seed for this planting furnished by Plant Material Center.

Photograph of several people running a large combine in a grassy field. Typed description on back: "Combining Cheyenne Indiangrass seed. Seeded in 1958. Seed for this planting furnished by Plant Material Center."

Photograph of a completed stock pond road fill project on I. C. Ingram's land in Caddo county. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Completed stock pond road fill project. 385 acres drainage area. This was a cooperative project between Ingram, Caddo Co. Commissioners, SCS and ACP. Pond area has been fenced and earthen fill sodded to grass. Ingram has 400 acres in Caddo Co. and all is under basic plan with North Caddo SCD. He started work in 1945 and has been applying soil conservation practices each year."

Photograph of an UNIDTENTIFED man (George Nixon") standing on a concrete structure used to control gully erosion. This particular concrete structure is located underneath a bridge. The back of the photograph proclaims, "The bottom of the apron is at stable grade. Gully banks will slough off for a while but will become stable in relation to bootom [sic] of gully."

Photograph of a dam constucted by beavers. Section of this dam was broken and beavers repaired it soon after. Photo was submitted for possible use in the Water for America Exhibit.

Photograph of U.S. Highway 281 bridge shown in Okla-9570. G.C. Gardner, Jr., Soil Conservation Service technician, points to debris piling up under bridge. Note narrow space between bridge floor & silt accumulations.

Photograph of this district cooperator's farm in the midst of the worse dust storm area around Anadarko is being partially protected by grass. Note the newly plowed land between terraces in background. The plowing was done after the dust storm in March. The terraces were ruined by the accumulation of sand. Alll of this field is being turned back to grass.

Photograph of an "Edgerock range site" 10 miles west of Apache, Oklahoma.