Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Black Kettle Museum has artifacts from the Battle of the Washita and items relating to Plains Indian culture."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Basketball success stories often cite a kid's rise to stardom from humble beginnings on battered playground courts in ghetto USA."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Leon Tomerlin, publisher of the Hammon Advocate."

Photograph of a rock house when 50 years old as indicated by the date built as carved in stone over the door. J.T. Porter is in the photo. It was occupied in 1939. Mr. Lester Davis of Reydon, Oklahoma, has recently purchased this farm. OK-816-2.

Photograph of a rock house built in 1909, with the date carved in stone over the door. J.T. Porter is the person in the photo. The house was occupied in 1939. Lester Davis has recently purchased this farm.OK-816-3.

Photograph of a rock house when 50 years old as indicated by the date built as carved in stone over the door. J.T. Porter is in the photo. It was occupied in 1939. Mr. Lester Davis of Reydon, Oklahoma, has recently purchased this farm. OK-816-3.

Photograph of aerial view of floodwater retarding structure No. 2. Completed in 1949, sediment storage 1. 72 in. or 19th Ac. Ft. Flood pool storage 636 Ac. Ft. Drainage 1,350 Ac. , Total Storage 830 Ac. Ft. , Embankment 68,000 cu. yds.

Photograph of aerial view of when swollen with flood waters, Sargeant Major Creek gouges out its banks, cuts new channels and washes away tremendous amounts of irreplaceable soil. Out on right hand side is below Detention Reservoir No. 1 and 2, E. 1/2 Sgt. Major Creek. Out on left side is the main stream of Sgt. Major Creek. Tree s on stgream bank in upper left hand corner is same as Okla-9553, 5 acres of land is lost annually from bank cuttings.

Photograph of upper Whiteshield Watershed—Oklahoma Soil Conservation District [SCD] # 4. Wa. 2. Detention reservoir # 1. Drainage area 485 acres. Permanent storage—13.7 surface acres. 105 acre-feet. Inches of run-off from drainage area 2.6 acres. Flood storage—27.2 surface acres. 158.5 acre-feet. 3.6 inches. Peak flow uncontrolled (25 year frequency storm) 1600 cubic feet per second (cfs.). The release rate from 18 inches Asbestos bonded corrugated pipe is 22 cfs. The Drainage area—80 acres cultivated and 405 acres as pasture. Medium textured upland soil. The reservoir is protecting 30 acres below it and contributing to the protection of 2000 acres of bottomland on the Whiteshield Creek. J.T. Mincher has put 15 acres of bottomland back into cultivation that was idle. This land made 900 pounds of lint cotton in 1948. The benefit to cost ratio is 1.1 to 1. See OK-9556 and OK-9557. OK-10, 092.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph of rancher J.E. Time (right) shows Fred Whittington, Soil Conservation Service Technician, one of the 16 ponds on his ranch. This one was stocked with fish in the fall of 1944.