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Station photo
Photograph of Mannsville FD, front view.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
E-2 (5-19-20)
Photograph of Mannsville FD Engine 2. Photo taken behind Ardmore FD Headquarters station.
Date:
May 19, 2020
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Station photo
Photograph of the Mannsville fire station, corner view.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Mill Creek Dam and Permanent Pool
Photograph of aerial view of dam that was completed late in the Fall of 1940. In this the permanent pool lacks approximately 4' of being up to the lip of the drop inlet riser.
Date:
1950~
Creator:
Ginter Photo Co.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Mill Creek Bottom Land Alfalfa
Photograph of aerial view of bottom land alfalfa just below site 15, Mill Creek. Two years ago Colvert Bros. lost 1,000 bales of alfalfa in one flood. This alfalfa is approximately 1 foot high and ready for cutting. You can see the scour channels in alfalfa, evidence of frequent overflow and damage in the past.
Date:
1950~
Creator:
Ginter Photo Co.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Full Permanent Pool
Photograph of aerial view of a permanent pool full in this view. This reservoir will hold an additional 12 ft. of depth before the emergency spillway on extreme left (not shown) will begin to function. Flood water release is through an 18" metal pipe inlet. Trash rack (at center of dam) for this drop inlet is visible.
Date:
1950~
Creator:
Ginter Photo Co.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Mill Creek Detention Reservoir
Photograph of aerial view of Calvert Bros. Hereford Ranch in background. Bottomland alfalfa in left background protected by this detention reservoir.
Date:
1950~
Creator:
Ginter Photo Co.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Drop Inlet Structure for Sediment Control
Photograph of drop inlet type structure with flood water diversion for sediment control. Drainage area 50 acres. Flood water and sediment from te badly gullied area is brought into the pont (#113) by floodwater diversion from the left. Here the sediment is trapped in the pond and the clear water is drawn off the top 3 ft. (of the pond) through a 15" drop inlet type of metal pipe. Additional work above the diversion was done by enthusiastic farmers. Property line (trees) runs through pond.
Date:
1950~
Creator:
Ginter Photo Co.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Drop Inlet Structure for Sediment Control
Photograph of drop inlet type structure for sediment control. Protects detenton reservoir site 12.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Ginter Photo Co.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Mill Creek Dam and Reservoir
Photograph of 1600' long dam. It has a maximum height of 39' and contains 104,500 cu. yards. It is one of 24 planned reservoirs for the Mill Creek system. In addition to reducing the floods on the main stem of Mill Creek it gives 100% protection to the alfalfa field shown in Okla. -9863C.
Date:
1950~
Creator:
Ginter Photo Co.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Mill Creek Protected Bottomland
Photograph of aerial view of protected bottomland below Site 17, Mill Creek.
Date:
1950~
Creator:
Ginter Photo Co.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Seeding King Ranch Bluestem
Photograph of seeding King Ranch bluestem with grass drill. Seedbed was prepared with 10 ft. offset disc and harvested after first light rain. This old field area had been used for annual lespedeza pasture prior to the droughts of 1952 and 1953. John Bullman on tractor.
Date:
April 16, 1954
Creator:
Fry, Chester
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Watershed Drainage Area
Photograph of watershed: OK-SCD-20 Wa. #5, site #7. Drop inlet, type of structure. Drainage area: 74 acres (25 acres in pasture, 49 acres abandoned cropland). General conditions: gullied. Drop inlet under construction when photo shot. Protects detention reservoir #1 and bottomland from silt.
Date:
July 17, 1948
Creator:
Ginter Photo Co.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Floodwater Diversion
Photograph of arial view of floodwater diverstion and drop inlet equipped sediment trap (pond) protects fertile bottomlands.
Date:
1950~
Creator:
Ginter Photo Co.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Watershed Drop Inlet
Photograph of aerial view of watershed: OK-SCD-20 Wa #5, Site #3. Type of structure: Drop inlet. Drainage area: 160 acres. Soil units: Deep medium textured slowly permeable and permeable. Area in cultivation: 32 acres. Area in pasture: 12 acres. Area in abandoned cropland: 116 acres. General condition of drainage area: Poor cover, sheet and gully erosion. Note: Right edge shown Site #2 on Adolph Johanson farm. Type of structure: Drop inlet. Drainage area - 15 acres (4 acres in pasture, 11 acres in abandoned cropland). General condition of drainage area: Poor cover, serious gully & sheet erosion. It protects detention reservoir #1 & bottomland from silt. See pipe installed in third gully from right edge.
Date:
July 14, 1948
Creator:
Ginter Photo Co.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Washita Detention Reservoir
Photograph of aerial view of Milles Creek Site 5, Washita detention reservoir. D. A. 3,520 acres. Sediment pool 21. 0 A. , 162 A. D. Flood pool 134 A. , 1,049 A. R. , 3. 58 in. Completed Aug. 1949.
Date:
May 2, 1954
Creator:
Brune, G. M. & Blackert, Franz
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Silt from Floods
Photograph of silt caused from floods. Top fence post where sand had silted in during spring flood of 1957. Coffee Farm
Date:
July 24, 1957
Creator:
Chase, Ward
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Severe Erosion on Sandy Creek
Photograph of an aerial overview of a severely eroded area on the Sandy Creek watershed.
Date:
December 18, 1961
Creator:
Fry, Chester
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Devils Den
Photograph of a group at Devils Den.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Johnston County Court House
Photograph postcard showing the Johnston County Court House, also served as the third Chickasaw Capitol Building.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of Hearn Chisholm farm, owner (right), and Paul Jones, Soil Conservation District [SCD] equipment manager, inspecting an improved pasture. This pasture is comprised of black medic, yellow hop clover, bur clover vetch, rye and rye grasses. OK-42-4.
Date:
May 24, 1955
Creator:
McConnell, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of a stump of a huckleberry tree as left by an angle tree bulldozer in clearing Blue River bottomland for pasture. OK-941-6.
Date:
September 25, 1959
Creator:
Fry, Chester
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of timber clearing in the Blue River bottom with angle tree bulldozer. This is heavy, wet, natured overflow bottom that is to be used for pasture. CONTRACTOR: c.b. Bell, Milburn, Oklahoma. OK-941-1.
Date:
September 25, 1959
Creator:
Fry, Chester
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of Pasture. Blue River bottom land cleared in 1956. It consisted of wet, poorly drained timber land near worthless pasture before clearing and planting to Midland Bermuda grass and clover. Planted to Bermuda grass in 1957. 500 acre ranch has 200 acres under cultivation. By 1959, it had 135 grown cows and 500 sheep and offspring, using vetch and clover for sown pasture. 10 on hill. 11 on bottom was cleared. OK-1050-10.
Date:
October 26, 1959
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History