Watersheds, Lindsay Lake

Photograph of George A. Brown, Lindsay businessman (left) and District Conservationist Hadley Meinders, Purcell, discuss rules and regulations pertaining to the multipurpose lake located north of Purcell.
Date: July 15, 1907
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Erosion

Photograph of gully erosion on Minco silt loam, 1-3% slopes, following 7-inch rainfall.
Date: September 23, 1907
Creator: Meinders, Hadley C.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Timgad, North Africa

Photograph of Timgad in North Africa. View towards Trajans Triumphant Arch. The magnificence and former glory of Rome is today in deserted ruins, surrounded by desolate countryside.
Date: January 1930
Creator: Lowdermilk, W. C.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Hereford Cattle Grazing

Photograph of grade Hereford grazing on rye and vetch class III 12 cross timbers soil. Mr. Keller has found it very profitable to buy cattle in the fall, winter on this type of pasture and sell on spring market.
Date: March 11, 1933
Creator: Fry, Chester
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Hereford Cattle Grazing

Photograph of grade Hereford grazing on rye and vetch class III 12 cross timbers soil. Mr. Keller has found it very profitable to buy cattle in the fall, winter on this type of pasture and sell on spring market.
Date: March 11, 1933
Creator: Fry, Chester
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Civilian Conservation Corps

Photograph of a Civilian Conservation Corps [CCC] parade in Stillwater on Armistic Day, November 11, 1934.
Date: November 11, 1934
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of an Armistice Day parade of 1934 in Stillwater, Oklahoma feature Soil Conservation Service. First [unclear] for the Civilian Conservation Corps personne.
Date: November 11, 1934
Creator: Hollopeter, Chas A.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of an Armistice Day** parade of 1934 in Stillwater, Oklahoma featuring Soil Conservation Service heavy farming equipment. **in the US, this became Veterans Day starting in 1954.
Date: November 11, 1934
Creator: Hollopeter, Chas A.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soil Conservation Camp

Photograph of two views of five truckloads of technical men in Stillwater, OK for a two-week training period to be sent out to the Soil Conservation Service [SCS] camps. Pictures can be pasted together from the back with adhesive tape. Handwritten note: "Fred Dries said he and Ross Hall are in one of the pictures, AAB." 9-446.
Date: June 1935
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soil Conservation Camp

Photograph of two views of five truckloads of technical men in Stillwater, OK for a two-week training period to be sent out to the Soil Conservation Service [SCS] camps. Pictures can be pasted together from the back with adhesive tape. 9-445.
Date: June 1935
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of flood waters from Stillwater Creek encroaching upon the house of an African-American employee of the United States Geological Survey [USGS] as a silt collector. This flood was the result of a four inch rain in the Stillwater Creek watershed in the early part of June 1935. OK-9-485
Date: June 1935
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Erosion Under Trees

Photograph of how tree roots hold soil in place even after all the surrounding soil has been eroded away. The former base of the tree is now between five and six feet above the bottom of the gully.
Date: 1936~
Creator: Hufnagle
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a view of a contoured pasture. OK-5107.
Date: January 1936
Creator: Slack, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a close up view of a terraced-o0utlet structure, with masonry and dry rock with buttressed knee. OK-5106.
Date: January 1936
Creator: Slack, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gully Erosion

Photograph of the head of a gully with clumps of grass controlling erosion. Okla. SCS Image number Okla. 5432. Stilwater Project, Chandler Camp. Info presumed based on SCS image 5433.
Date: 1936~
Creator: Hufnagle
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of the Harry F. Brown farm. View of the farmer making a large fill for the building of a farm pond, which will be rip-rapped by the Guthrie Camp. OK-5117.
Date: January 1936
Creator: Slack, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of basin listing on the contour. The dams or blocks are 8 feet apart. TX-140-039.
Date: February 11, 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Badly Eroded Farmyard

Photograph of a badly eroded farmyard about 20 miles west of the Guthrie Soil Conservation Camp.
Date: March 1936
Creator: Slack, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Civilian Conservation Corps

Photograph of the southwestern part of Guthrie, Oklahoma, a view of the Guthrie Soil Conservation Camp from the adjoining water tower showing the typical layout of the Oklahoma Civilian Conservation Corps [CCC] camps. OK-5115.
Date: March 1936
Creator: Slack, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Contour Farming

Photograph of a view of a newly completed line of terrace outlet structures in Geary, Oklahoma. Semi-masonry and reinforced single and double buttresses. OK-5068.
Date: March 1936
Creator: Slack, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Drilling and Blasting Methods

Photograph of close-up view of camp boys drilling dynamite holes with air hammer for blasting rock loose in rock quarry. OK-5017.
Date: March 1936
Creator: Slack, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a view of a correctly built large, loose rock, bootheel structure at the head of a gully. Note the way in which the structure curves up at the end. OK-5071.
Date: March 1936
Creator: Slack, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of contour furrows in pasture land in order to control and preserve water as precipitation falls. Results have proven that this is one way to develop a good pasture. OK-5011.
Date: March 1936
Creator: Slack, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of two four-horse teams pulling Fresno Scrapers and building a terrace at the Konawa Terracing Demonstration. OK-5023. Also see Okla-5022.
Date: March 1936
Creator: Slack, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History