Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The pioneer spirit is contagious in Weatherford as the city prepares for its golden anniversary celebration Friday."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Virginia Neill, daughter of Mrs. D. T. Neill, inspects the damage done to a home in Clinton by Thursday night's storm."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: ".. . street lamp broken off, but still burning at Clinton."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Chairman of 124th Dist. of Rotary International's Foundation Committee."

Photograph of a buffalo skull found at a 6-foot depth in a gully plug construction work. The depth of the skull indicates piling up of sediment from flood waters. Andrew A. Orr, Soil Conservation service technician, is examining the skull. OK-9527.

Photograph of a gully plug with pipe in the process of construction under private contract in flood control work. Gully has been eroding bank back to cultivated land protected by terrace system. Eroded soil has been washing into west Barnitz Creek. Plug will stabilize land below in conjunction with other plugs and detentions. This plug will be augmented by 2 divisions to stabilize 2 other gullies and keep the terrace water from entering gullies. Photo shows fill being made. Note riser pipe which will carry water off when it reaches a certain height. See OK-9521. OK-9520.

Photograph of a gully caused by 19 inches of rainfall occuring within a 7 hour period on June 22, 1948. This gully, 25 feet deep and 40 feet wide, is several blocks long and lies in the middle of what was a travelled street before the rain started. Less than 2 [unclear] of land drain into the gully above its head. OK-9675.

Photograph of a gully caused by 19 inches of rainfall occuring within a 7 hour period on June 22, 1948. This gully, 25 feet deep and 40 feet wide, is several blocks long and lies in the middle of what was a travelled street before the rain started. Less than 2 [unclear] of land drain into the gully above its head. OK-9672.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Donald F. Dickey - State Insurance Commissioner"

Photograph of potential soil erosion. Showing a close-up of how easily soil blows when William J. Trexel sifts it through his fingers. This is a lower part of a 65-acre field of cotton, grain sorghum and sudan grass that washd out in a 19-inch rain, June 22, 1948. Silt deposited in lower part of the field has created a blow problem. OK-9657.

Photograph of Terry Mccarty, who points to the top of an old fence. He built new fence when silt piled up on 1/2 acre of his bottomland. Silt washed down from road and pasture of inferior vegetation that did not adequately protect soil in heavy downpour on June 22, 1948., a natural drain in the middle of the pasture becoming a gully. Silt averaged 3 feet [unclear] or 6,000 tons over 1/2 an acre. OK-9654.

Photograph of a close-up showing how exactly soil blows as William Trarel sifts it through his fingers. This is a lower part of a 65-acre field of cotton, grain sorghum and sudan grass that washed out in 19 inches of rain on June 22, 1948. Silt deposited in the lower part of the field has created a blow problem. OK-9657.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Hanging inside, ready to go to the field, is an ungainly 12-foot one-way disc plow."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "William Roush, Clinton, has a right to grin at his son. The baby has recovered from an attack of polio. The same disease caused the death of Mrs. Roush in July."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "At top right are some of the 150 head of sheep which Mueller combines with pigs and some cattle to eat forage and grain he produces."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Students at Southwestern Tech learn how to make a living."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Veteran state official prepares to step down."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Veteran state official prepares to step down."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The new education building at Southwestern School of Technology in Weatherford will be ready in June of 1949. In the meantime, it's a meeting place for students Billie Fox, left, of Arapaho, and Sharon Scott of Hollis."