Floodwater Retarding Structure

Photograph of aerial view of floodwater retarding structure No. 35. Completed Feb 1955. Drainage 1,845 A. C. , ediment Storage 1. 88 in. , Flood Storage 3. 35 in. , Total Storage 804. 8 Ac. Ft. , Surface 67 Ac.
Date: May 26, 1955
Creator: Haws, H. M. & Bruns, G. M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Floodwater Retarding Structure

Photograph of aerial view of floodwater retarding structure No. 1. Completed May 55. Drainage area 4,112 sq. in. , Sediment Storage 1. 45 in. , Flood Storage 3. 90 in. , Total Capacity 1,834. 0 Ac. Ft. Total surface aRea 144. 4 Ac. , volume of fill 118,00 cu. yd.
Date: May 26, 1955
Creator: Haws, H. M. & Bruns, G. M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Floodwater Retarding Structure

Photograph of aerial view of floodwater retarding structure No. 9. Comp[leted Feb 1955, Drainage 765 Ac. , Sediment Storage 1. 70 in. , Flood Storage 3. 56 in. , Total Storage 334. 8 Ac. Ft. Surgace 24. 2 Ac. Embankment 41,517 cu. yds.
Date: May 26, 1955
Creator: Haws, H. M. & Bruns, G. M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Graden Teeters, a District Supervisor, looking at the growth of weeping love grass planted for crop rotation as seeded in April 1955. OK-98-3
Date: July 13, 1955
Creator: Judge, Earl R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of weeping Lovegrass seeded in May 1955. Sprayed to kill weeds in June. Picture should show a narrow strip that the spray missed. OK-98-2.
Date: July 13, 1955
Creator: Judge, Earl R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0241.0522]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "When man and horse stage a reunion it's a novel affair, and when the horse is 34 years old, "it's something."
Date: August 6, 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a waterway at Jas. A. Logan Farm. Looking north up a waterway sodded in Bermuda grass in the spring of 1955. Sodded on June 16, 1955, with automatic Sprigger, with 150 pounds of 16-20-0 fertilizer per acre.
Date: September 7, 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History