Fishing in Sandstone Watershed

Photograph of Clarence Fowler and Warren Whittington fishing in one of the 24 detention reservoirs on Sandstone Watershed.
Date: September 1, 1955
Creator: Whittington, Fred L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of deep plowing for shinnery oak control. The right half of this picture shows the infestation of shinnery oak. The left half shows the result after being plowed 20 inches deep. Shinnery oak is completely turned under. The field is to be seeded to sudan grass in 1958 and rye in the fall for winter cover. Sorghum, cover will be established in 1959 for grass seeding. OK-658-7.
Date: April 1, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of shinnery oak infested pasture. This pasture will be deep plowed in the spring of 1958. Established to native grasses. Shinnery oak has completely choked out native grasses. OK-658-10.
Date: April 1, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of an airplane spraying of shinnery oak trees. This is part of a 320 acre pasture sprayed first in 1954. Two-thirds of the same area was sprayed in 1955 and one-third in 1956. This work is supervised by the Woodward Experiment Station. OK-317-1.
Date: July 1, 1956
Creator: Burgess, D. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wildlife Area

Photograph of Larry Allen, District Aide, examining wildlife plant.
Date: June 1, 1971
Creator: Prickett, D. B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fishing on Sandstone Creek Watershed Detention Reservoirs

Photograph of Chris Fowler fishing in one of the 24 detention reservoirs in the Sandstone Creek Watershed area. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Clarence Fowler, rancher on Sandstone fishing in one of the 24 detention reservoirs on Sandstone. Prior to construction of the detention reservoirs it was several miles to good fishing waters."
Date: September 1, 1955
Creator: Whittington, Fred L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Clarence Fowler with Fish Caught From One of the Twenty-four Detention Reservoirs

Photograph of "Clarence Fowler, rancher, Cheyenne, Oklahoma, with string of fish caught out of one of the 24 detention reservoirs on Sandstone Watershed."
Date: September 1, 1955
Creator: Whittington, Fred L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of daily laborers cleaning and sacking little bluestem seed. OK-9791.
Date: October 1, 1948
Creator: Elder, Tom
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of an airplane spraying shinnery oak shrubs. This is a part of a 320 acre pasture sprayed first in 1954. Two-thirds of the same area was sprayed in 1955 and one-third sprayed in 1956. This work is supervised by the Woodward Experiment Station. OK-317-1.
Date: July 1, 1956
Creator: Burgess, D. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of airplane spraying of shinnery oak. Present in the picture: Bill Blamey [left], Project Supervisor, US Forest Service and Matt Sooter [right], Farm Planner, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] Cheyenne, Oklahoma. They are checking the results of the airplane spraying of the shinnery oak shrubs. This pasture was sprayed in 1954, 1955 and 1956. Note the amount of tall grass. This work is supervised by the Woodward Experiment Station. OK-317-4.
Date: July 1, 1956
Creator: Whittington, Fred
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of range cover evaluation plot # 164, in excellent condition. Range on red shale hills site (soil unit 24-RR) had 4528 pounds of sideoats grama grass cover per acre, which was 97% effective in controlling soil splash. Detectability was 32% and the splash itself amounted to 1,248 pounds per acre. OK-10-634.
Date: November 1, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Daily Laborers Cleaning and Sacking Little Bluestem Seed

Photograph of four UNIDENTIFIED "Daily laborers cleaning and sacking little bluestem seed."
Date: October 1, 1948
Creator: Elder, Tom
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fishing on Sandstone Creek Watershed Detention Reservoirs

Photograph of "Clarence Fowler and Warren Whittington fishing in one of the 24 detention reservoirs on Sandstone Watershed." People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Clarence Fowler, 2. Warren Wittington.
Date: September 1, 1955
Creator: Whittington, F. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Clarence Fowler with Fish Caught From One of the Twenty-four Detention Reservoirs

Photograph of "Clarence Fowler, rancher, Cheyenne, Oklahoma, with string of fish caught out of one of the 24 detention reservoirs on Sandstone Watershed."
Date: September 1, 1955
Creator: Whittington, Fred L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History