Eight UNIDENTIFED Workers Grouting Working Platform For Prevention/Municipal Structure at Site #22, Wildhorse Creek

Photograph of eight UNIDENTIFIED workers grouting working platform for prevention/municipal structure at Site #22, Wildhorse Creek. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Flood Prevention Structure. Halliburton cementing truck grouting working platform under the municipal structure."
Date: December 6, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Irrigation Pumping Installation on Sand Pit

Photograph of an irrigation pumping installation on sand pit, which its' water is used for cotton irrigation. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Irrigation. Pumping installation on sand pit. Water used for irrigation of cotton. Quantity that can be pumped is unlimited."
Date: August 6, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Three UNIDENTIFED Men Drilling One of Six Small Wells on the Frank Boykin Farm for Irrigation

Photograph of three UNIDENTIFED men drilling one of six small wells, which Frank Boykin hopes to irrigate 80 acres of land on his farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Irrigation. Frank Boykin – Drilling 6 small wells fitted with 5 ½" casting and gravel packed. Wells will be pumped with central pumping unit and farmer hopes to irrigate 80 acres of land. Each well has been tested with 2" centrifugal pump."
Date: August 6, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wildhorse Creek Washita River

Photograph of flood prevention structure Halliburton cementing trucks iin operation grouting the working platform under the municipal structure.
Date: December 6, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita Watershed Wildhorse Creek Sub-Watershed

Photograph of flood prevention structure. Halliburton cementing truck grouting working platform under the municipal structure
Date: December 6, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita Watershed Wildhorse Creek Sub-Watershed

Photograph of flood prevention structure. Pipes in crushed stone for grouting working platform under the municipal structure.
Date: December 6, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of sprinkler irrigation. The sprinkler irrigation system in operation on pre-irrigated land for cotton growing. This farm is in a low rainfall area and some irrigation is needed to work out a good soil and water conservation plan for most types of farming. Class II land, 2% slope, Soil Unit # 7. TX-273-10.
Date: February 6, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of brush control. Conservation aid, Jesse Nail, showing the fins on a root plow. These fins are set at a 45 degree angle to the blade to pull up roots of brush and to produce the turbulence necessary for seedbed preparation. The fins have a large share of the effectiveness of the operation. TX-602-9.
Date: December 6, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Sargeant Major Creek and watershed area. Site 3, showing rock core. Station 0+00 [unclear] dam. OK-217-7.
Date: March 6, 1956
Creator: Ritchey & Blackletter.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Agricultural and Conservation Research and Development

Photograph of the Renner Research Station personnel. A few of the personnel who operate the Renner Research Station. From left to right: Dr. Tom Longnecker, Jack Laird, Fred Shaw, Huey Whitehurst and Dr. Derby Laws. TX-306-3.
Date: March 6, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a coastal Bermuda grass waterway. Coastal Bermuda grass waterway on the Renner Station. The coastal Bermuda grass makes for a good waterway in this area. TX-307-3.
Date: March 6, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soil Conservation Districts, Members and Goals

Photograph of the Renner Research Station. A few of the personnel who operate the Renner Research Station. From left to right: Dr. Tom Longnecker; Jack Laird; fred Shaw; Huey Whitehurst and Dr. Derby Laws. TX-306-3.
Date: March 6, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of the seeding of native pasture. A group of southern Great Plains agronomists on a tour of the Renner Research Station, reviewing results of a seeding of native pasture of El Reno Sideoats Grama and King Ranch Bluestem. Cost of fertilizer, seed and planting was $30.00 per acre. This pasture was two-years old at the time of the photo. TX-306-8.
Date: March 6, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of the Renner Research Station, Renner, Texas [now a part of Dallas, annexed in the 1970s]. B. D. Blakely, Head Agronomist, Washington D.C. and D. G. Craig, Southern Great Plains Agronomist, Fort Worth, Texas, in an oat field on the Renner Research Station. TX-307-2.
Date: March 6, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of hardwood control. Notice that hardwood has disappeared. Pine is 10 feet tall from just 2 feet two years ago in Picture A. Dugan followd plan of SCS technicians on 1700 acres of similar hardwood infested pine. OK-10-888A1
Date: July 6, 1956
Creator: Hayes, Earl J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Irrigation

Photograph of Frank Boykin-drilling 6 small wells fitted with 5.5" casing and gravel packed. Wells will be pumped with central pumping unit and farmer hopes to irrigate 80 acres of land. Each well has been tested with 2" centrifugal pump.
Date: August 6, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History