Multiple Purpose Reservoir

Photograph of multiple purpose reservoir, including Chickasha water supply, under construction. Total capacity 56,000 A. F. Embankment 1,203,000 cu. Yd. Rip rap being place above berm on upstream slope is limestone hauled from Cement, 25 miles sorth. Below berm is gypseous sandstone from emergency spillway excavation
Date: December 6, 1957
Creator: Brune, G. M.
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

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

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of Art Hanes, member of the Board of supervisors of Rogers Soil Conservation District with Brillion cultipacker seeder. OK-197-8.
Date: December 6, 1955
Creator: Moreland, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of Griffin water and tool truck. OK-584-7.
Date: December 6, 1957
Creator: Brune, Gunner M.
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

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of Mr. Clyde Fraley, Chair, Board of Supervisors of the Rogers County Soil Conservation District standing by a Pasture Dream sodland drill. OK-197-6.
Date: December 6, 1955
Creator: Moreland
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Failing 1500 Rotary Drilling Rig

Photograph of three UNIDENTIFED men working on a failing 1500 rotary drilling rig. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Failing 1500 rotary drilling rig.”
Date: December 6, 1957
Creator: Brune, Gunnar M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cotton Stripper

Photograph of a working cotton stripper. Cotton making 1/2 bale.
Date: December 6, 1962
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Rabbit Harvest

Photograph of Twenty-two rabbits taken from 90 gums by two farm boys, Ola Adams and Herman Towery. Gums set in woodland area on Burl Prentice farm
Date: December 6, 1938
Creator: Hurd, M. A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of an Acker power auger. OK-584-11.
Date: December 6, 1957
Creator: Brune, Gunner M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a failing 1500 rotary drilling rig. OK-584-4.
Date: December 6, 1957
Creator: Brune, Gunner M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pine Planting Operation

Photograph of a pine planting operation. Don Coffey (left) and Larry Williamson (right) doing the planting.
Date: December 6, 1972
Creator: Mathiews, Jerry W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stigler Project, Burl Prentice farm.

Photograph of Twenty-two rabbits taken from 90 gums by two farm boys, Ola Adams and Herman Towery. Gums set in woodland area on Burl Prentice farm
Date: December 6, 1938
Creator: Hurd, M. A.
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

Acker Power Auger

Photograph of a truck carrying an Acker power auger. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Acker power auger."
Date: December 6, 1957
Creator: Brune, G. M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Griffin Water and Tool Truck

Photograph of a “Griffin water and tool truck” parked in a field.
Date: December 6, 1957
Creator: Brune, Gunnar M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of an erosion control dam. A community project. Looking west at gully eating back into cropland and blocking country road in two ways. Proposed structure to be used as country road as well as having flood pool storage. OK-1498-5.
Date: December 6, 1961
Creator: Tarrant, C. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Griffin Water and Tool Truck

Photograph of a "Griffin water and tool truck" parked in a field.
Date: December 6, 1957
Creator: Brune, Gunnar M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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

LU Project Plot 196 Range Cover Evaluation of Little Bluestem In Controlling Soil Splash

Photograph of LU Project Plot 196 range cover evaluation of Little Bluestem in controlling soil splash. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Range cover evaluation plot 196 of little bluestem on Rolling Red Plains shinnery in excellent condition, was 99% effective in controlling soil splash. The plot had 11,386 pounds of cover per acre, affording 97% soil coverage."
Date: December 6, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History