Two UNIDENTIFED Farmers Plowing Up Contour Ridges to Spread Bermuda/Duncan Project

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED farmers using horse drawn equipment plowing up contour ridges in an attempt to spread Bermuda planted the previous year. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Plowing up contour ridges in an effort to spread Bermuda which was planted last year.”
Date: April 12, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Prairie Dale Creek Site No. 1 Detention Reservoir

Photograph of view showing spillway entrance and crest. Topsoil wash out in crest section after heavy rainfall on nights of May 9th and 10th. Depth of flow in crest section 1. 9 feet.
Date: May 12, 1950
Creator: Frank, N. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Prairie Dale Creek Site No. 1 Detention Reservoir

Photograph of view showing spillway entrance and crest. Topsoil wash out in crest section after heavy rainfall on nights of May 9th and 10th. Note crack along crown line of embankment caused by sluffing of topsoil.
Date: May 12, 1950
Creator: Frank, N. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita River Wildhorse Creek

Photograph of Washita Watershed benefits. Cattle grazing on dam and surrounding Area Site 17, Wildhorse Creek. Excellent stand of grass on dam and spillway.
Date: October 12, 1961
Creator: Cummins, Pat
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita River Watershed Construction Wildhorse Creek

Photograph of this is first site construction started on in second segment Wildhorse Creek. Total of 24 sites.
Date: March 12, 1962
Creator: Brown, Bob R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Former Cropland Planted to Native Tallgrass

Photograph of H. Neal Stidham, Range Conservationist from Ada, Okla, observing former cropland planted to native tallgrass.
Date: May 12, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Civilian Conservation Corps

Photograph of one of the occasional occurences of CCC boys engaged in Soil Conservation Services [SCS] work. The men are unloading the truck of excess weight which caused it to bog down in a small gulley. Others are hitching on a chain to another truck which will help to pull it out. OK-6318.
Date: April 12, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Conservation, Management and Utilization

Photograph of a fire in weeping lovegrass. Blaze controlled by Civil Defense [CD] and Soil Conservation District {SCD] fire fighting units. OK-1265-11.
Date: February 12, 1961
Creator: Brown, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a fire in weeping lovegrass. Blaze is controlled by Conservation District [CD] and Soil Conservation District [SCD] firefighting units. OK-1265-11.
Date: February 12, 1961
Creator: Brown, Bob R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Native Tallgrass Planted to Former Cropland

Photograph of H. Neal Stidham, Range Conservationist inspecting native tallgrass planting on a former cropland. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Former cropland planted to native tallgrass. H. Neal Stidham, Range Conservationist, Ada, Oklahoma."
Date: May 12, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Former Cropland Planted to Native Tallgrass

Photograph of native tallgrasses planted on former cropland. Nash Soil.
Date: May 12, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Agronomy, Stubble Mulching

Photograph of stubble mulching on 5a soil.
Date: July 12, 1961
Creator: Cummins, Patrick L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of one of the occasional occurences of CCC workers engaged in Soil Conservation Services [SCS] work. The men are unloading the truck of excess weight which caused it to bog down in a small gulley. Others are hitching on a chain to another truck which will help to pull it out. OK-6318.
Date: April 12, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fire in Weeping Lovegrass

Photograph of fire in weeping Lovegrass. Blaze controlled by CD and SCD fire fighting units.
Date: February 12, 1961
Creator: Brown, Bob R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Prairie Dale Creek Site No. 1 Detention Reservoir

Photograph of view showing spillway entrance and crest. Topsoil wash out in crest section after heavy rainfall on nights of May 9th and 10th. Depth of flow in crest section 1. 9 feet.
Date: May 12, 1950
Creator: Frank, N. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita River Watershed Construction Wildhorse Creek

Photograph of this is first site construction started on in second segment Wildhorse Creek. Total of 24 sites.
Date: March 12, 1962
Creator: Brown, Bob R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita Wildhorse Watershed

Photograph of first site construction started on in second segment Wildhorse. Total of 24 sites.
Date: March 12, 1962
Creator: Brown, Bob R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita Wildhorse Watershed

Photograph of retarding structure. Flood water retarding structure No. 18, Wildhorse Creek. Sprig planted to bermuda grass 8/5/59. Irrigation system running on front slope.
Date: August 12, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

UNIDENTIFED Farmer Listing on Contour in Terraced Field in Preparation For Planting His Cotton/Duncan Project

Photograph of a UNIDENTIFED farmer listing on contour in terraced field in preparation for planting his cotton. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Farmer listing on contour in terraced field in preparation for planting his cotton."
Date: April 12, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Blackberry Crop Growing on Contour/Duncan Project

Photograph of "Blackberries in bloom planted on contour on hilltop land utilized as a cash crop."
Date: April 12, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cattle Grazing on Grass Growing at Site 17, Wildhorse Creek

Photograph of cattle grazing on the grass growing along the dam and the surrounding area surrounding Site 17, Wildhorse Creek. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Watersheds-Washita. Benefits. Cattle grazing on dam and surrounding Area Site 17, Wildhorse Creek. Excellent stand of grass on dam and spillway."
Date: October 12, 1961
Creator: Cummins, Pat
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

H. Neil Stidham Looking at Native tallgrass Mixture Planted in 1959

Photograph of H. Neil Stidham, Range Conservationist looking at Native tallgrass mixture planted in 1959 on Loamy Prairie range site in Nash soil. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Native tallgrass mixture planted in 1959 on Loamy Prairie range site. Nash soil. H. Neil Stidham, Range Conservationist, Ada, Oklahoma."
Date: May 12, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Detention Reservoir Prairie Dale Creek Flood

Photograph of view looking up-stream through break in embankment. Inflow from up-stream temporarily blocked and break partially drained.
Date: May 12, 1950
Creator: Frank, N. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Mixed Beef and Dairy Cattle Grazing on Contour Furrowed Buffalograss Pasture

Photograph of "Mixed herd of beef and dairy cattle grazing on contour furrowed buffalo grass pasture."
Date: April 12, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History