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

Fish Delivery in Cordell

Photograph of delivering fish for farm ponds at SCS office by Buster Cothren of the Oklahoma State Fish & Game Commission Hatchery at Medicine Park. Receiving fish were Casper Gosselin, Sam Holden, J.L. Holman, Era Sasseen, Wilbur Cooper, G.C. Slatten, Jo
Date: May 12, 1950
Creator: Archer, S. G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

S. E. Williams

Photograph of S. E. Williams and J. A. Perrin examining weeping lovegrass planted on July 11, 1950.
Date: October 12, 1950
Creator: Rechenthin, C. A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Angus Cows on Rye and Vetch

Photograph of six Angus cows in a field of vetch and rye. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Angus cows on third year vetch and rye."
Date: April 12, 1950
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fish for Farm Ponds

Photograph of delivering fish for farm ponds at SCS office by Buster Cothren of the Oklahoma State Fish & Game Commission Hatchery at Medicine Park. Receiving fish were Casper Gosselin, Sam Holden, J.L. Holman, Era Sasseen, Wilbur Cooper, G.C. Slatten, Joe Morkey, Henry C. Diskerson, Troy Maddox, and Cordell Fishing Club for Cloud Creek flood control Detention Reservoir No. 1. More that 10,000 bass fry were delivered.
Date: May 12, 1950
Creator: Archer, S. G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fish Delivery

Photograph of delivering fish for farm ponds at SCS office by Buster Cothren of the Oklahoma State Fish & Game Commission Hatchery at Medicine Park. Receiving fish were Casper Gosselin, Sam Holden, J.L. Holman, Era Sasseen, Wilbur Cooper, G.C. Slatten, Jo
Date: May 12, 1950
Creator: Archer, S. G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stocking Detention Reservoir No. 1

Photograph of stocking Detention Reservoir No. 1 of the Cloud Creek Flood control project with 6000 bass fry, 3000 channel cat, Nov. 1949. Leo Brown & G. W. Solnvenk pouring fish into the pond. Fish were delivered by Buster Cotheran, State Fish and Game Commission. The lake will cover approximately 30 surface acres when full.
Date: May 12, 1950
Creator: Archer, S. G.
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

Detention Reservoir Prairie Dale Creek, Site #1 Draw Down Tube in Operation

Photograph of outlet of draw down tube in operation after heavy rainfall on Detention Reservoir Prairie Dale Creek, Site #1. The back of the photograph proclaims, "View showing outlet of draw down tube in operation and washing on down stream [sic]slope of the embankment 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

Detention Reservoir Prairie Dale Creek, Site #1 Spillway

Photograph of a view-showing spillway below crest section of Prairie Dale Creek, Site #1 Detention Reservoir. A barbed wire fence crosses the center of photograph, while a house sits in the distant left background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "View showing spillway below crest section. Topsoil washed out 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

Detention Reservoir Prairie Dale Creek Site #1

Photograph of a view showing spillway entrance and crest of Prairie Dale Creek, Site #1 Detention Reservoir. A submerged barbed wire fence is visible in the water. The back of the photograph proclaims, "View showing spillway entrance and crest. Topsoil washed 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

Detention Reservoir Prairie Dale Creek, Site #1

Photograph of a view-showing spillway below crest section of Prairie Dale Creek, Site #1 Detention Reservoir. A barbed wire fence crosses the center of photograph, while a house sits in the distant left background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "View showing spillway below crest section. Topsoil washed out 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 #3 Detention Reservoir Embankment Break Alternate View

Photograph of four UNIDENTIFED men inspecting a Detention Reservoir embankment break located on Prairie Dale Creek Site #3. The back of the photograph proclaims, "View looking up-stream thru break in embankment. Inflow from up-stream temporarily blocked and break partially drained. Part of barrel section of structure below elbow section visible. Barrel section fractured 23.75 feet from down stream [sic] face of river."
Date: May 12, 1950
Creator: Frank, N. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Seeding Grass on Terraced Land

Photograph of Mr. Atchison makin his third seediing of native grass mixture on land cultivated first in 1926 and out of cultivation 5 years. Field once terraced by CCC. Atchison owns 200 acres and leases 100 acres. He is changing his farm system from row crops to grass with cattle. Land is head of Rush Creek drainage area.
Date: April 12, 1950
Creator: unknown
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

Detention Reservoir Prairie Dale Creek, Site #1

Photograph of a view showing spillway entrance and crest of Prairie Dale Creek, Site #1 Detention Reservoir. A submerged barbed wire fence is visible in the water. The back of the photograph proclaims, "View showing spillway entrance and crest. Topsoil washed 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