Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a "before picture." This ten acre field situated in a small valley was so severely eroded in the rains and flood of October 2, 1955, that it was planned to sod the whole fied to bermuda grass. Floodwater removed the soil over much of the area to plow depth and deeper in a few places. OK-204-7.
Date: December 15, 1955
Creator: Rule, G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History