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Sheep Grazing on Contour Furrowed Grasses
Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man in the background watching the sheep grazing on Bermuda, grama grasses, and buffalograss in contour furrowed pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Sheep grazing Bermuda in contour furrowed pasture for conservation of soil and moisture and to promote growth of desirable grasses. Principle grasses are buffalo, Grama grasses. Furrows constructed in spring of 1941.”
Date:
October 15, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, E. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
F. S. Marlon's Planned Gully Control and Field Improvements
Photograph of “Water passing over farm pond spillway draining into incipient gullies at bottom of slope. Spillway will be shaped, gullies sloped, dam raised and dam and spillway sodded to Bermuda grass.”
Date:
October 15, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, E. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Owl Creek Detention Reservoirs #1 & #2
Photograph of an aerial shot of Owl Creek Detention Reservoir site #1 & 2 and the surrounding area. Several homes and buildings populate the land in the top background of photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Bottomland protected by this (site 2) reservoir and by Site No. 1 which is to the right.”
Date:
May 15, 1950
Creator:
Ginter Photo Co.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Owl Creek Site #1
Photograph of an aerial shot of Owl Creek Detention Reservoir site #1, spillway, and the surrounding area. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Owl Creek Site #1. Detention Reservoir, D. A. – 500 acres. Permanent pool – 1.03” runoff with 12.3 acres surface. Flood pool – 4.19” runoff with 33.8 acres surface. Storage total – 5.22” runoff to emergency spillway. The flood pool, which is 8’ in depth, discharges through an 18” pipe at an average rate of 27 c.f.s. or at an average rate of 1.3 inches runoff per day for its whole drainage area. During the storm of May 9-10, 15.5 inches of rain fell upon this watershed. Runoff filled the flood pool to the emergency spillway shown in foreground. In this photo flood pool is still discharging with 2 ft. of water over the 18” discharge pipe.”
Date:
May 15, 1950
Creator:
Ginter Photo Co.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wichita Mount Wildlife Refuge Hilly Stony Range Site
Photograph of a hilly stony range site, close utilization, at the Wichita Mount Wildlife Refuge west of Grama Lake. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Hilly story range site. Close utilization.”
Date:
April 15, 1958
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Shortleaf Pine, Mulberry, Black Locust, Cottonwood, Blackberry and Weeds Growing on Strip Pit and Spoils Bank
Photograph of a Strip pit and spoils bank covered by multiple kinds of vegetation. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Strip pit and spoils bank planted in shortleaf pine, mulberry and black locust on raw banks. Also cottonwood, blackberry and weeds volunteering. Used for wildlife cover – song birds, quail, rabbit and crows.”
Date:
November 15, 1955
Creator:
Hurd & Moreland
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Densely Forested Area Planted on Spoils Banks
Photograph of a densely forested area consisting of black locust, red juniper (cedar), cottonwood, and hackberry volunteered trees planted on spoils banks. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Spoils banks dug in 1944 and planted to black locust and red juniper (cedar) trees in 1947 by H. C. Skidmore, district cooperator. Besides the planted locust and cedar, cottonwood, and hackberry volunteered in this picture. Crows, songbirds and squirrel (Fox and Grey) nest in this planting. 6000 trees were planted.”
Date:
November 15, 1955
Creator:
Hurd & Moreland
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
U. S. Highway 281 Debris Under Bridge
Photograph of G. C. Gardner, Jr., Soil Conservation Service technician, points to debris piling up under a U. S. Highway 281 bridge near Hinton. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Close up of U. S. Highway 281 bridge shown in Okla-9570. G. C. Gardner, Jr., Soil Conservation Service technician, points to debris piling up under bridge. Note narrow space between bridge floor & silt accumulation. “
Date:
April 15, 1948
Creator:
Fox, Lester C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
R.T. Douglas on his Post Flooded Field
Photograph of R. T. Douglas and his field. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Pig weeds grow on fertile land where I planted corn twice this year,” says R. T. Douglas. “My fist planting washed out and the second planting had just started growing when this field was flooded a second time, I’ve got about 75 acres on which there will be a total crop loss this year. If my new drainage system had been completed in time I expect I’d have made 40 bushels of corner per acre here from the first planting.”
Date:
July 15, 1943
Creator:
Jenkins, E. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Neil Johnson Ranch Channel Type Terraces Creation
Photograph of an UNIDENTFIED man on the Neil Johnson Ranch “striking off the backslopes of a channel type terrace built entirely with a bulldozer.” The back of the photograph proclaims, “Striking off the backslopes of a channel type terrace built entirely with a bulldozer. See Okla-190-12 for the first pass made with bulldozer in starting construction.”
Date:
November 15, 1955
Creator:
Martin, J. Vernon
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Owl Creek Detention Reservoir Site #4
Photograph of an aerial shot of Owl Creek Detention Reservoir site #4 and the surrounding area. A barn or a miscellaneous building stands in the background of photo on the left side. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Owl Creek Site #4. Detention Reservoir: Drainage are [sic] – 300 ac. Permanent pool – 1.13” runoff with 6.88 surface acres. Flood pool – 4.09” runoff with 19.50 surface acres. Total storage – 5.22” runoff. The flood pool which is 8 ft. in depth has a discharge rate from 31 c.f.s. to 37 c.f.s. from 18” pipe. During the storm of May 9-10 (both pools were empty except the borrow pit) 15.5 inches of rain fell in this watershed, and water was discharged, for a short time, through the emergency spillway at a depth of 1.8 ft.”
Date:
May 15, 1950
Creator:
Ginter Photo Co.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Owl Creek Detention Reservoirs #1 & #2
Photograph of an aerial shot of Owl Creek Detention Reservoir site #1 & 2 and the surrounding area. Several homes and buildings populate the land in the top background of photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Bottomland protected by this (site 2) reservoir and by Site No. 1 which is to the right.”
Date:
May 15, 1950
Creator:
Ginter Photo Co.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Row Irrigation
Photograph of row irrigation; part of field is 2 percent slope, row direction down steepest slope; plastic sleeves in pipe lets water down each row.
Date:
April 15, 1955
Creator:
Murray, Hubert J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Flood Control Detention Structure
Photograph of Owl Creek Site #4. Detention Reservoir, D.A - 500 acres. Permanent pool - 1.03" runoff with 12.3 acres surface. Storage total - 5.22" runoff to emergency spillway. The flood pool, which is 8" in depth, discharges through an 18" pipe at an average rate of 27 c.f.s. or at an average rate of 1.3 inches runoff per day for the whole drainage area. During the storm of May 9-10, 15.5" of rain fell upon this watershed. Runoff filled the flood pool to the emergency spillway shown in foreground. In this photo flood pool is still discharging with 2 ft. of water over the 18" discharge pipe.
Date:
May 15, 1950
Creator:
Ginter Photo Co.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bermuda Grass
Photograph of Bermuda grass.
Date:
August 15, 1955
Creator:
Huckabee, DeWitt
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bermuda Grass
Photograph of Bermuda grass.
Date:
August 15, 1955
Creator:
Huckabee, DeWitt
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hill Hudgins Family
Photograph of the Hill Hudgins family inside a squatter shack on land purchased by the U. S. Government. This family of eight lives in a one room shack with a kitchen adjoining. They have cleared 13 acres of forest land selling pine cross-ties and poles as a livelihood.
Date:
April 15, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Gully Erosion
Photograph of severe gully erosion.
Date:
May 15, 1940
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hobbs Western Timber Company
Photograph of Hobbs Western Timber Company workers loading cross-ties onto train cars.
Date:
April 15, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Pine Poles
Photograph of peeled pine poles ready for market.
Date:
April 15, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
John Westmoreland & Sons Mill
Photograph of workers cutting pine poles for split fence posts at the John Westmoreland & Sons Mill.
Date:
April 15, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hobbs Western Timber Company
Photograph of Hobbs Western Timber Company workers loading cross-ties onto train cars.
Date:
April 15, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Omer and Orville Moore
Photograph of Omer and Orville Moore, and their dogs, with opossum hides taken over three nights.
Date:
January 15, 1939
Creator:
Hurd, M. A.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lloyd Lafave
Photograph of Lloyd Lafave standing next to traps used on the farm for rabbits.
Date:
January 15, 1939
Creator:
Hurd, M. A.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History