Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.

Daily newspaper from Ada, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Ada, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Ada, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Ada, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Ada, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Ada, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Ada, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Ada, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Ada, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Ada, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Ada, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Ada, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Ada, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Photograph of Jimmie Thomas, District Supervisor of Pontotoc County Soil Conservation District, stands on ice near boat dock and principal spillway of Site # 35, Upper Clear Boggy Creek watershed, on the ranch of F. Howard Walsh, Fort Worth, TX, district cooperator. 10 acres surface of permanent water. Average depth is 30 feet. OK-1611-4.

Photograph of District Cooperator, Irl Rhymes, foreground, showing Kenneth Yoakum, Work Unit Conservationist (WUC), Soil Conservation Service (SCS), Ada, OK, seed head of native grass on one of his native grass pastures above the drainage area of Site # 9, Upper Clear Boggy Creek. Background L to R: Ted Savage, secretary, Ada Chamber of Commerce; Harrel Allen, President, Sandy Creek Water and Soil Conservation District [WSCD]; Jimmy Thomas, District Supervisor; C. C. Baxton, Jr., District Supervisor; Drexel sales, Chairman, Pontotoc County SWCD; and Uel Bumpers, District Supervisor, admiring the excellent condition of Rhymes’ grass.

Photograph of District cooperator, Irl Rhymes, foreground, with 200 of his whiteface heifers above drainage area of Site # 15, Upper Clear Boggy. He takes excellent care of his native grass—taking half and leaving half. Has 8 Black Angus bulls in pasture with heifers. He is a conservation rancher. OK-1612-9.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Bronze bust of late Sen. Robert S. Kerr, born near Ada, was unveiled Wednesday at Ada."

Photograph of Ted Savage, secretary, Ada Chamber of Commerce, looks at a permanent pool of Site No. 35 at the Upper Clear Boggy, on a ranch of district cooperator, F. Howard Walsh, Ft. Worth, TX. Savage has assisted district supervisors and Conservancy District 100% in the program in Pontotoc County. Son of the late E.B. Savage, Harmon, OK, original board member of Upper Washita Water and Soil Conservation District (WSCD) and brother-in-law of L. L. "red" Males of Cheyenne, OK. OK-1611-5.

Photograph of Upper Clear Boggy Creek Watershed, Site No. 12. Cutting core trench for floodwater retarding structure, Site No. 12. Contractor--Paul Moody. OK-1238-5.

Photograph of Upper Clear Boggy Creek Watershed, Site # 38. From L to R: C. C. Burton, Jr., District Supervisor; Del Bumpers, District Supervisor; Harral Allen, President, Sandy Creek Water and Soil Conservation district (WSCD); Kenneth Yoakum, Work Unit Conservationist (WUC), Soil Conservation Service (SCS), Ada, OK; and ted Savage, Secretary, Ada Chamber of Commerce, observing core tranch for pipe of principal spillway. OK-1611-9.

Photograph of, from L to R, Kenneth Yoakum, Work Unit Conservationist (WUC), Soil Conservation Service (SCS), Ada, OK; Jimmy Thomas, District Supervisor; Ted Savage, secretary, Ada Chamber of Commerce; Drexel Siles, Chairman, Pontotoc County, Soil Conservation District (SCD); Phillip Busby, former president of Upper Muddy Boggy Watershed Improvement Assn.; Uel Bumpers, District Supervisor; Dave Roberts, President, Upper Clear Boggy Water & Soil Conservation District; C. C. Baxton, Jr., District Supervisor; C. C. Baxton, Jr., District Supervisor; Harral Allen, President, Sandy Creek Water and Soil Conservation District (WSCD); in specting [unclear] of Site # 35, Upper Clear Boogy Conservancy District, on the ranch of district cooperator, F. Howard Walsh, Ft. Worth, TX. Fill will be vegetated with Bermuda grass in March 1962. OK-1611-6.

Photograph of District Cooperator, Irl Rhymes, foreground, showing Kenneth Yoakum, Work Unit Conservationist (WUC), Soil Conservation Service (SCS), Ada, OK, that he is keeping sediment pool drum down on Site # 9 on his ranch so can sod to Bermuda in the Spring of 1962. If valve was closed Rhymes could have a 42 acre lake of water, but wants grass at this time. OK-1613-1.

Weekly newspaper from Allen, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.