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Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of Sarah Henry Farm after a heavy rain on 8-19-71. [illegible] soil, [illegible] slope. Land was bare. Gullies in some areas. Heavy silt bed in other areas. Immediate foreground shows road burrow ditch filled with silt. OK-4434-B.
Date:
August 19, 1971
Creator:
Cullen, Joe W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of oil field salt water damage. A salt water damaged area. Tank at salt water injection well seeps and occasionally overflows. Trial plantings are to be made after salt water source is eliminated. Diversion terrace in background now protects area from overhead water. OK-4414-4.
Date:
July 19, 1971
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wildlife
Photograph of Wildhorse Creek Site # 42. Beaver lodge above flood prevention structure. Beaver prevents the area from becoming overgrown with willows, cottonwoods and other woody vegetation. OK-4098-8
Date:
February 19, 1971
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Recreation and Travel
Photograph of a water safety show at the Cobb Creek site. The parking area and water front, Site # 1. OK-2135-[?]
Date:
July 19, 1965
Creator:
Ottinger, A.P
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Conservation, Environmental & Safety Education
Photograph of preparation for a water skiing demonstration, Jake Wright's boat. OK-2135.
Date:
July 19, 1964
Creator:
Ottinger, A.P
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Conservation, Environmental & Safety Education
Photograph of a water skiing demonstration. OK-2135-11. (Repeat of record at 395).
Date:
July 19, 1964
Creator:
Ottinger, A.P
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Recreation and Travel
Photograph of a water skiing demonstration.
Date:
July 19, 1964
Creator:
Ottinger, A.P
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hurshal E. Boyd and Tom Hayes Standing at Future Site of Site 16A, Roaring Creek
Photograph of Hurshal E. Boyd, Area Conservationist, and Tom Hayes, Area Engineer standing at the future site of Site 16A, Roaring Creek. The photo does not indicate the left to right positions of Boyd or Hayes. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Watershed: Hurshal E. Boyd, Area Conservationist, and Tom Hayes, Area Engineer, of Pauls Valley standing at the centerline of Structure to be built-Site 16A, Roaring Creek. Center line [sic] of dam crossing gully here - Approximately 30' deep. This critical area has also been planted in trees from erosion control."
Date:
April 19, 1962
Creator:
Leonard, Claude M.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Conservation Plan Review
Photograph of SCS Technician Olen Rowlett and Willis J. Sorrells discuss the Great Plains conservaton plan with Mr. & Mrs. Eldred Sasseen. Sasseen is the first to sign a Great Plains contract in Washita County. Mr. & Mrs. Sasseen operate a 1200 acre Hereford ranch.
Date:
January 19, 1962
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Great Plains Conservation Program
Photograph of the Great Plains Conservation Program [ 1957 - 1996]. Willis Sorrells, Great Plains technician, Soil Conservation Service [SCS], Clinton, Oklahoma, explains the Great Plains contract with Mr. AND Mrs. Dale Robinson, who sign an application for participation in the program. OK-1615-1.
Date:
January 19, 1962
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Reviewing a Great Plains Contract
Photograph of reviewing a Great Plains contract and conservaton plan with Mr. and Mrs Eldred Sasseen by Olen Rowlett, SCS Technician, Cordell, Oklahoma. Picture taken in their home.
Date:
January 19, 1962
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Atlantic Variety of Alfalfa
Photograph of an excellent stand of Atlantic variety alfalfa after 4th cutting, 2 years after planting on Stillwell silt loam, 0-1% slopes. In foreground is Lloyd Martin, Supt. Of the Station.
Date:
October 19, 1961
Creator:
Warth, Peter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of District Aide Joss Hasting brush-hogging green beans before turning under to get ready for the winter cover crop. OK-1478-6.
Date:
October 19, 1961
Creator:
Warth, Peter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation [?].
Photograph of the picking fall green beans. Jim Hawk.
Date:
October 19, 1961
Creator:
Warth, Peter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Site of the First Shelterbelt
Photograph of the site of the first Shelterbelt in the United States. A Shelterbelt is a a line of trees or shrubs planted to protect an area, especially a farm field, from strong winds and the erosion they cause.
Date:
October 19, 1961
Creator:
Frie, Jimmie W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of a shelterbelt. Site of the first shelterbelt in the US. OK-1523-7.
Date:
October 19, 1961
Creator:
Frie, Jimmie W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a dentention reservoir. Recently completed detention reservoir Site # 9 of Little Wewoka Creek impounding 34 surface acres of permanent water. Excellent cover of vegetation and good clear water. To be stocked with fish in the near future. OK-1484-7.
Date:
October 19, 1961
Creator:
Davis, T. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of flood prevention at Cane Creek, Site # 22, near Boynton, OK. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Seivert are shown the extent of the sediment pool on their farm by Virgil Cole, Chairman, Cane Creek Conservancy District and Member of the Muskogee County Soil and Water conservation District [SWCD] Board of Supervisors, and its relation to their cooperative agreement No. 2609. Seivert signed the first easement secured for this watershed. OK-1479-11.
Date:
October 19, 1961
Creator:
Castle, Ernest L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of Flood prevention. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Seivert signing the first easement for the Cane Creek Watershed. Virgil Cole, Chairman of the Cane Creek Conservancy District and Board Member of Muskogee County, Soil & Water Conservation District [SWCD], looks on. This easement was the first one secured for work on this watershed. Seivert’s District agreement No, 2609 for their 320 acre farm was signed on June 28, 1955. This is for Site # 22. OK-1479-8. PHOTO IS MISSING.
Date:
October 19, 1961
Creator:
Castle, Ernest L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of flood prevention at Cane Creek, Site # 22, near Boynton, OK. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Seivert are signing the first easement for the Cane Creek Watershed. Virgil Cole, Chairman, Cane Creek Conservancy District and Member of the Muskogee County Soil and Water conservation District [SWCD] Board of Supervisors, looks on. This easement was the first one secured for work on this watershed. Seivert's District agreement, No. 2609 for their 320 acre farm signed June 28, 1955. This is for Site # 22. OK-1479-8.
Date:
October 19, 1961
Creator:
Castle, Ernest L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of detention reservoir. Recently completed dentention reservior site no. 9. Little Wewoka Creek impounding 34 surface acres of permanent water. Excellent cover of vegetation and good clear water. To be stocked wit fish in the near future. OK-1484-7.
Date:
October 19, 1961
Creator:
Davis, T. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of irrigated cotton. Cotton irrigated with water stored in Site 28, Calvary watershed. Small siphon tubes are used because of short runs. Bob Wright, watershed Conservationist, is in the picture. OK-1443-9.
Date:
September 19, 1961
Creator:
Rowlett, Olen
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of irrigated cotton. Cotton irrigated with water stored in Site 28, Calvary watershed. Small siphon tubes are used because of short runs. Bob Wright, watershed Conservationist, is in the picture. OK-1443-9.
Date:
September 19, 1961
Creator:
Rowlett, Olen
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Drainage System Construction
Photograph of a grader putting a final grade on a main ditch of a drainage system as staked by SCS technicians. OK-1376-5.
Date:
July 19, 1961
Creator:
Ball, Lemuel
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History