Pond Dam for County Road

Photograph of a pond dam under construction for a county road.
Date: March 19, 1959
Creator: Bramble, Robert
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of diversion terraces (DT) under construction on SCD cooperator E.P. Ballow’s farm. Ballow is carrying out practices as recommended by Soil Conservation Service technicians. DT's constructed to add additional drainage to farm pond for livestock water. Bulldozer at work looking west. OK-1017-3.
Date: October 19, 1959
Creator: Ball, L. F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Helicopter for Spraying

Photograph of a helicopter preparing to spray timber.
Date: May 19, 1959
Creator: Eaton, J. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Two UNIDENTIFIED Men Constructing A Pond Dam

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFIED men, one on a tractor, the other on a bulldozer, constructing a pond dam. A second tractor is on top of the slope in the photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Pond Dam."
Date: March 19, 1959
Creator: Bramble, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Caucasian Bluestem

Photograph of Caucasian Bluestem grass planted in spring of 1959. Good stand was secured where tractor tires firmed the soil. Few plants were established on loose soil. Fred Fortney, Soil Conservationist. Zanies loam soil.
Date: November 19, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of a helicopter preparing to spray timber. OK-857-8.
Date: May 19, 1959
Creator: Eaton, J. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pond Dam for Road

Photograph of building a pond dam that will double as a road.
Date: March 19, 1959
Creator: Bramble, Robert
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pond Dam for Custer County Road

Photograph of a pond dam under construction for a Custer county road.
Date: March 19, 1959
Creator: Bramble, Robert
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Field of Little Bluestem, Hairy Grama, and Silver Bluestem Grasses Growing on Mansker-Potter Complex Soils

Photograph of field of little bluestem, hairy grama, and silver bluestem grasses growing on Mansker-Potter complex soils. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Mansker-Potter Complex 30-OK Mixed weeds and shallow site. Cultivated 1902-06. Out of cultivation 1906-59. Little bluestem, hairy grass and Silver bluestem."
Date: May 19, 1959
Creator: Snock, Ernest
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History