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Barnitz Creek Watershed
Photograph of site 40, laying concrete structure pipe. Showing coating on bottom half of pipe; batter boards used in alignment; and joing filler in place. L. Rounds, C. Touchstone, D. Touchstone, O. Winalow (Supt. ) C. Gold (SCS inspector) and Kpipworth.
Date:
May 24, 1955
Creator:
Matthews, J. S.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Washita Wildhorse Watershed
Photograph of construction in progess on Wildhorse Creek Watershed, Site 39, Lake Fuqua. This is the second dual purpose structure in this county, the other being Lake Humphreys (Site 22).
Date:
August 24, 1962
Creator:
Brown, Bob R.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Terrace Construction
Photograph of Edgar Schmidt, Washita Co. SCD cooperator constructing terraces on his farm with a D04 cat.
Date:
August 24, 1959
Creator:
Rowlett, Owen
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass Pasture
Photograph of Carson Millsap, SCS technician, studying ground cover in 4-acre field planted to native grass mixture in 1944. Grass in center foreground is King Ranch bluestem. It was established in native grass pasture from seed blown in from an adjoining 4-acre planting of KR> Grass in background is little bluestem. Shallow soil. Class VIII land.
Date:
August 24, 1951
Creator:
Tomkins, Gordon
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Seventh Annual Youth Range Camp
Photograph of L to R: 1. Matt Sooter, SCS, Cheyenne, OK; 2. Dick Childs, Pasture Spec., OSU, Stillwater; 3. Jack Bohl, WUC, SCS, Hammon, OK; 4. Bob Green, Rancher, Elk City, OK; 5. Harman Seymour, Ext. Director, Cheyenne, OK; 6. Charles Grimes, Range Consv., SCS, Waurika, OK; 7. C.E. Kingery, Range Consv., SCS, Stillwater, OK; 8. Tom Perryman, WUC, SCS, Cheyenne, OK; Emmett McCord, Ext. Range Spec., OSU, Stillwater, OK; 9. Dr. Wilfred McMurphy, Agronomy Dept., OSU, Stillwater, OK; 10. O.H. Lowry, WUC, SCS, Sayre, OK; 11. B.P. Prickett, WUC, SCS, Clinton, OK. OK-2872-10.
Date:
August 24, 1968
Creator:
Croom, Dan
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Watersheds
Photograph of channel improvements on Wildhorse Creek watershed, 1.5 miles north of Tatums. Channel work done in 1968 and 1969 and vegetated in 1969 with Bermuda sprigs. Approximately 3 miles of improvement in this segment, view upstream. Arbuckle CD, Carter County, Oklahoma. OK-4322-9D.
Date:
July 24, 1971
Creator:
Branstead, Rob
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fire Damage
Photograph of burning Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control in Roger Mills County, Okalhoma. OK-8738.
Date:
March 24, 1944
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fire Damage
Photograph of the controlling of grass fire with portable fire-fighting units on western Oklahoma Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control. OK-8749.
Date:
March 24, 1944
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of a scalper or screener built at Woodward Nursery and used to separate large trash from seed material. The machine is operated by a small concentric [motor or engine?] having a stroke of about 3 inches and is powered by a small, electric motor. Hand harvested switch grass material is being screened. OK-8893.
Date:
September 24, 1944
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of an important phase of Soil Conservation Service [SCS] regional operations which is the creation and development of needed conservation equipment. SCS technician Paul Browning (right) and DeBoy Wheatley put finishing touches on a SCS grass planter they designed and developed to do a 20 million acre Bermudagrass planting job in Region 4. Adjusting throw-out clutch between performance tests. OK-9702.
Date:
September 24, 1948
Creator:
Gillett, Paul
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of twenty-two combination clean and trashy grass seeding drills for delivery to the Soil Conservation Service for use in Washita Flood Control Program. From left ot right: E. Conrad, Earl K. Lowe, C.E. Bunch, & W.T. Wheeler. OK-9293.
Date:
March 24, 1947
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of a scalper or screener built at Woodward Nursery and used to separate large trash from seed material. The machine is operated by a small concentric [motor or engine?] having a stroke of about 3 inches and is powered by a small, electric motor. Hand harvested switch grass material i sbeing screened. OK-8893.
Date:
September 24, 1944
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of a new type of contour plow developed at Blackwell Camp. This shows the second cut with the left hand plow digging deeper and sealing the cracks with loose dirt which was left by the first cut. OK-5631.
Date:
May 24, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of one of 22 combination clean and grassy seeding drills for use in the Washita Flood Control program. Frames were constructed and machines assembled by Chickasha Iron Works. Standing beside the seeder is Mr. A.J. Kennedy, foreman of the job for Iron Works. OK-9299.
Date:
March 24, 1947
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of a peanut filed with no winter cover. OK-1293-12.
Date:
March 24, 1961
Creator:
Dowling, Leo E.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Watersheds
Photograph of the upper end of three miles of improved channel; looking downstream toward improved section of channel with grade stabilization structure. Structure takes out five feet of grade and has 44-foot water entry area. Channel work done in 1970 and 1971. Vegetation completed 2 weeks prior to photo (bermuda grass sprigs). OK-4322-11D.
Date:
July 24, 1971
Creator:
Branstead, Rob
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Watersheds
Photograph of lake behind 79-foot embankment of site 27 on Caddo Creek watershed, Bob Rhoads, DC, at Ardmore, Oklahoma. OK-4322-6D.
Date:
July 24, 1971
Creator:
Branstead, Rob
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of the installation of 8 inch helcore corrugated pipe showing cut-off wall. Installed for principal spillway in an erosion control pond. Constructed under a General Partnership [GP] program. OK-1297-11.
Date:
March 24, 1961
Creator:
Hall, Joe B.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lead-Zinc Mining
Photograph of a chat pile, the rock waste remains after lead and zinc have been extracted from hard rock, during the grinding and flotation system. Note the erosion of the pile. This material covers some 5,000 acres in Ottawa County. Wind and water move this finely ground rock to adjacent areas. OK-2769-11.
Date:
May 24, 1967
Creator:
Bennett, K. C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of pecan trees. These pecan tress were fertilized in 1956 using about 40 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilzer per tree. Fertilizer worked into the ground under trees. This year the crop promises to be very good. OK-559-6.
Date:
September 24, 1957
Creator:
Davis, T. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of Camera Station IV (SW corner of NW ¼ of Shinnery Range). Observational studies of Shinnery Oak Ranges. The area is heavily infested with shinnery oak 20 to 24 inches in height with scattered bunches of little bluestem, blue grama and sand love grasses. This 40 acre plot was burned on March 24, 1944 and will be stocked with 8 steers. OK-8734-C.
Date:
March 24, 1944
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of camera Station II from the top of a car. In the southeast corner of the southwest ¼ of shinnery oak range. Observational studies. Area of shinnery averaging about 20 inches in height with scattered bunches of little bluestem, blue grama and love grasses. This 40 acre plot will be moved in June, 1944. Each of the three 40 acre plots will be treated and each plot will stocked with 8 steers of equal size and quality. OK-8732.
Date:
March 24, 1944
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of U.S. Government, Camera Station V (Southeast ¼ Shinnery Range. 25 rods north of fence between two pastures and 25 rods east of fence along the road). Observational studies of Shinnery Oak Ranges. Area is heavily infested with shinnery oak shrubs 20 to 24 inches in height with scattered bunches of little bluestem, blue grama and sand love grass. This 40 acre plot was burned on March 24, 1944 and will be stocked with 8 steers. OK-8735-B.
Date:
March 24, 1944
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of the burning of range land in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. OK-8738.
Date:
March 24, 1944
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History