Photograph of B. P. Prickett, SCS technician, examining silt deposit after 4 to 6" rain on Sugar Creek watershed. Rain fell in 30 to 45 min. Springtooth harrow covered up.

Photograph of silt and debris deposits on Sugar Creek flood plain after 4 to 6 inches of rain falling in 30 to 45 minutes. Bridge located north of Alfred Dorsey's home and crosses Sugar Creek.

Photograph of Sugar Creek bottom showing silt deposit after 4 to 6" rain that fell in 30 to 45 minutes on evening of 6/25/1961.

Photograph of watershed, Sallisaw Creek site 23. Photo taken downstream lookin gup stream.

Photograph of Sallisaw Creek Watershed, Site 23. Before picture.

Photograph of pond on the Buck Loyd farm 3 miles West and 1/2 mile North of Paoli. The pond is equipped with a diving board for swimmers. It is stocked with fish and is wasy to fish.

Photograph of Shorthorn heifers grazing Midland Bermuda grass. Old established astand with exellent covr. Chickasha very fine sandy loam (7) soil)

Photograph of a bulldozer with a blade for Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control. OK-2820.

Photograph of a crooked pine tree with little commercial value. Note crooks and limb condition. OK-1494-7.

Photograph of an America the Beautiful display at the International Land, Pasture and Range Judging Contest. Display made by the Oklahoma State Soil Conservation Service [SCS] Office. OK-2764-16.

Photograph of charter member of the Board of Supervisors of the Valliant Soil Conservation District [SCD], William E. Clarkson. Mr. Clarkson pruned all the young pine on his ranch in the fall of 1959 and spring of 1960. It is estimated if all this pine were in one block it would be about 40 acres. Clarkson has shifted from row crops to cattle raising. His overall plan is to shift to tree farming. OK-969-9.

Photograph of grass. H. A. Halford, daughter Mrs. Adams, and son, Larry, looking at native grass mixture of little bluestem, sideoats, switchgrass and blue grama seeded in 1957. OK-1114-1.

Photograph of a good stocking of pine trees. Saw logs and young reproduction: This is what woodland owners strive for. OK-1494-12.

Photograph of a deep gully where a diversion empties into Beef Creek just north of Apache Indian cemetary. Hubert Murray is pointing to the end of the pipe that brings the water under the road. OK-3011-13.

Photograph of the City of Stilwell, Oklahoma

Photograph of the city Stilwell, OK. OK-1606-8.

Photograph of eight UNIDENTIFED people at the site of a wrecked crop-spraying plane after it hit a REA line when spraying crops with parathion. A US Army helicopter is on the left side of the photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Crop spraying plane failed to see REA line while spraying wheat with Parathion. Army Helicopter from Ft. Sill saw crash, picked pilot up, gave first aid and took him to the station hospital at Ft. Sill. Pilot not seriously injured.”

Photograph of sumac in a hay meadow. Food and shelter for wildfires. OK-1406-10.

Photograph of a cannery located in Stilwell, OK. OK-1607-2.

Photograph of a cannery located in Stilwell, OK. OK-1607-7.

Photograph of a cannery located in Stilwell, OK. OK-1607-7.

Photograph of Lawrence Winn in his 3-year old planting of Black Locust trees for a post lot and erosion control. OK-1519-3.

Photograph of the city of Stilwell, OK. OK-1606-11.

Photograph of engineering. Pump installation. This is the pump that puts water into the pipeline installed as part of the Great Plains Program by Floyd Tate, left. Ervin Orr, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician also in the photo. OK-1789-5.