Photograph of cattle grazing on King Ranch blue stem pastures near Site No. 51, Owl Creek.

Photograph of Lee Roy Jones, Cheyenne, Okla. , rancher, looking at the water flowing in Sandstone Creek below stream guage No. 3. The creek has flowed continuously since November 1, 1954. In 1952, prior to the completion of the flood control program, the longest continuous flow was 88 days.

Photograph of north diverstion terrace, site no. 13, Owl Creek Watershed. Caucasion bluestem growing on raw Vernon soil material. Planted July 1957 with mulch and 200 lbs. 16-20-0 per acre. This is first growing season that it was protected from grazing.

Photograph of one of the new ranch homes built on the Sandstone-Creek watershed since the flood prevention program was established. Built in 1954 below Site 17. OK-142-1.

Photograph of Jim Taylor, operator of the Newman-Taylor Ranch, is admiring the tall bluestem grass in one of his pastures. This pasture is being properly grazed and is above Site 17 Sandstone Watershed. Loamy prairie range site. 20 to 25 inch rainfall zone. The hills in the background are of the Red Shale Hill range site. OK-142-7.

Photograph of Jim Taylor standing by a portion of the 5,338 bales of Johnson grass hay grown on Sandstone bottomland protected by Site 17 and 17A. OK-142-5.

Photograph of the Fowler family and dog standing in front of their new home. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: Feye Fowler, Mrs. Clarence Fowler, and Mr. Clarence Fowler. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fowler and daughter, Feye, in front of new ranch home recently built on Sandstone Creek Watershed.”

Photograph of Jack Rhoton on a John Deer tractor cutting grain sorghum from Sandstone Creek bottomland on O. L. Boggess farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Jack Rhoton cutting grain sorghum from Sandstone Creek bottomland on O. L. Boggess farm. Sorghum will be put in trench silo. This is a portion of the 4,700 acres formerly overflowed by Sandstone Creek.”

Photograph of Lee Roy Jones, rancher, looking at the water flowing in Sandstone Creek below stream gauge No. 3. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Lee Roy Jones, Cheyenne, Okla. rancher, looking at the water flowing in Sandstone Creek below stream gauge No. 3. The creek has flowed continuously since November 1, 1954. In 1952, prior to the completion of the flood control program, the longest continuous flow was 88 days."

Photograph of the Fowler family and dog lounging in front of their new home. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Feye Fowler, 2. Mrs. Clarence Fowler, 3. Mr. Clarence Fowler. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fowler and Daughter, Feye, in front of new ranch home recently built on Sandstone Creek Watershed."

Photograph of Jim Taylor, operator of ranch, standing in a field of tall bluestem. Some cattle are visible in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Jim Taylor, operator of ranch, admiring the tall bluestem in one of his pastures. The pasture is being properly grazed and is above Site 17 Sandstone Watershed."

Photograph of Clarence E. Bunch, Soil Conservation Service technician (left) and Harry Newer (right), Soil Conservation Supervisor examine some of the cured weeping lovegrass hay that is being baled from windrows on a 2 ½ acre field planted 14 ½ months ago. On June 15 it yielded 350 pounds of reclaimed seed valued at $3.50 to $4.00 per acre. Forty-five days after the grass was cut with a binder for seed it yielded 10 [number unclear], sixty-five pound bales of hay. Total value of yield from planter to date is about $1200 or $600 per acre.** He [Mr. Newer?] planted lovegrass March 27, 1944 after his wife asked him to “sow that field [with] something that will keep the dust out of the house.” He plans to plant an additional 8 or 10 acres of lovegrass next year. OK-9042.

Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fowler and daughter, Feye, in front of new ranch home recently built on Sandstone Creek watershed

Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Taylor and son in front of fireplace in new home.

Photograph of Jim Taylor, operator of ranch, admiring the tall bluestem in one of his pastures. This pasture is being properly grazed and is above Site 17 Sandstone Watershed.

Photograph of site no. 3 - Owl Creek spillway barn. SCS technician, Marshal E. Boyd standing on line between Elken bluestem, left and sand bluestem, right. Good stand were established on both but sand bluestem was removed by grazing. Planted June 14, 1957.

Photograph of H. J. Banks in photo. Front slope of site no. 14, Owl Creek watershed. Planted to King Ranch bluestem in June 1957. Protected from grazing.

Photograph of Jim Taylor, operator of ranch, standing in a field of tall bluestem. Some cattle are visible in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Jim Taylor, ranch operator, admiring the tall bluestem in one of his pastures. Pasture is being properly grazed and is above Site 17 Sandstone Watershed. Loamy Prairie range site. 20"-25" rainfall zone. The hills in background are Red shale hill range site."

Photograph of the Fowler family and dog standing in front of their new home. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: Feye Fowler, Mrs. Clarence Fowler, and Mr. Clarence Fowler. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fowler and daughter, Feye, in front of new ranch home recently built on Sandstone Creek Watershed."

Photograph of Jim Taylor, operator of ranch, standing in a field of tall bluestem. Some cattle are visible in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Jim Taylor, operator of ranch, admiring the tall bluestem in one of his pastures. The pasture is being properly grazed and is above Site 17 Sandstone Watershed."

Photograph of Jim Taylor, operator of ranch, standing in a field of tall bluestem. Some cattle are visible in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Jim Taylor, operator of ranch, admiring the tall bluestem in one of his pastures. The pasture is being properly grazed and is above Site 17 Sandstone Watershed."

Photograph of Jim Taylor, operator of ranch, standing in a field of tall bluestem. Some cattle are visible in the background. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, "Jim Taylor, operator of ranch, admiring the tall bluestem in one of his pastures. The pasture is being properly grazed and is above Site 17 Sandstone Watershed."

Photograph of a small herd of cattle on the Earl Sherman Ranch grazing on a hilly pasture consisting of King Ranch bluestem. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cattle grazing King Ranch bluestem pasture. This is part of the land treatment used to reduce sediment to structures, and reduce flooding."

Photograph of Jim Taylor, operator of ranch, standing in a field of tall bluestem. Some cattle are visible in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Jim Taylor, operator of ranch, admiring the tall bluestem in one of his pastures. The pasture is being properly grazed and is above Site 17 Sandstone Watershed."