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Area to be Overseeded
Photograph of J.H. Butler standing near Little Bluestem plant. Area to be overseeded to native grass mixture under Great Plains Conservation Program.
Date:
January 31, 1961
Creator:
Hamill, Dan
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Overfall
Photograph of J.H. Butler standing at the head of an overfall. Area to be seeded to native grass mixture under Great Plains Conservation Program. Diversion terrace to be constructed.
Date:
January 31, 1961
Creator:
Hamill, Dan
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hardland Range Site
Photograph of a Hardland range site in fair condition five miles west of Walters. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Range. Hardland range site. Foard silt. Fair condition." In the far distant background, some cattle are grazing in the adjacent field.
Date:
January 22, 1961
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bid Letting Quartermaster Creek
Photograph of Nuel Hurtick, Adm. , Serv. Div. , SCS, Washington D. C. , left and Ross Hall, Adm. Officer, SCS, Stillwater, right observing the results of the bid opening.
Date:
January 19, 1961
Creator:
Richie, Leonard
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
First Bid Letting for Quartermaster Creek Sites
Photograph of a group of people attending the bid opening. Right Table: clockwise, C. E. May, American Marietta Co. , Okla. City; Kenneth Richardson, Contractor, Clinton; Bob Allen, Contractor, Cordell; Marshall Greenman, Sales Rep. , Boardman Eq. Co. , Okla. City; Mr. Hagar, Conoco Sales Rep. , Okla. City; R. A. Lotspeich, Contractor, Laverne; Bob Selman, Contractor, Selman; Nuel Hurtick, Adm. Serv. Div. , Washington DC; Jim Corser, SCS, Stillwater; Doc Herron, Robertson Steel Co. , Okla. City; Mr. Pitchlynn, Lock-Joint Pipe Co. , Okla. City. Left Table: Bob Day, Project Engr. , SCS, Clinton, left; and John Burch, Project Engineer, SCS, Cheyenne, Okla. , right.
Date:
January 19, 1961
Creator:
Richie, Leonard
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sugar Creek Watershed
Photograph of diversion terrace constructed as part of the critical gully treatment on area 205, Sugar Creek Watershed of the Washita River. First of a series.
Date:
January 19, 1961
Creator:
Wall, R. N.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sugar Creek Watershed Raw Gully
Photograph of raw gully planted to trees on area 204 gully treatment of Sugar Creek Watershed of the Washita River. First of a series.
Date:
January 19, 1961
Creator:
Wall, R. N.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of the first bid letting, Sites # 22, 23 and 24, Quartermaster Creek. Orientation Conference with the contractor discussing items on the bid schedule. L to R: Bob O. Day, Project Engineer, Soil Conservation Service [SCS], Clinton, OK; Kenneth W. Richardson, Contractor, Clinton, OK; Ross W. Hall, Contracting officer, SCS, Stillwater, OK; Glenn A Beacham, Asst. State Conservation Engineer, SCS, Stillwater, OK.
Date:
January 19, 1961
Creator:
Richie, Leonard
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fire Damage
Photograph of fire damage to a crop of Weeping Lovegrass. Blaze was extinguished by 9:30 PM on 1/17/61 by SCD and CD fire fighting units.
Date:
January 18, 1961
Creator:
Brown, Bob R.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fire Damage
Photograph of fire damage to weeping lovegrass. The blaze was extinguished at 9:30 PM on January 17, 1961 by Soil Conservation District [SCD] and Conservation District [CD] fire-fighting units. OK-1265-1.
Date:
January 18, 1961
Creator:
Brown, Bob R.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fire Damage to Weeping Lovegrass
Photograph of fire damage to a crop of Weeping Lovegrass. Blaze was extinguished by 9:30 PM on 1/17/61 by SCD and CD fire fighting units.
Date:
January 18, 1961
Creator:
Brown, Bob R.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of fire damage to weeping lovegrass. The blaze was extinguished at 9:30 PM on January 17, 1961 by Soil Conservation District [SCD] and Conservation District [CD] fire-fighting units. OK-1265-1.
Date:
January 18, 1961
Creator:
Hines, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Planting trees gully treatment
Photograph of planting trees on Area 204, gully treatment on Sugar Creek Watershed of the Washita River.
Date:
January 18, 1961
Creator:
Wall, R. N.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sugar Creek Gully Treatment
Photograph of men seeding grass on area 204, gully treatment on Sugar Creek of the Washita River. SCS Inspector Eddie Day on the drill.
Date:
January 18, 1961
Creator:
Wall, R. N.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of planting trees on Area 204, gully treatment on Sugar Creek Watershed of the Washita River. OK-1226-2.
Date:
January 18, 1961
Creator:
Wall, R. N.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of range seeding. Claude Gilbert, Assistant Supervisor, seeding tall native grasses with a district drill. OK-1349-2.
Date:
January 17, 1961
Creator:
Prickett, B. P.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Pecan Picking
Photograph of a young lady picking up pecans in one of the many pecan orchards in Garvin County.
Date:
January 17, 1961
Creator:
Fortney, Fred J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Pecan Trees and Undergrowth
Photograph of timber and underbrush with pecan trees mixed in. Will be cleared of all except pecans and sprigged to Bermuda grass.
Date:
January 17, 1961
Creator:
Fortney, Fred J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of Virgil Howard. Timber and undergrowth with pecan trees mixed in. Will be cleared of all except the pecan trees and sprigged with Bermuda grass. OK-1251-1.
Date:
January 17, 1961
Creator:
Fortney, Fred
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of a young lady picking up pecans in one of the many pecan orchards in Garvin County. OK-1251-9.
Date:
January 17, 1961
Creator:
Fortney, Fred
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sugar Creek Flood Prevention Site 206
Photograph of flood prevention by cultivating rim plantings of black locust trees on site 205, Sugar Creek. Trees set out in January 1961. H. C. Cross operating equipment. Cecil White, SCS, inspector on job.
Date:
January 12, 1961
Creator:
Prickett, B. P.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contrasting Fields Showing Proper Range Use
Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man (Terrell Nowka") standing on the right side of two contrasting fields separated via fence. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Fence line contrast of native grass pastures. Proper use on right with controlled grazing and spraying the pasture on left is improving rapidly. Nowka is supervisor of the North Caddo SCD."
Date:
January 11, 1961
Creator:
Pritchell, B. P.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
J. R. Hollis Standing With Cattle in A Dirt Enclosure
Photograph of J. R. Hollis, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the North Caddo SCD, standing with several heads of cattle. The back of the photograph proclaims, "J. R. Hollis, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the North Caddo SCD. Hollis is owner and operator of the Hinton Telephone Company. He has extensive farming interests both irrigated and dryland. Hollis was appointed an assistant supervisor in Feb. 1955 and elected to a supervisor's position in 1958."
Date:
January 11, 1961
Creator:
Prickett, B. P.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Terrell Nowka Kneeling Next To His Homemade 3-Point Hook Up Blade and John Deere Tractor
Photograph of Terrell Nowka kneeling next to his homemade 3-point hook up blade and John Deere tractor. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Supervisors. Terrell Nowka, a member of the Board of Supervisors of the North Caddo SCD. Nowka was elected to the Board in 1958. He has served as supervisor since Feb. 1958, when he was appointed to fill the vacancy occurring from Ralph Ottinger's resignation. Nowka made the 3-point hook-up blade. He uses this blade for minor maintenance on terraces, waterways and roads. 10 ft. blade with 360 degree swivel. Made from old grader blades and combine parts."
Date:
January 11, 1961
Creator:
Prickett, B. P.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History