Deteriorated Manhole on Main Sewer Line

Photograph of "A manhole on main sewer line that has deteriorated and fallen apart, and is letting raw sewage run over pasture land."
Date: January 31, 1973
Creator: Wood, Calvin L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of watershed, aerial view looking south in Okmulgee. Severe erosion caused by salt water and oil well polution. Waterways have been constructed on each side to divert overhead runoff. The area will be fenced in, smoothed, tilled, mulched and seeded with tall wheatgrass and other salt tolerant grasses. OK-4081-14.
Date: January 31, 1971
Creator: Worthy, John P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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

Flood Water Retarding Structure

Photograph of floodwater retarding structure. Site No. 10, Mill Creek subwatershed of the Washita River. South of embankment looking northwest, contract construction work completed Dec. 13, 1957.
Date: January 31, 1958
Creator: McCray, V. H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grain from Sandstone Creek Bottomland

Photograph of 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 forerly overflowed by Sandstone Creek.
Date: January 31, 1955
Creator: Whittington, Fred L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a former gullied area in a natural drain running through a cultivated field. The gully has been plowed in, banks leveled and with the field terraced. Note the terrace fills (in the background) where terraces cross the drain. The old gully was approximately 4 feet deep and could not be crossed with tillage implements. The field will be contour cultivated and a conservation crop rotation will be followed. Clarence E. Bunch, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician, in the photo. Camera station # 7. In cultivated field at the south bank of the gully, looking north, 20 feet north of the idle land area. OK-9047-9[?].
Date: January 31, 1946
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History