Photograph of bid opening for Oklahoma’s 1500th upstream flood control lake, Wiley Post Memorial Lake (site # 34, Finn Creek). From l to r: Bill Robinson, Maysville City Councilman; Paul Hayes, Area Supervisor, FHA; Ross Hall, State Administrative Officer, SCS; E. H. Holtzen, Holtzen Construction Co.; Ray Duncan, Garvin, SWCD; Val Baker, McClain County, SWCD. OK-4195-10.

Photograph of City Hall, Maysville, OK, the bid opening for Oklahoma's 1500th upstream flood control lake, Wiley Post Memorial Lake (site # 34), Finn Creek. L to R: Ross W. Hall, Robert McCarty and Erwin Leaverton. OK-418[?]5-4.

Photograph of City Hall, Maysville, OK. The bid opening for Oklahoma’s 1500th upstream flood control lake, the Wiley Post memorial lake (site # 34). From left to right: Bill Robinson, Maysville City Councilman; Paul hayes, Area Supervisor, Federal Housing Administration (FHA); Ross Hall, State Administrative Officer, Soil Conservation Service (SCS); E. H. Holten, Holten Construction Company; Ray Duncan, Garvin, Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD); and Hal Baker, McClain County SWCD. OK-4195-10.

Photograph of C.L. Satterwhite in gully before shaping.

Photograph of renovating Bermuda grass with field cultivator. Cultivator is going about 4 inches deep. Will be fertilized.

Photograph of pasture plantings. Sprigging Bermuda grass on medium textured upland. Good seedbed has been prepared. OK-1305-4.

Photograph of pasture planting. Unloading Bermuda sprigs from a truck to a trailer on a sprigger. OK-1305-2.

Photograph of Hairy Vetch being plowed under prior to planting a crop of cotton. Planted for green manure crop.

Photograph of sprigging Bermuda grass on medium textured upland. Good seedbed has been prepared.

Photograph of digging Bermuda grass roots to be sprigged. Spikes were pulled over land twice and side delivery rake is used to complete job.

Photograph of roadside improvement. Newly concreted chute on a road ditch on Highway 59B. Cooperative planning by farmer Jack Luttrell, Rural Electrification Administration (REA), State Highway Department and Soil Conservation Service (SCS). OK-1300-11.

Photograph of contractor, Quinnill, cutting in mulch on floodwater retarding structure.

Photograph of young men spreading mulch on floodwater retarding dam.

Photograph of site no. 7 Peavine Watershed. 2 1/2 tons of prairie hay mulch on slopes.

Photograph of spreading mulch on flood-water retarding dam.

Photograph of French Gunn and Raymond Alberson, employees of Tishomingo Wildlife Refuge, planting Smart Weed and Wild Millet seed for cover and food on shoreline in sediment pool of Site 6, Chigley Sandy Watershed. Group in background in boat are planting Sago pond weed.

Photograph of Raymond Alberson and French Gunn, employees of Tishomingo Wildlife Refuge, showing Sago pond weed and Round Stem Bull Rush which were planted in this sediment pool.

Photograph of "Raymond Albertson and French Gunn, employees of Tishomingo Wildlife Refuge, showing Sago pond weed and Round Stem Bull Rush which were planted in this sediment pool." The photograph does not list the list the left to right positions of Albertson or Gunn.

Photograph of French Gunn and Raymond Alberson, employees of Tishomingo Wildlife Refuge, planting Smart Weed and Wild Millet seed for cover and food on shoreline in sediment pool of Site 6, Chigley Sandy Watershed. Group in background in boat are planting Sago pond wee..

Photograph of Ed Roberts, Oklahoma Extension Soil Conservationist, showing erosion of Class 7 land during third annual soil conservation judging contest, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. OK-9999.

Photograph of the 3rd annual Garvin County Soil Conservation Judging Contest. Section planning pond site. Contest conducted jointly with the Extension Service and SCS technicians with all agricultural agencies assisting. OK-9998.

Photograph of explaining Class 7 land during third annual soil conservation judging contest. OK-10, 003.

Photograph of the third annual soil conservation judging contest, showing one group of the 446 contestants studying a class of range. OK-9997.

Photograph of rip-rapped farm pond, dam, and Bermuda grassed spillway which handled overflow water during hearby downpours.