Photograph of A. V. "Doc" Ely, cooperator with Stephens County S&WCD, stands in an alfalfa field pasture below the dam of site site 34 of a Wild Horse Creek Watershed project on his farm 4 miles from Velma, Okla. Ely says the lake provides irrigation water and the project also gives him flood protection.

Photograph of Lyndal McCrory, rancher of Milo, OK (right) and Herman Denny, his foreman, have been rounding up some of McCrory's registered Black Angus bulls. There are five watershed structures on the tributaries of Caddo Creek on the ranch and provide flood protection. McCrory has stopped all row cropping and has gone completely to cattle and grass. OK-2299-4.

Photograph of A.C. Bridges operating a bulldozer in clearing away hardwood trees and stumps on the Lyndal McCrory ranch at Milo, Okla., near Ardmore. Five structures on Caddo Creek and tributaries provide flood protection to the ranch.

Photograph of site no. 34 of Wild Horse Creek watershed project on farm of A. V. "Doc" Ely, four miles from Velma, Okla. Ely irrigates his pastures grasses, alfalfa and maize from this lake. The project also provides flood protection.

Photograph of A. V. "Doc" Ely, cooperator with Stephens County S&WCD, plants caucasian grasses in clay pan spots in a native grass pasture on his farm about 4 miles from Velma, Okla. Site 34 of a Wild Horse Creek Watershed project is located on Ely's farm.

Photograph of A. V. "Doc" Ely, cooperator with Stephens County S&WCD, is shown with some of his Herford steers on his farm about 4 miles from Velma, Okla. Site 34 of a Wild Horse Creek Watershed project on his farm Ely says the lake provides irrigation water and the project also gives him flood protection.

Photograph of the Ardmore Land Acquisition Committee holding a breakfast meeting on acquiring the land on three watershed sites on Caddo Creek north-south for municipal water and recreation. The project will also provide flood prevention. Louis Fischl, committee chairman is presiding. Also there: Curtis Williams, L.D. [unclear] and S.A. Pittman. Jerry Churchill was not present. At left: N.A. McGalliard of the Daily Ardmoreite. Left o fhim is Archie Welch, SCS, WUC at Ardmore[?]. At right is Wesley Mienert, SCS watershed specialist. Others include Jack Smith, the city manager, and Dick Thomas, Asst. city manager and Herb Prevett[?] SCS. OK-2299-10.

Photograph of some of the Black Angus beef cattle on the Lyndal McCrory ranch are shown grazing on Bermudagrass. McCrory has switched from row crops to grass and cattle. Watershed projects protect his ranch from flooding. OK-2299-[?].

Photograph of Herbert Matlock, Murray County S&WCD cooperator, plants Bermudagrass under his pecan grove near Davis, Okla. The area is protected from being flooded by four watershed structures on the Kickapoo Sandy Creek of the Wachita Watershed. He sold $7,000 worth of pecans off of 90 acres this year.

Photograph of school forest girls peeling pine posts as part of the School Forest Harvest at Beachton, Oklahoma. The students pealed over 300 posts in the 1956 harvest, with some help from parents. OK-238-2.