Photograph of Main ditch on the Choska Drainage District. Ditch has been in place over 20 years. Vegetative cover along the ditch furnishes upland game and small furbearer animals food, cover and reating areas. Local residents fish permanent water areas such as this. OK_4296-11.

Weekly newspaper from Coweta, Indian Territory that includes local, territorial, and United States national news along with advertising.

Photograph of the main ditch on the Choska Drainage District. Ditch has been in place over 20 years. Vegetative cover along the ditch furnishes upland game and small furbearer animals food, cover, and nesting areas such as this. OK-4296-11.

Weekly newspaper from Wagoner, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Coweta, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Wagoner, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Wagoner, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Photograph of water now has unobstructed flow. New bridge replace old one which washed out. Making observations from bridge are Ovid Neal (eft), ag. Engineer and J.A. Killough, DC. Camera facing W by N. Beyond bridge on north is Herbert Moodyy farm, on south is R.M. Punkett farm, now both in dependable production as result of drainage.

Photograph of a 14-acre alfalfa crop ready for a second cutting on the Choska Drainage District. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Ready for second cutting as this 14–acre crop of alfalfa yielded two tons first cutting. Formerly too wet to be productive, field produced five tons of alfalfa in 1950 per acre. Drainage ditch on the right is just out of camera range. 18-acre field on other side of ditch that never produced anything before drainage yielded fifty bushels of corn in 1950. Other acres are also benefiting by drainage."

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Photograph of Ovid Neal and J. A. Killough, SCS Technicians, examining a field of corn and soybeans in the Choska Drainage District that at one point could not produce and grow crops until adequate drainage was installed, as the land was too wet. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Ovid Neal, 2. J. A. Killough. The back of the photograph proclaims, “SCS Technicians Ovid Neal (left) and J. A. Killough look over fine crop of corn growing on land too wet to produce before drainage was installed. Soybeans are growing in background. Camera facing north on west side of lateral 1-A-1.”

Photograph of Agricultural Engineer Ovid Neal and DC J. A. Killough, standing on a brand new bridge in the Choska Drainage District, which replaced the old, washed out bridge. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Ovid Neal, 2. J. A. Killough. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Water now has unobstructed flow. New bridge replaces old one which washed out. Making observations from bridge are Ovid Neal (left), agri. engineer, and J. A. Killough, DC. Camera facing W by N. Beyond bridge on north is Herbert Moody farm, on south is R. M. Plunkett farm, now both in dependable production as result of drainage.”

Photograph of a field of corn on the Choska Drainage District. Note, both this field and a nearby road both receive adequate water drainage into a nearby ditch, seen in the extreme foreground, as at one time the field was too wet to grow crops and the waters made the nearby road impassible after heavy rains. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Once too wet to be dependably productive, this land is now producing a fine crop of corn. This picture was taken immediately after a very heavy storm. Note water in ditch along road. Impassible during storm, bottom roads drained off quickly and could be traveled hour after rain stopped. Water used to block roads for week or more before drainage system was installed."

Weekly newspaper from Wagoner, Indian Territory that includes local, territorial, and United States national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Wagoner, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

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