Flood Damage Over Stillwater Creek

Photograph of a county highway bridge over Stillwater Creek washed out by flood water on June 21, 1957.
Date: July 21, 1957
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Crop Rotation of Wheat and Sweet Clover

Photograph of crop rotation of wheat and sweet clover; also showing contour farming and residue management. A good system of crop rotation is regularly followeed on this farm using sweet clover and alfalfa as soil improving crops. Terraces and waterway have been established under supervision of SCD.
Date: July 15, 1956
Creator: Baggett, Beryl
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of crop damage from flooding. A complete loss of a wheat crop estimated to be 40 bushels per acre due to floodwaters in Stillwater Creek, June 21, 1957. OK-515-11.
Date: July 21, 1957
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of terraced cotton field showing runoff water stored in the terrace channels 15 hours after a one-inch rain. The light colored strip beyond the water line shows the strip of land flooded shortly after the rain. OK-3/2406.
Date: July 10, 1937
Creator: Reif, Frank
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of strip cropping with cotton, corn, alfalfa and corn in that order from the top of the slope downward.
Date: July 18, 1936
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History