Photograph of Watershed Project Site 11. Mr. George Will, District Supervisor, observing Mr. & Mrs. E. C. Webb signing the first easement on Long Branch Watershed. This easement started the proceedings to clear easements and right-of-ways for constructing Site 11 Detention Dam. Main part of dam is on Perry Cerlile's farm. The three are seated on a culvert bridge showing flood water that covered their bottomland farm 15 times in 1957, located in the Black Bear bottom, 2 miles east of Morrison.

Photograph of a grassed waterway. This waterway was sodded to Bermuda grass in 1955 following heavy rains. Waterway runs north to south. OK-62-11.

Photograph of 20 acres Cornado sideoats planted Feb, 1948 in cultivated rows. It was fertilized and cultivated 1300 lbs. of certified seed was harvested Oct. 1958 or 65 lbs. per acre. This seed was used to seed 68 more acres of cropland and overseeded some poor stands of native grass pasture.

Photograph of Site No. 71, Upper Black Bear. AC observing concrete workers preparing forms for the riser on the upper end of the principal spillway. Also shown to the left, a drainway to keep the natural drain open to prevent impoundment of water during construction.

the second operation of constructing channel type terraces being built by bulldozer. Billy Kay, Contractor.

Photograph of Second year sweet clover in rotation with wheat. Oats and sweet clover then (rotated) with 4 years of wheat. OK-297-12.

Photograph of Long Branch Creek Watershed Project, Site # 11. Mr. George Will, District Supervisor, observing Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Webb signing the first easement on the watershed. This easement started the proceedings to clear easements and right-of-ways for constructing Site # 11's detention dam. The main part of the dam is on Perry Carlile's farm. The three are seated on a culvert bridge showing flood water that covered their bottomland farm 15 times in 1957, located in the Black Bear bottom, 2 miles east of Morrison, OK. OK-515-8.

Photograph of a second year sweet clover crop in rotation with wheat. Oats and sweet clover then 4 years wheat.

Photograph of contour farming shown on good cross section channel type terraces constructed in 1952.

Photograph of a pipe on backside of Site No. 11 Long Branch Watershed Project discharging water from the 17" pipe. From July 13 to 26, 16" of rain fell on this watershed and the water went around the emergency spillway on July 15 following 11' of the rain in 44 hours for about a 3 hour period. Everything worked perfectly and no damage to the bermudagrass cover in the waterway. About 100 to 150' of nativegrass above the permanent pool contour was damaged by standing water during this rain period.

Photograph of Sweetclover in a cropping system to improve organic matter and soil stucture. Uses honey bees to polonize the clover for seed production. Bees are Swarming. One swarm has just settled on fence post, leaders come to direct their swarm to their new home.

Photograph of Mr. George Will, District Supervisor, on left & R. J. Chance, Area Conservationist, discussing upstream flood prevention & easements with Mr. & Mrs. E. C. Webb, who own the land that will be involved with detention water as a result of constructing Site 11.

Photograph of a UNIDENTIFED man cultivating grain sorghum on the contour with a two row cultivator. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Cultivating grain sorghum on the contour with a two row cultivator."

Photograph of a 17-inch pipe on the backside of Site No. 11 Long Breach Watershed Project discharging water from 14 days of periotic rainfall. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Pipe on backside of Site No. 11 Long Breach Watershed Project discharge under from the 17" pipe. From July 13 to 26, 16" of rain fell on this watershed and the water went around the emergency spillway on July 15 following 11" of the rain in 44 hours for about a 3 hour period. Everything worked perfectly and no damage to the bermudagrass cover in the waterway. About 100 to 150' of native grass above the permanent pool contour was damaged by standing water during the rain period."

Photograph of Messrs. J. E. and V. F. Ritter repairing the damage to fences on the Zimmermann farm after the flood of July 15, 1959. Note the larger boulders in the road; they are all that remain of large dumps of rock placed there for road improvement by the county commissioners. The bridge in the foreground was completely submerged during the storm. OK-902-10.

Photograph of watershed project at Site # 11, Long Branch Creek. Mr. George Will, District Supervisor, on the left and R. J. Chance, Area Conservationist, discussing upstream flood prevention and easements with Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Webb, who own land that will be involved with detention water as a result of construction site 11. OK-515-9.