Photograph of Alex Keil operating his new crawler tractor with an UNIDENTIFIED man standing on the grader. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Alex Keil, 2. UNIDENTIFED man. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Alex Keil operates his new crawler tractor with grader to shape berms on large outlet."

Photograph of a view seen in Okla. 10-778-B after the construction of a road fill and drop inlet pipe (inlelt end shown) on the county road 4 miles W of Bessie, Okla. The fill replaces the old bridge.

Photograph of gully has 20 feet vertically below field above. SCS Technician Horace Haws points out bone once buried in bottom of a former gully which later silted up 8 feet higher, then washed out again 3 feet deeper. Near the tope he holds an old chain still embedded int he background.

Photograph of a replaced bridge to provide capacity for carrying water from roadside and outlet channels four miles northeast of Burns Flat. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Old bridge replaced to provide capacity for carrying water from roadside and outlet channels."

Photograph of a follow-up of a roadside drop-inlet flood control structure adjoining the Sid Lundy farm. The structure was built where formerly a dangerous wooden bridge spanned a gully on a school bus and mail route. County Commissioners furnished the pipe and the Soil Conservation District put in a fill through the Soil Conservation Service Flood Control program. The permanent basin is full of water. OK-9600-D.

Photograph of a drop-inlet gully control structure built by the Soil Conservation Service [SCS] Flood Control Program in the spring of 1948. Diversions bring the water into this gully plug and protect other gullies. Drainage area is 195 acres. OK-10, 213.

Photograph of an aerial shot of a floodwater retarding structures under construction and complete on Cavalry Creek. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Floodwater retarding structures under construction and complete.”

Photograph of an aerial shot of a floodwater retarding structures under construction and complete on Cavalry Creek. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Floodwater retarding structures under construction and complete.”

Photograph of floodwater retarding structure under construction and complete.

Photograph of Olen Rowlett, WUC, Cordell, Oklahoma, and Burt Miller looking towards an UNIDENTIFIED man in a tractor harvesting Bermudagrass hay. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. UNIDENTIFED, 2. Olen Rowlett, WUC, 3. Burt Miller. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bales of Bermuda grass hay harvested from […] acres of Midland Bermuda pastures. The entire field of 54 acres has grazed […] head of livestock since Jan. 1, 1965."

Photograph of boating and water skiing can be enjoyed on Cobb Creek floodwater retarding structure No. 1.

Photograph of boating and water skiing can be enjoyed on Cobb Creek floodwater retarding structure No. 1.

Photograph of the Bank of Rocky Farm.

Photograph of a waterway. Alfalfa waterway built in 1952 and established in alfalfa in the fall of 1954 to provide a safe outlet for terrace water. OK-94-1.

Photograph of a waterway. An alfalfa waterway built in 1952 and established in alfalfa in the fall of 1954 to provide a safe outlet for terrace water. OK-94-1.

Photograph of preparation for a water skiing demonstration, Jake Wright's boat. OK-2135.

Photograph of a water skiing demonstration. OK-2135-11. (Repeat of record at 395).

Photograph of a water skiing demonstration.

Photograph of Lee Roark with modern hay loading equipment.

Photograph of Earl Holt, farmer-cooperater of the district, left, and Edd Lemons, radio farm director of station WKY, during an interview in Cordell. OK-9615.

Photograph of Robert S. Kerr, former governor of Oklahoma (1943 - 1947) and currently president of the Oklahoma Water Development Association, speaks at Cloud Creek during the dedication of upstream flood control structures. OK-9617.

Photograph of a view east across top of detention reservoir No. 1 on Cloud Creek. The 3 trucks at the pool of water are sprinkler equipped. Owned by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, the trucks were used to keep down dust on sandy roads during the dedication ceremonies on the upstream flood control structures. OK-9619.

Photograph of US Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma speaking at the Cloud Creek Watershed celebration. OK-9616.

Photograph of Lloyd Partain, left, Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, talks with Don Larch, right, Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] agricultural director, Washington DC at the Cordell celebration [referring to a Washita River Watershed flood control dedication held near Cordell, OK on July 8, 1948.] OK-9620.