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Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of stock water pond. Pipe installations are 16 inches [in diameter?], ½ inch thick and 180 feet long with 4 seep rings, each 6 inches square. The stockwater pond was constructed under a pooling agreement with the adjoining landowner, Ralph Ottinger. Also designed to store floodwater to protect bottomland on 3 farms below. The pipe is used as the principal spillway and has sandrock for the emergency spill. From left to right: L. B. Wyatt, the hydro landowner; Orville Fowler, from Clinton, the contractor; and Basil Murphy, from Hinton, the welder. OK-1239-11.
Date:
December 24, 1960
Creator:
Tarrant, Charles
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Rush Creek Dam and Spillway
Photograph of dam, fence and spillway and gate looking East. This picture made before being sprigged with bermuda grass and before structure has filled with water. Present water is in borrow pit.
Date:
December 22, 1960
Creator:
Leonard, C. M.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stocking Fish
Photograph of stocking first fish in Site 1. Men in picture are: J. W. Taylor, Oscar Sparks, and R. E. Dyer of Marlow, Okla. , and O'Reilly Sandy, new Superintendent of Medicine Park Fish Hatchery.
Date:
December 22, 1960
Creator:
Leonard, C. M.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Gullies to be Shaped
Photograph of gullies that are to be shaped, 5.7 acres. Home and barn in foreground.
Date:
December 21, 1960
Creator:
Collins, F. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of Upper Clear Boggy Creek Watershed, Site No. 12. Cutting core trench for floodwater retarding structure, Site No. 12. Contractor--Paul Moody. OK-1238-5.
Date:
December 16, 1960
Creator:
Brown, C. C.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Gully shaping
Photograph of before gully shaping. Tree in background.
Date:
1960-12-XX
Creator:
Dowliing, Leo E.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of a gully to be shaped. The "before" picture. Trees in background. OK-1289-6.
Date:
December 1960
Creator:
Dowling, Leo E.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a gully, before shaping, with tree in background. OK-1289-7.
Date:
December 1960
Creator:
Dowling, Leo E.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fire Guards Protecting Native Grasses
Photograph of fire guards protecting native grasses. South side of gravel road and east of railroad east of cemetery.
Date:
November 24, 1960
Creator:
Stokes, G. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Roadside Waterway
Photograph of Roadside waterway for terraces constructed and established to Bermudagrass in 1959 – before terraces were constructed. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Roadside waterway for terraces constructed and established to Bermuda grass in 1959 – before terraces were constructed. Weeds controlled by mowing. South side of road – bar pit. Looking east."
Date:
November 24, 1960
Creator:
Stokes, G. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stubble Mulch
Photograph of a good stand of wheat is present in this field where all tillage operations were performed with sweeps.
Date:
November 17, 1960
Creator:
Stith, C.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Combining King Ranch Seed
Photograph of combining King Ranch seed from windrow.
Date:
November 10, 1960
Creator:
Riley, K. E.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of Stamford Pasture--one of the pastures on 920 acre ranch planted in 1960 to NK-37 Bermuda grass. OK-1222-10 [?].
Date:
November 10, 1960
Creator:
Davis, T. J.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Proposed Erosion Control Dam
Photograph of owner and Vernon Chittended, Operator, looking downstream on proposed erosion control dam with 8" pipe for principal spillway. Pyropse to control active gully
Date:
November 2, 1960
Creator:
Hamill, Dan
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sorghum Cover Crop
Photograph of cover crop of sorghum. To be used for residue cover. Area to be seeded to mixed native grasses in spring of 1961 under GPCP contract.
Date:
November 2, 1960
Creator:
Hamill, Dan
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stockwater Pond
Photograph of John D. Eyster viewing stockwater pond. A 6" pipe is used for principal spillway.
Date:
November 2, 1960
Creator:
Hamill, Dan
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Using a Spring Tooth Harrow
Photograph of Melvin Eyster using a spring tooth harrow on the terrace constructed in the summer of 1960. The harrow is used to seed wheat.
Date:
November 2, 1960
Creator:
Hamill, Dan
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Gowan Clay Loam
Photograph of Gowan Clay Loam, small bottom showing the size of many of these areas of soil. Pecan tree is typical.
Date:
November 1, 1960
Creator:
Maxwell, A. J.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hauling Equipment for Pond Construction
Photograph of hauling equipment used to move dirt in the construction of a stockwater pond. Ten-inch drawdown pipe serves as principal spillway. Flood storage provided for 5-year frequency, 6 hour storm. Total cubic yards 8,740. Contractor Art Manderscheid.
Date:
1960-11-XX
Creator:
Bramble, Robert
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hauling Equipment for Stock Water Pond Construction
Photograph of a stockwater pond under construction on a large drainage area. Photo shows hauling equipment used to move dirt. Ten-inch drawdown pipe serves as principal spillway. Flood storage provided for 5-year frequency, 6 hour storm. Total cubic yards 8,740. Contractor Art Manderscheid.
Date:
1960-11-XX
Creator:
Bramble, Robert
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stockwater Pond Construction on Large Drainage Area
Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man (Art Manderscheid") hauling equipment used to move dirt. This equipment is used for constructing a stockwater pond on a large drainage area. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Stockwater pond on large drainage area. Hauling equipment used to move dirt. 10" drawdown pipe serves a principal spillway. Flood storage provided for 5-year frequency, 6 hour storm. Total cubic yards 8,740. Contractor Art Manderscheid."
Date:
November 1960
Creator:
Bramble, R. F.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stockwater Pond Construction on Large Drainage Area
Photograph of the construction of a stockwater pond on a large drainage area. Hauling equipment used to move dirt. 10" drawdown pipe serves as principal spillway. Flood storage provided for year frequency, 6 hour storms. Total cubic yards 8,740. Contractor Art Manderscheid.
Date:
1960-11-XX
Creator:
Bramble, Robert
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of overhead water that has caused severe erosion in the nature drain on this farm. It will be shaped into a waterway and sprigged to bermuda grass. When the grass becomes established it will also serve as outlets for terraces to be constructed later. OK-1224-5.
Date:
November 1, 1960
Creator:
Rowlett, Olen
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Conservation Crop for Rotation Hay
Photograph of 8 months after seeding lovegrass as a conservation crop for rotation hay on Soil Bank land. SCS Technician John Nelson, left, and Robert Lippert, right, observing establishment of weeping lovegrass on 160 acre cropland under Soil Bank Contract 8 months after seeding.
Date:
October 31, 1960
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History