Photograph of Flood prevention. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Seivert signing the first easement for the Cane Creek Watershed. Virgil Cole, Chairman of the Cane Creek Conservancy District and Board Member of Muskogee County, Soil & Water Conservation District [SWCD], looks on. This easement was the first one secured for work on this watershed. Seivert’s District agreement No, 2609 for their 320 acre farm was signed on June 28, 1955. This is for Site # 22. OK-1479-8. PHOTO IS MISSING.

Photograph of flood prevention at Cane Creek, Site # 22, near Boynton, OK. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Seivert are signing the first easement for the Cane Creek Watershed. Virgil Cole, Chairman, Cane Creek Conservancy District and Member of the Muskogee County Soil and Water conservation District [SWCD] Board of Supervisors, looks on. This easement was the first one secured for work on this watershed. Seivert's District agreement, No. 2609 for their 320 acre farm signed June 28, 1955. This is for Site # 22. OK-1479-8.

Photograph of flood prevention at Cane Creek, Site # 22, near Boynton, OK. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Seivert are shown the extent of the sediment pool on their farm by Virgil Cole, Chairman, Cane Creek Conservancy District and Member of the Muskogee County Soil and Water conservation District [SWCD] Board of Supervisors, and its relation to their cooperative agreement No. 2609. Seivert signed the first easement secured for this watershed. OK-1479-11.

Photograph of overflow and seepage of salt water killed vegetation. Erosion resulted from the lack of protective cover. Many installation such as this have gone unchecked for periods of 15 to 20 years creating a big conservation problem. OK-1156-7.