Constructing an Erosion Control Dam

Photograph of Kent Kirkpatrick and Ronnie Spangler constructing an erosion control dam with pipe for principal spillway.
Date: December 2, 1959
Creator: Hamill, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Tamping Soil

Photograph of Kent Kirkpatrick tamping soil around cutoff collar on principal spillway pipe of erosion control dam.
Date: December 2, 1959
Creator: Hamill, Dan
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
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
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
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
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

UNIDENTIFED Man, on Tractor, is Dressing and Raising The Heights of the Backslopes on the Reinard Brothers Farm

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man, on tractor, is dressing and raising the heights of the backslopes on the Reinard Brothers farm, while C. E. Barker watches. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. UNIDENTIFED Man, 2. C. E. Barker. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Dressing back slope [sic] for each 6' or less of increase in height. Clarence Max Reinard, who is part owner of farm and partner in contracting business, is on tractor. Horace Reinard, not in picture is the partner. C. E. Barker, tractor operator, is watching the operation."
Date: January 2, 1953
Creator: Archer, S. G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History