Washita River Channel Sanding

Photograph of the Washita River 8 miles west of Hammon looking east. Showing sanding of the river channel.
Date: November 23, 1954
Creator: Ottinger, A. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Red Shale Hills Site in Poor Condition

Photograph of the Red Shale Hills site (soil unit 24-RR) in poor condition, cover mainly of threeawn and weeds amounting to 1800 lb. per acre. The grass clumps are conspicuously tussocked by erosion of the exposed areas between.
Date: November 4, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Seed Harvest

Photograph of Little Bluestem grass seed set cut in sun to dry before cleaning. Seed is being processed by Upper Washita SCD to be used in reseeding land in Roger Mills County.
Date: November 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of range cover evaluation plot # 173, in poor condition. Range on red shale hills site (soil unit 24-RR) had 1288 pounds of threeawn grass cover per acre, which was 48% effective in controlling soil splash. Detectability was 28% and the splash itself amounted to 17,869 pounds per acre. OK-10-632.
Date: November 7, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Plot 173 Range Cover Evaluation of threeawn Cover In Controlling Soil Splash on Red Shale Hills Site

Photograph of Plot 173 range cover evaluation of three-awn cover in controlling soil splash on red shale hills site. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Range cover evaluation on plot 173, in poor condition range on red Shale hills site (soil unit 24-RR) had 1288 lb. threeawn cover per acre, which was 48% effective in control soil splash. Detachability was 28% and splash amounted to 17,869 lb. per acre."
Date: November 7, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of range cover evaluation plot # 164, in excellent condition. Range on red shale hills site (soil unit 24-RR) had 4528 pounds of sideoats grama grass cover per acre, which was 97% effective in controlling soil splash. Detectability was 32% and the splash itself amounted to 1,248 pounds per acre. OK-10-634.
Date: November 1, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Native Grass Seed

Photograph of the upper Washita SCD 1958 grass seed harvest. Bluestem seed laid out on bleachers to dry before cleaning.
Date: November 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita River Channel Sanding

Photograph of the Washita River 6 miles west of Hammon looking east. Showing sanding of the river channel.
Date: November 23, 1954
Creator: Ottinger, A. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

River Channel Sanding

Photograph of the Washita River 8 miles west of Hammon looking east. Showing sanding of the river channel.
Date: November 23, 1954
Creator: Ottinger, A. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Concrete Drop Below Sandstone Creek

Photograph of concrete drop structure below site 16, Sandstone Creek. Farms and steel implace ready for placing concrete up to structure crest elevation looking downstream and across. E. H. Holtzan contractor.
Date: 1955-11-XX
Creator: Haws, H. M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a portable irrigation system watering abbruzzi rye on a dam. Detention reservoir # 2. OK-10-345.
Date: November 17, 1949
Creator: Sooter, [Matt?]
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Red Shale Hills Site In Poor Condition

Photograph of a red shale hills site in poor condition. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Red shale hills site (soil unit 24-RR) in poor condition, cover mainly of threeawn and weeds amounting to 1800 lb. per acre. The grass clumps are conspiouously [sic] tussocked by erosion of the exposed areas between."
Date: November 4, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History