Wilds' Fish Farm

Photograph of Wilds' Fish Farm, NW 1/4 4-12-6. David Wilds gathering new spawn.
Date: August 6, 1970
Creator: Bullen, Elza C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wilds' Fish Farm

Photograph at Wilds' Fish Farm, NW 1/4 4-12-6. David Wilds with new spawn in left hand and older spawn in right hand. The facility was located near El Reno on Britton Road approximately 7 1/2 miles west of the intersection with Peidmont Road. Wilds' was a restaurant and recreation area.
Date: August 6, 1970
Creator: Bullen, Elza C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Conservation, Environmental & Safety Education

Photograph of contestant examining grass at International Land, Pasture & Range Judging Contest. OK-3805-5.
Date: April 30, 1970
Creator: Croom, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Four Mile Creek, El Reno

Photograph of the Four Mile Creek, the confluence of the main channel and Williams Street side drain between Rogers and Penn Streets. Construction completed, including solid and mulch sodding, riprap, concrete chute and fencing. OK-4835-8.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Bullen, Elza C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Four Mile Creek, El Reno

Photograph of Four Mile Creek with riprap being placed in side drain along east side of Williams Street. OK-4656-12.
Date: April 1972
Creator: Bullen, Elza C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Four Mile Creek, El Reno

Photograph of Four Mile Creek, side drain of Frank Knight Park--Woodson Street to Rogers Street before construction. OK-4422-4.
Date: October 1, 1971
Creator: Bullen, Elza C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Concho Indian Boarding School

Photograph of Sharron Harjo's 6th grade students at Concho Indian Boarding School.
Date: October 9, 1974
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Concho Indian Boarding School

Photograph of Mrs. Holliman's 7th grade students at Concho Indian Boarding School.
Date: October 9, 1974
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Four Mile Creek, El Reno

Photograph of channel 1 with vegetative growth and trash in channel at lift station. OK-13219-12.
Date: March 1974
Creator: Bullen, Elza C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Four Mile Creek, El Reno

Photograph of channel 1 with vegetative growth and trash in channel at lift station. OK-13219-13.
Date: March 1974
Creator: Bullen, Elza C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Four Mile Creek, El Reno

Photograph of floodgate on channel 2, constructed and installed at local cost, as agreed in Project Agreement. OK-1134-3.
Date: November 1974
Creator: Bullen, Elza C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Four Mile Creek, El Reno

Photograph of the removal of vegetation in channel 2. OK-5.
Date: October 1974
Creator: Bullen, Elza C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of workers hired to plant Bermuda grass. [Photo text too faded for legibility]. OK-5674.
Date: May 4, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Contour Farming

Photograph of a view of a newly completed line of terrace outlet structures in Geary, Oklahoma. Semi-masonry and reinforced single and double buttresses. OK-5068.
Date: March 1936
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Four Mile Creek, El Reno, Oklahoma, with riprap being placed in side drain along east side of Williams Street. OK-4656-12.
Date: April 1972
Creator: Bullen, Eliza C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes

Photograph of wind erosion control. 8 rows of corn in wind strips alternating with 8 rows of peanuts. OK-8574.
Date: August 17, 1943
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes

Photograph of wind erosion control on peanut land. 8 rows of sorghum alternating with 12 rows of peanuts. OK-8573.
Date: August 18, 1943
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Photograph of alkali spots. Alkali spots forming after 2 tons of gypsum was applied in 1956. Before planting, the area on the left of drain remained untreated. The area to the right of the terrace was treated in 1957, applying 2 tons of gypsum per acre. Henry Kedding is present in the photo. OK-652-2.
Date: March 4, 1958
Creator: Maxwell, A. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Seriously Eroded Land

Photograph of some seriously eroded land which was replaced by that shown in Okla-6451. This lane is to be graded in and grassed to be used for terrace outlet channel. To be followed with later pictures. Chickasha Project, Yukon Camp.
Date: May 4, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Roadside Erosion Control

Photograph of Severe gullying of roadside channels has been halted by sloping and sodding the banks and sodding the slopes to Bermuda grass. Work completed last part of June, 1940. Roadsides are now being utilized for terrace outlet channels. When work was started, the gullies on each side of the road were cutting back into the fields and damaging the fence. Yukon Camp.
Date: October 11, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fish Farming

Photograph of channel catfish raceways in operation on the Wilds Fish Farm. Water supply is from wells and a lake near by on the farm. Raceways cover about 1 surface acre and are stocked with 40,000 small catfish.
Date: May 6, 1972
Creator: Bullen, Elza C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Concho Indian Boarding School

Photograph of Bill Copeland's 7th grade science class at Concho Indian Boarding School. Man in the hat and sports coat is Bill Copeland. The boy with his arm extended and pointing at the project on the ground is Anthony Tallbear.
Date: October 9, 1974
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Two UNIDENTIFED Men Standing in A Outlet Sodded to Bermuda

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED men standing in an outlet constructed with a blade in 1948. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Outlet constructed with blade in 1948 – cost $40.00. Sodded to Bermuda in spring of 1949. Used 140 lbs. 5-10-5. Plowed under roots with 2-bottom plow, 4 inches deep. Will terrace when wheat is off.”
Date: April 27, 1949
Creator: Gardner, G. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Uncle John Creek. Spillway damage on Roy Porter Crossing above Site # 4. OK-5117-8.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Bullen, Elza C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History