Irrigation

Photograph of Leo E. Dowling (WUC) observing soybeans under irrigation and fertilization.
Date: 1966~
Creator: Kunte, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wood Products

Photograph of charcoaled wood from culled hardwoods. Many acres of LeFlore county soils are covered with cull hardwoods. Where the soil is well suited to tame pasture production, many land owners are removing the cull hardwoods in order to establish the area to improve pasture plants. By charcoaling the cull hardwoods a usable product is secured and a help in the cost of pasture development is realized.
Date: February 4, 1966
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Crop Residue

Photograph of crop residue use by shredding broomcorn stalks.
Date: July 6, 1966
Creator: Dowling, Leo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watershed-Bear Hybarger

Photograph of Bear Hybarger Channel looking east from 7th Street.
Date: January 6, 1966
Creator: Dowling, Leo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Agronomy Watermelons

Photograph of watermelons on Minco silt loam (7m-A). Pic #11
Date: July 22, 1966
Creator: Grimes, C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cons. Cropping System

Photograph of Mr. Daugherty turning under a good crop of vetch.
Date: June 6, 1966
Creator: Dowling, Leo C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Brush Undercutter

Photograph of a V-shaped cutting blade of a root plow which is drawn laterally though the soil 12 to 18 inches deep. This operation cuts stumps and roots and floats them to the surface with fins attached to the cutting blade, which prevents resprouting.
Date: April 20, 1966
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Irrigation on Sod

Photograph of irrigation system irrigating new sodding job on Site 4, Chigley Sandy Watershed. This system was purchased by the Soil Conservation Service.
Date: 1966-07-XX
Creator: Graham, E. O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Irrigation on Sod

Photograph of irrigation system irrigating new sodding job on Site 4, Chigley Sandy Watershed. This system was purchased by the Soil Conservation Service.
Date: 1966-07-XX
Creator: Graham, E. O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Tenkiller Lake

Photograph of Allan R. Moss, Project Coordinator for RC&D Project, Overlooking Tenkiller Lake. This photo, cover photo third choice for Cherokee County.
Date: October 26, 1966
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Tenkiller Lake

Photograph of west side of Tenkiller lake looking east from the Methodist Boys Ranch. Cover photo second choice for Cherokee County. Cherokee Hills Project Area
Date: September 29, 1966
Creator: Moss, Allan R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Drainage pipe into drainage main ditch that will provide an outlet for the city of Lindsay to drain floodwater. OK-2801-8.
Date: June 1966
Creator: Dowling, Leo E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grado Stabilization Structure

Photograph of checking the location for grade stabilization structure on Harry Moore farm. OK-2513-3.
Date: June 1966
Creator: Dowling, Leo E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of bulldozer attachment—a saw blade. From the K. P. Larsh Ranch-owned saw-dozer, with the blade operated at ground level. OK-2474-5.
Date: January 6, 1966
Creator: Stidham, Neal
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a livestock tank under construction on former cropland, seeded under the CR [Conservation Reserve] program and water development under the GP [Great Plains] Program. OK-2691-5.
Date: November 1966
Creator: Smith, James E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Personal Emergency Response System (PERS)

Photograph of Glenda L. Adams, the Area Clerk and stenographer for the Personal Emergency Response System, Stillwater, Oklahoma. OK-2635-6.
Date: December 1966
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Personal Emergency Response System (PERS)

Photograph of Frederick I. Wheeler, Head of Administration Services for the Personal Emergency Response System, Stillwater, Oklahoma. OK-2635-6.
Date: December 1966
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Personal Emergency Response System (PERS)

Photograph of N. E. Rowley, Soil Conservationist, state Program Staff for the Personal Emergency Response System, Stillwater, Oklahoma. OK-2635-7.
Date: December 1966
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Personal Emergency Response System (PERS)

Photograph of Bobbie G. Day, Engineering Specialist for the Personal Emergency Response System, Clinton, Oklahoma. OK-2635-15
Date: December 1966
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pasture Hayland Planting

Photograph of loading bermudagrass spriggs from covered supply truck into two 2-row sprigging machines with hitch for planting four rwos at a time. Plantng machine woned and operated by the Major County SWDC. On left, opertors; center, Jack Boatwright, District Manager; right, Foy Hendrix, WUC.
Date: April 20, 1966
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of the Dedication Program Whitegrass-Waterhole Water and Soil Conservancy District. Visitors and dignitaries at the dedication. Left to right: Marvin C. Emerson, Executive Director, State Soil Conservation Board; C.A. Tidwell, State Conservationist, Oklahoma; A.P. Martin, Contracting Officer, Conservancy District; D.A. Williams, Administrator, Soil Conservation Service. OK-2667 (10).
Date: September 2, 1966
Creator: Foster, Arliss D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of the Dedication Program Whitegrass-Waterhole Water and Soil Conservancy District. D. A. Williams, Administrator, Soil Conservation Service, delivers the dedicatory address. OK-2667 (7).
Date: September 2, 1966
Creator: Foster, Arliss D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of the Dedication Program Whitegrass-Waterhole Water and Soil Conservancy District. Part of the crowd at a noon-time barbeque. OK-2667 (14).
Date: September 2, 1966
Creator: Foster, Arliss D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds / Land Treatment

Photograph of Mr. Tommy Johnson showing WUC Kenneth Yoakum hi speanuts planted on the protected flood plain below the detention structure. OK-2596-7.
Date: September 26, 1966
Creator: Stidham, Neal
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History