Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of watershed, aerial view looking south in Okmulgee. Severe erosion caused by salt water and oil well polution. Waterways have been constructed on each side to divert overhead runoff. The area will be fenced in, smoothed, tilled, mulched and seeded with tall wheatgrass and other salt tolerant grasses. OK-4081-14.
Date: January 31, 1971
Creator: Worthy, John P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "KEEPING PACE, with her senior classmates at Okmulgee highschool is Priscilla Wright, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Horner., who is hospitalized with hepatitis."
Date: January 8, 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Mrs. Mabel Hazel Wind, 27, Okmulgee"
Date: January 26, 1933
Creator: Oklahoma Publishing Company
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Services for Hezkiah Thonas Sr., 69, will be 1 p.m. Sunday at the Greater Mount Zion Baptist Church her with burial in Tuskagee Cemetery directed by Dyer Funeral Home, Okmulgee."
Date: January 9, 1975
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Frank Tozer uses models of engine parts in his instruction."
Date: January 5, 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Bob Vance, left, and Harold Thompson, check the design of Scoop-Coupe 3, a small aircraft they are building in Henryetta and plan to fly in March."
Date: January 7, 1992
Creator: Beckel, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Harold Thompson, Henryetta, Inventor"
Date: January 7, 1992
Creator: Beckel, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Small size doesn't slow down Elgin Shelton, Henryetta, in his study of small gasoline engines at Oklahoma State Tech, Okmulgee. He is only 4'3" tall."
Date: January 8, 1964
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Harold Thompson, Henryetta, Inventor"
Date: January 7, 1992
Creator: Beckel, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "World War 1 doughboy / Henryetta, OK."
Date: January 13, 1984
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Off to Washington are Sen. Tom Payne, bottom, Rep. F. B. Fowler, left and Rep. Red Andrews."
Date: January 17, 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Tom Payne Jr. is seated at counsel table with his lawyer, Jack Pitchford. Okmulgee."
Date: January 3, 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Among the members of the Legislative Committee Inspection team who visited Oklahoma State Teck, Okmulgee, were Senator Tom Payne, Okmulgee and Representatives H. L. Sparks, Cushing and A. R,=. Larason, Fargo."
Date: January 20, 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: January 6, 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: January 5, 1993
Creator: Southerland, Paul B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Plans for a vocational teachers conference to be held at Oklahoma State Tech, okmulgee, in February are discussed by Paul S. Wheeler, left, S.A. Riley and W.A. Scott."
Date: January 25, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Payne and his attorney, Jack Pitchford, were in the courtroom here Thursday to press a plea of intervention in the Russell suit when it was dramaticlly dismissed."
Date: January 9, 1957
Creator: Peterson, Dick
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: January 21, 1953
Creator: Spring, Kent
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Rep. O.E. "Pete" Richardson urges all state boards and agencies be brought under central purchasing."
Date: January 25, 1961
Creator: Peterson, Dick
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Wearing two big hats these days is Dr. Earnes Ross, Okmulgee, is both incoming Grand Commander of the Knights Templar of Oklahoma and president of the Oklahoma Osteopathic Association."
Date: January 12, 1961
Creator: Lucas, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Executives for the Watchmakers' Club at Oklahoma State Tech, Okmulgee, elected to serve for the spring trimester include, from left, Don Sellers, Muskogee, reporter; Don Mengenhausen, Howard, S. D., president; and Lyle Bierig, Lindsay, vice pres."
Date: January 14, 1966
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mr. and Mrs. Spears received their award for preserving the Nuyuka Mission for Creek Indians."
Date: January 24, 1977
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Keeping ahead, what to teach, and how to teach lure instructors at Oklahoma State Tech, Okmulgee, into various specialized training programs."
Date: January 21, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Bryant Moore, right, Holdenville, and Bob Daugherty, Shawnee, center, inspect a testing device used in counseling patients and students at the rehabilitation center, Oklahoma State Tech, Okmulgee, while Dr. Clayton Morgan, left, looks on."
Date: January 18, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History