Multiflora Rose Planting

Photograph of Olen Parker examining a multiflora Rose planted for wildlife cover along back toe of flood control structure.
Date: March 6, 1968
Creator: Meinders, Hadley C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Tree Planting

Photograph of Neighborhood Youth Corp enrollees planting white pine seedlings on idle Clase Vie land of Perkinsville loam. District Cooperator, John W. Ward. Shown are J.L. Miller; Cecil Osborne; Ronnie Miller; Jerry Hicks; Dan Isaacs; and Cecil Combs.
Date: March 29, 1966
Creator: Greene, E. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Multiflora Rose Planting

Photograph of Olen Parker examining a multiflora Rose planted for wildlife cover along back toe of flood control structure.
Date: March 6, 1968
Creator: Meinders, Hadley C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Agronomy, Sorghum Stubble

Photograph of Sorghum stubble held 9 inches of snow in field in spite of high witnds, very little drifting.
Date: March 13, 1968
Creator: Allen, Charles
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Floodwater South of Stigler

Photograph of floodwater across Highway 82 on Sans Bois creek south of Stigler, Okla.
Date: March 21, 1968
Creator: Brinlee, R. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Ponds: Filamentous Algae

Photograph of Filamentous Algae growing abundantly in shallow area creating a problem for fishing.
Date: March 28, 1966
Creator: Wood, J. B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Auto Stalled in Sand Trap in Dust Storm

Photograph of an automobile stalled in sand trap in dust storm in March 26, 1950.
Date: March 26, 1950
Creator: Webb, C. G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pen Raised Quail

Photograph of pen raised Quail on the farm of Lamar Hendrix.
Date: March 11, 1959
Creator: Sullivan, E. G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

State Office Personnel, Sam Combs, Jr.

Photograph of SAM Combs, Jr., Soil Conservationist State SCS Staff, Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Date: March 12, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of the seeding of a mixture of native grass (100 acres) with one of the special drills constructed under the specifications of Soil Conservation District supervisors of the Central Washita River Valley of Oklahoma to plant small seeds of native and adapted grasses. A local iron works made the drills from second-hand grain drill frames, automobile transmissions, cotton planter boxes, discs and press wheels obtained by supervisors of the Grady Co., Stephens Co., South Caddo Co., and the Canadian-Walnut Soil and Conservation Districts [the last in McClain Co.]. drills were patterned after one constructed by the Woodward, Oklahoma Nursery. The cost of $300 each was shared by the districts. In 1945, 6 SCDs in the Central Washita River Valley seeded 5,161 acres with the aid of 2 small drills, lent by the Soil Conservation Service, compared with 11,000 acres seeded in all previous years. The districts are tackling the job of seeding 500,000 acres with the seven special drills. OK-9141.
Date: March 16, 1946
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Big Wewoka Creek

Photograph of Big Wewoka Creek flood detention site No. 29. Looking south toward dam. Flood detention reservoir in background. Water in permanent pool covers 18 surface acres.
Date: March 24, 1958
Creator: Abel, D. G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gully Control

Photograph of looking south on diversion terrace constructed above severely gullied area.
Date: March 7, 1958
Creator: Eaton, J. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Big Wewoka Creek Detention Site No. 29

Photograph of Big Wewoka Creek flood detention site No. 29. Looking east toward dam.
Date: March 24, 1958
Creator: Abel, D. G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Big Wewoka Creek Detention Dam No. 23

Photograph of Big Wewoka Creek Detention Dam No. 23. Looking north across top of dam. Permanent pool covers 16 acres. Permanent vegetation will be established.
Date: March 26, 1958
Creator: Abel, D. G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Little Bluestem Invasion

Photograph of little Bluestem plants invaded a seeding of weeping Lovegrass.
Date: March 23, 1959
Creator: Hamill, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gyp Range Site Poor Condition

Photograph of the Gyp Range Site in poor condition. Very little grass left.
Date: March 10, 1959
Creator: Whittington, Fred L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Mr. Sam Combs, Jr. (2)

Photograph of Mr. Sam Combs, Jr. , Soil Conservationist State SCS Staff. Duplicate Photo.
Date: March 12, 1971
Creator: Groom, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trickle Pipe Hood Inlet Inspection

Photograph of L. H. Shaw, contractor, inspects hood inlet of 8-inch trickle pipe on stock water pond.
Date: March 24, 1959
Creator: Hamill, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pond Dam for County Road

Photograph of a pond dam under construction for a county road.
Date: March 19, 1959
Creator: Bramble, Robert
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Tepee Type Exclosure

Photograph of a tepee style exclosure to be used for yield data and to help ranchers determine degree of use. Teepee's cost approximately $10 not including labor.
Date: March 22, 1961
Creator: Hager, P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Rock Crusher Grinding Lime

Photograph of a rock crusher operated by the Idabel CCC camp grinding lime to be used as fertilizer on fields of Soil Conservation Service Cooperators. The limestone at this place contains a percentage of moisture which permits its being ground without dust.
Date: March 19, 1937
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Floodwater Retarding Structure

Photograph of floodwater retarding structure site no. 5, Mill Creek subwatershed of the Washita River. Cherokee Pipe Line Company reconditioning 6' oil line that crosses sediment pool. Bituminous coating being applied.
Date: March 14, 1957
Creator: McCray, V. H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Rush Creek Watershed Construction

Photograph of construction series, OK-1281-2, 3, 5, & 6. After structure completed. County road crew installing pipe for road fill across spillway on Site 9, Rush Creek. This section line is also School Bus Route.
Date: March 3, 1961
Creator: Leonard, C. M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sprigging Brumuda Grass

Photograph of vegetation of Site 22, Rush Creek. Tractor on left holding grass planter in place by cable. This structure was vegetated in two days.
Date: March 2, 1961
Creator: Leonard, C. M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History