Concrete Irrigation Ditch

Photograph of a concrete irrigation ditch used for flood irrigation.
Date: May 20, 1968
Creator: Mathiews, Jerry W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watershed, Flood Waters Sans Bois Creek

Photograph of Cecil Presfield driving amphibious car returning Mrs. Jim Presfield home from work along with the Presfield children and neighbos Dan Condo's children home from school. During floods Sans Bois Creek overflows into the Grassy Lake area cutting off all access roads. They must use boat, amphicar, or horses to cross the 10 to 12 feet of water over the roads. Presfield has 500 acres, most in Sans Bois bottom. He lost 2 calves in this flood. In the last previous flood he lost 8 head from pneumonia after swimming out to high ground.
Date: May 15, 1968
Creator: Banks, Herbert J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watershed Floodwaters

Photograph of floodwater from Sans Bois Creek. On Highway OK-31 looking south.
Date: May 14, 1968
Creator: Banks, Herbert J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watershed, Flood Waters Sans Bois Creek

Photograph of Flood waters on Sans Bois Creek looking west on State Highway #9. Highway Department dragline was pulled out of borrow area up on highway shoulder to escape flood damage.
Date: May 14, 1968
Creator: Banks, Herbert J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Big Wewoka Flood

Floodwater after a 4 inch run off rain - this is 1 mile north of Site 41, Big Wewoka. Site 41 did not go around the emergency spill. There is about 1500 acre watershed that comes into the creek just behind the structure.
Date: May 13, 1968
Creator: McCambell, James B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wewoka Creek Flood Damage

Photograph looking west of the bridge after 3. 5 inch rain in 45 minutes in which all of it ran off.
Date: May 14, 1968
Creator: McCambell, James B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Road Project Measure

Photograph of project measure No. 134: Training and Retraining of under privileged. Bull Hollow Bull Dozer Operation course. Woodrow Wilson, instructor, points our a course of action to 6 of 15 trainees taking the 20 week course.
Date: 1968-05-XX
Creator: Moss, Allen R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of "Chunk" Reid spot-seeding and pitting native grasses. Note the excellent job of grass management.
Date: May 1, 1968
Creator: Mathiews, Jerry W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a new type of spray boom which is not supposed to drift. There is 10 needles to the inch. Total boom length is 26 feet. Used by a helicopter. OK 3086
Date: May 29, 1968
Creator: McCampbell, James B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of damage to the bridge across Coal Creek. The north end of the bridge is washed out by flood water in Coal Creek. OK-3062-15.
Date: May 14, 1968
Creator: Price, Neil
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Mr. & Mrs Woods removing alfalfa hay washed into the fence by flood water.
Date: May 14, 1968
Creator: Price, Neil
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lead-Zinc Mining

Photograph of Slimes Pond, Eagle-Pichers Mine, Picher, Oklahoma. A follow up on Photo No. OK-3013-7. A test to determine whether rye can be grown for cover crop and whether grass can be established in growing rye. View from the southeast corner of Field No. 7 — 3.1 acres. Rye seeded on 9-25-67. Fertilized 250 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer at planting time. Top dressed 250 pounds 33-0-0 February 1968. Since native grass drill was not available, field was roto-tilled and native grass was overseeded with an E-Z Flow spreader on March 26, 1968. Rye showed considerable chlorosis at that time and stand was also weakened by tillage. See foreground. OK-3118-5.
Date: May 26, 1968
Creator: Bannett, K. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of "Chunk" Reid spot-seeding and pitting native grasses.
Date: May 1, 1968
Creator: Mathiews, Jerry
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Recharge Well

Photograph of a recharge well on Hugh Painter farm. 110 feet deep-1200 acres drainage-14 inch casing.
Date: May 25, 1968
Creator: Everett, Thomas H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Recharge Well

Photograph of a recharge well constructed in 1967. Provides drainage for 440 acres. Well is 137 feed deep with a 14" casing.
Date: May 9, 1968
Creator: Everett, Thomas H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wewoka Creek Flood Damage

Photograph of floodwater after 3. 5 inches rain in 45 minutes.
Date: May 13, 1968
Creator: McCambell, James B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wewoka Creek Flood Damage

Photograph looking west of the bridge after 3. 5 inch rain in 45 minutes in which all of it ran off.
Date: May 14, 1968
Creator: McCambell, James B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Floodwater on the cropland of Raymond Krebs. Picture taken from Highway # 31. OK-3062-12.
Date: May 14, 1968
Creator: Bell, Dale
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Iron Weed Control

Photograph of "Iron weeds in pasture of Dr. Carlock that was treated with 2-4-D amine, 1# per acre."
Date: May 7, 1968
Creator: Collins, F. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History