Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Man in suit and tie is Lowell Lawrence Males. Caption: "All these men are active in flood control and soil conservations work in western Oklahoma."

Photograph of the lighting of the Council Fire at Camp-out of scouts of the Black Kettke District. Another one of the many ways the detention resevoirs are used for recreational purposes.

Photograph of Upper Washita Soil Conservation District [SCD] Drill. From left to right: Jess Dewees, Chairman, Upper Washita SCD; Herschel Burrus. Secretary State Board, SCD; Henry Jordan, Work Unit Conservationist {WUC}, Hammon, Oklahoma; and, Bob Wright, WUC, Cheyenne, Oklahoma. OK-96-3.

Photograph of the Great Plains Conservation Program [ 1957 - 1996]. Stubble mulching under the Great Plains Program Contract. The filed averaged 40 bushels of wheat per acre in 1958. OK-712-6.

Photograph of Robert Sprowls and his wife and children signing the Great Plains Contract on his ranch. Soil Conservation Service [SCS] tchnician Willis J. Sorrells is in the picture. OK-712-1.

Photograph of an airplane spraying of shinnery oak trees. This is part of a 320 acre pasture sprayed first in 1954. Two-thirds of the same area was sprayed in 1955 and one-third in 1956. This work is supervised by the Woodward Experiment Station. OK-317-1.

Photograph of an airplane spraying shinnery oak shrubs. This is a part of a 320 acre pasture sprayed first in 1954. Two-thirds of the same area was sprayed in 1955 and one-third sprayed in 1956. This work is supervised by the Woodward Experiment Station. OK-317-1.

Photograph of airplane spraying of shinnery oak. Present in the picture: Bill Blamey [left], Project Supervisor, US Forest Service and Matt Sooter [right], Farm Planner, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] Cheyenne, Oklahoma. They are checking the results of the airplane spraying of the shinnery oak shrubs. This pasture was sprayed in 1954, 1955 and 1956. Note the amount of tall grass. This work is supervised by the Woodward Experiment Station. OK-317-4.

Photograph of Ralph Foster, reporter for Capper’s Farmer Magazine, Topeka, Kansas, is inspecting Caddo switchgrass hay being baled by Jack Rhoton. This 14 acre field was seeded May 17, 1957 and irrigated once. It produced 307 pounds of seed per acre in 1957. This hay crop yielded 2800 pounds per acre or 560 bales of good quality hay. A seed crop will follow. OK-708-3.

Photograph of drop structure at site 17, Sandstone. Hershel Burrus, Sec. State Baord, SCD; Alvin M. Clements, Area Conservationist, Clinton, and Jess Dewees, Chairman, Upper Washita SCD.

Photograph of Upper Washita SCD drill pictured with Jess Dawses, Chairman, Upper Washita SCD. , Hershal Burrus, Sec. State Board, SCD. , Henry Jordan, WUC, Hammon and Bob Wright, WUC, Cheyenne.

Photograph of Six-inch cores of Doxey shale and siltstone, with bands of gypsum, in south abutment of relocated Site 4.

Photograph of Ronald Rogers and Fred Heller examining cores from Site 4 Sergeant Major Creek. The photograph does not identify the left to right positions of Rogers or Heller. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Ronald Rogers and Fred Heller examining cores on south abutment of relocated Site 4."

Photograph of six in cores of Doxey Shale and Siltstone from Site 4, Sergeant Major Creek. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Six-inch cores of Doxey shale and siltstone, with bands of gypsum, in south abutment of relocated Site 4."

Photograph of Doxey shale formation in north abutment of relocated Site 4, Sergeant Major Creek. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Doxey shale formation in north abutment of relocated Site 4. Here the formation dips slightly upstream (to the left), a favorable situation for a dam site."

Photograph of three UNIDENTIFED workers using a hydro seeder to seed backslope of Detention site, No. 4, Sgt. Major Creek, to mixture of native grasses. Bermuda sprigging crew is seen on the bottom left and a fencing crew is located in the center right of photo. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Hydro seeder seeding back slope [sic] of Detention site, No. 4, Sgt. Major Creek, to mixture of native grasses. Men in lower left corner is Bermuda springing crew. Fencing crew is busy also."

Photograph of erosion caused by heavy rains in June. The field will be terraced and contoured farmed as soon as the waterway is established to safely carry water. OK-712-10.

Photograph of Doxey shale formation in north abutment of relocated Site 4, Sergeant Major Creek. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Doxey shale formation in north abutment of relocated Site 4. Here the formation dips slightly upstream (to the left), a favorable situation for a dam site.”

Weekly newspaper from Hammon, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Hammon, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Hammon, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Hammon, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Hammon, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Hammon, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.