Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of the Wildhorse Creek Watershed. Looking up the slope at the emergency spillway. Planted to Bermuda grass, Aug. 5, 1959. Irrigated immediately after planting. OK-949-3.
Date: November 18, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of the Wildhorse Creek Watershed. Fence line across lower end of emergency spillway. Fred Fortnay is pointing to the bottom wire of a fence. Note depth of soil deposited from the spillway slope. OK-949-4.
Date: November 18, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of the Wildhorse Creek Watershed. The front slope of the dam with Fred Fortney. Planted to Bermuda grass, Aug. 5, 1959. Irrigated immediately after planting. OK-949-2.
Date: November 18, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Kirkpatrick Dairy Cattle and Supplemental Pasture/Chickasha Project

Photograph of a herd of dairy cattle at the Kirkpatrick Dairy grazing on supplemental pasture, which is also being used as a cover crop. Three huge stacks of hay are visible in the background of the photographs. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Dairy cattle grazing on supplemental pasture which is also being used as a cover crop."
Date: November 18, 1937
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Kirkpatrick Dairy Cattle and Supplemental Pasture/Chickasha Project

Photograph of a herd of dairy cattle at the Kirkpatrick Dairy grazing on supplemental pasture, which is also being used as a cover crop. Three huge stacks of hay are visible in the background of the photographs. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Dairy cattle grazing on supplemental pasture which is also being used as a cover crop."
Date: November 18, 1937
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wildhorse Creek Watershed Emergency Spillway

Photograph of emergency spillway. Fred Fortney. He is standing in rill. Erosion caused by hard rains in October and early part of November. Planted in bermuda grass, Aug. 5, 1959. Irrigated immediately after planting.
Date: November 18, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Calvary Watershed Flooding in city limits

Photograph of flooding occuring in the city limits of Cordell downstream from the proposed site 24, Calvary watershed.
Date: November 18, 1964
Creator: Bowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Erosion Control

Photograph of Class VII land showing extreme erosion. This land is highly erodable as only a small rain is necessary to cause much damage. Little can be done now to check the erosion that is in progress. Oklahoma 10-913-C. Follow-up of Okalhoma 10-913-A (also see B & D).
Date: November 18, 1954
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Back Slope Planted to Bermuda

Photograph of the back slope of a dam planted to bermuda grass August 5, 1959. Irrigated immediately after planting. Fred Fortney Soil Conservationist.
Date: November 18, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History