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Severe Gully Erosion
Photograph of severe gully erosion on Stephensville fire sandy loam (#39). Washita River Conservation Survey, W-20.
Date:
September 23, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Ardmore Fair Exhibit
Photograph of an Ardmore (Carter County) fair exhibits. Ardmore Project.
Date:
September 23, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
General Topography of Arbuckle Mountains
Photograph of the general topography in the Arbuckle Mountains. Washita River Conservation Survey, W-20.
Date:
September 22, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Badly Gullied Land
Photograph of badly gullied land in Brewer silty clay loam (#82). Mountains. Washita River Conservation Survey, W-20.
Date:
September 22, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Soil Profile Buckhorn Fine Sandy Loam
Photograph of a soil profile for Buckhorn fine sandy loam (#68). Washita River Conservation Survey, W-20.
Date:
September 22, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma City State Fair
Photograph of a miniature farm exhibition at the Oklahoma State Fair. R7-367.
Date:
September 23, 1938
Creator:
Shuhart, D. V.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of Elk City resevoir after a flood. It shows severe outting on backslope of dam. This dam overtopped its entire length before it broke. This picture gives an idea of the amount of water that was flowing over the dam before its break. This flood was caused by a six inch rain that fell in one night, three inches of which fell in 45 minutes. OK-5137.
Date:
May 3, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a section line road. Road is now abandoned due to bank sloughing from flood on the Salt Fork River. About 35 feet of bank 220 yards long sloughed off in two days. OK-6553.
Date:
May 26, 1938
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Erosion Control
Photograph of Perry Howell and son Dwight standing in a field of contour-drilled grain on an Oklahoma School land farm which is under a 5-year cooperative agreement with the Soil Conservation Service. Howell and his son have instituted a complete program of erosion control on the farm where Howell has lived as a tenant for more than 30 years. OK-6470.
Date:
May 8, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farm Homes
Photograph of a panaramic view of the Will Rogers Ranch. OK-6371.
Date:
April 18, 1938
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of three year-old locust trees in an abandoned badly gullied land. The farmer built the check dams in the gullies, bought the trees and planted them shortly before the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) moved into that area. The area is rapidly becoming stabilized. OK-6346.
Date:
April 16, 1938
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of second year growth of black locust abd Chinese elm trees planted in contour rows for post lot. OK-6782.
Date:
September 19, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of three-year old locust trees in an abandoned, badly gullied land. The farmer built the check dams in the gullies, bought the trees and planted them shortly before the Civilian Conservation Corps [CCC} moved into that area. The area is rapidly stabilizing. OK-6346.
Date:
April 16, 1938
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of second year black locust trees planted for post lot. These are in a six-acre plot on this farm. OK-6768.
Date:
September 17, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of the plowing under of cowpeas as a green manure. Plowing being done on the contour. OK-6881.
Date:
October 26, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Civilian Conservation Corps
Photograph of one of the occasional occurences of CCC boys engaged in Soil Conservation Services [SCS] work. The men are unloading the truck of excess weight which caused it to bog down in a small gulley. Others are hitching on a chain to another truck which will help to pull it out. OK-6318.
Date:
April 12, 1938
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of detail and working views of a contour furrowing plow developed at Garber Camp. The first moldboard opens a shallow furrow which is deepened by the following moldboard. OK-6456.
Date:
May 6, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of Percy Howell and son, Dwight, standing in a field of contour-drilled grain on an Oklahoma School Land farm which is under a 5-year cooperative agreement with the Soil Conservation Service. Howell and his son have instituted a complete program of erosion control on the farm where Howell has lived as a tenant for more than 30 years. OK-6470.
Date:
May 8, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Legumes
Photograph of the Austrian winter peas crop on the School Land Farm operated by Perry Howell near Blackwell, Oklahoma. The use of winter cover crops is helping Howell to put into effect a complete program of erosion control on the farm he has leased for more than three decades. OK-6469.
Date:
May 8, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farm Homes
Photograph of the ranch house--the Dog Iron Ranch--of the Will Rogers' estate [the"White House on the Verdigris River"--in the 1960s moved near the Oolagah Resevoir]. The house was built in 1875 by Will Rogers' father and is the house in which Will was born and raised. The ranch is now being managed by a near relative of Will Rogers who has been a cattleman all his life.
Date:
April 18, 1938
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of sand deposits in channel of Canadian River in Oklahoma. This is an example of the way sediment is washed into creek and river channels by rain pouring down over eroded, unvegetated lands, creating serious flood hazards. OK-8121.
Date:
1938
Creator:
Davis, D. O.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a farm pond with a riprapped dam completely full of water, the excess of which is being carried off slowly by a solidly sodded Bermuda grass outlet. OK-6577.
Date:
July 1, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph showing the necessity of farm ponds and water conservation practices. OK-6874.
Date:
October 26, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of solid sodded flume outlet for a farm pond. The flume is an overfall and the pond is an equalizer in a terrace system. OK-[unclear].
Date:
October 27, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History