Photograph of G. C. Gardner, Jr., Soil Conservation Service technician, points to debris piling up under a U. S. Highway 281 bridge near Hinton. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Close up of U. S. Highway 281 bridge shown in Okla-9570. G. C. Gardner, Jr., Soil Conservation Service technician, points to debris piling up under bridge. Note narrow space between bridge floor & silt accumulation. “

Photograph of a meeting in the Hinton office owned by the South Caddo District. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. G. C. Gardner, 2. H. H. Bennett, 3. Louis P. Marrill, 4. Harry Chambers, 5. Brodie Wilson, 6. E. H. Melencamp. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Left to right, in the Hinton office owned by the South Caddo District, are G. C. Gardner, Anadarko, district conservationist; H. H. Bennett of Washington, chief; Louis P. Marrill of Fort Worth, regional conservator; Harry Chambers of Oklahoma City, state conservationist; Brodie Wilson of Hinton, work unit conservationist, all of the Soil Conservation Service; & E. H. Melencamp of Anadarko, supervisor of the South Caddo Soil Conservation District."

Photograph of U.S. Highway 281 bridge shown in Okla-9570. G.C. Gardner, Jr., Soil Conservation Service technician, points to debris piling up under bridge. Note narrow space between bridge floor & silt accumulations.

Photograph of railroad (Rock Island) piles up rock to protect roadbed where Cedar Branch Creek makes one right angle turn & then another to flow under railroad bridge 4641. When swollen with flood waters & silt, creek cuts into farm on left. Shore's distance other side of bridge, creek enters Tonkawa Creek.

Photograph of large area ruined for crop production by siltation from Sugar Creek flood waters. This land used to grow profitable alfalfa crops. Bridge in background is part of US highway 281.

Photograph of close up of US Highway 281 bridge shown in OK-9370. C.C. Gardner, Jr., Soil Conservation Service technician, points to debris piling up under bridge. Noe narrow space between bridge floor and silt accumulation. OK-9571.