Highway Roadside Undercut By Floodwaters

Photograph of highway roadside undercut by floodwaters. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Under cutting by flood waters eating back away and into highway. Rock being hauled in for dumping by highway."
Date: July 30, 1949
Creator: Bachman, A. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Plot 184 Range Cover Evaluation of Buffalograss Cover In Controlling Soil Splash on Red Shale Hills Site

Photograph of plot 184 Range cover evaluation of buffalograss cover in controlling soil splash on red shale hills site. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Range cover evaluation plot 184 of buffalograss was 91% effective in reducing soil splash on heavy deep uplands of the Rolling Red Plains. In held 33% of 1.93 inches of water applied in 20 minutes. The plot had 1,408 pounds of cover per acre, providing 77% soils coverage."
Date: November 30, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Plot 186 Range Cover Evaluation In Controlling Soil Splash

Photograph of Plot 186 range cover evaluation in controlling soil splash. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Range cover evaluation on plot 186, if sand dropseed on Rolling Red Plains deep heavy upland in poor condition, was 49% effective in controlling soil splash. The ruler inserted beneath the cover shows that 42% of the ground surface is shielded by forage and litter.”
Date: November 30, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History