[Photograph 2012.201.B1064.0280]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: September 23, 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Little Bluestem Invasion

Photograph of little Bluestem plants invaded a seeding of weeping Lovegrass.
Date: March 23, 1959
Creator: Hamill, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Terrace Construction

Photograph of Edgar Schmidt, Washita Co. SCD cooperator constructing terraces on his farm with a D04 cat.
Date: August 24, 1959
Creator: Rowlett, Owen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of native grass planting. A. R. Bartel planting a mixture of native grasses consisting of little bluestem, sideoats grama, blue grama, switchgrass and sand lovegrass. This mixture is being seeded into a [unclear] cover. The drill used for this operation is owned by the Washita County Soil Conservation District. OK-893-7.
Date: July 1, 1959
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cattle Grazing in Winter Peas

Photograph of cattle grazing in Austrian Winter Peas. Used for cover and soil improvement crop.
Date: April 27, 1959
Creator: Hamill, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fish Distributions

Photograph of fish being stocked in Boggs lake, site 15 Cavalry Creek watershed. Approximately 3000 bass were placed in water on this trip. Leslie Hess, SCS, and Jody Deputy, Washita Co. Game Ranger, are in the photo with representatives from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of Tishamingo.
Date: July 1, 1959
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.b1402.0505]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Three Cordell high school students tell colorful stories of foreign countries where they attended school last year."
Date: January 21, 1959
Creator: Traverse, Cliff
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Will Davis and Bull

Photograph of Will Davis and a bull in Austrian winter peas field. Used for soil improvement crop and cover crop.
Date: April 27, 1959
Creator: Hamill, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of teamwork, showing representatives of various agencies studying grass identification and range management. Left to right: Jack Harper, Vocational Agricultural Instructor; Harvey Schmidt. farmer; W. G. Nash [?], district supervisor; Arnold Bowen, farmer; Ralph Olson, section manager of Cordell Chamber of Commerce; Fred Whittington, Range conservationist, Soil Conservation Service [SCS]. OK-893-5.
Date: July 1, 1959
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

A Flooded Cotton Field

A photograph by the USDA Soil Conservation Service showing Jim Molen, owner of Molen Farm (which is operated by Keith Boggs), viewing the overflow of Cavalry Creek on a newly planted cotton field, four miles south of Cordell, Oklahoma
Date: July 7, 1959
Creator: United States. Soil Conservation Service
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Old Seeding of Weeping Lovegrass

Photograph of an old seeding of weeping Lovegrass made in 1947 or 1948.
Date: March 23, 1959
Creator: Hamill, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Combination Stock Water Pond and Road

Photograph of a combination water pond and a trickle pipe. Mr. & Mrs. Siemens in photo.
Date: March 24, 1959
Creator: Hamill, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

County Bridge Being Replaced

Photograph of a county bridge being replaced with a stock water pond. Bulldozer clearing site beneath bridge. Pond staked by Soil Conservation Service.
Date: March 24, 1959
Creator: Hamill, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Detention Reservoir Cobb Creek, Site 1

Photograph of numerous UNIDENTIFIED people enjoying boating, watersports, and other recreational activities at Cobb Creek, Site 1. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Detention Reservoir Cobb Creek, Site 1, Recreation."
Date: September 17, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of Tishomingo Stocking Fish in Boggs’ Lake Site 15 Cavalry Creek Watershed

Photograph of four UNIDENTIFIED workers of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of Tishomingo placing fish in Boggs' Lake Site 15 Cavalry Creek Watershed. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Fish Distribution. The distribution unit of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of Tishimingo [sic] placing fish in the Boggs' lake site 15 Cavalry creek."
Date: July 1, 1959
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fish Distribution

Photograph of fish being stocked in Boggs lake, site 15 Cavalry Creek watershed. Approximately 3000 bass were placed in water on this trip. Leslie Hess, SCS, and Jody Deputy, Washita Co. Game Ranger, are in the photo with representatives from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services of Tishamingo.
Date: July 1, 1959
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cavalry Flooding

Photograph of Calvary Creek flooding. Overflow into newly planted cotton field from north Cavalry Creek on Molen farm operated by Kenth Boggs. Cotton will be replanted.
Date: July 7, 1959
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of [unclear] field. Erosion on freshly plowed field after a 3-inch rain. OK-892-2.
Date: July 1, 1959
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fish Distribution on Boggs Lake

Photograph of the distibution unit of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of Tishamingo placing fish in the boggs lake site 15 Cavalry Creel Watershed.
Date: July 1, 1959
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Irrigation on Site 28

Photograph of irrigation on Site 28, Cavalry Watershed. Water flowing from supply ditch through siphon tubes onto corrugated land. Land is being watered prior to seeding to rye and vetch. Two detention reservoirs are visible in background. Land was leveled woth a carry-all and floated with a land plane. Loyd Lundy is setting siphon tube. Dave Reimer, background, is checking distibution of water.
Date: September 10, 1959
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History