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Improved Watering Facility
Photograph of George Hamilton observing flow of water from new well built with GPCP assistance on his Big Dipper Ranch.
Date:
February 18, 1959
Creator:
Gould, Harold C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
New Stock Pond
Photograph of Jack Kelsey inspects new pond built to supply needed livestock water for his ranch in Woodward County. GCPC
Date:
February 16, 1959
Creator:
Gould, Harold C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hooded Pipe Spillway
Photograph of Mr. Hutchison examining hooded pipe spillway in erosion control dam built with GPCP assistance on his Belva ranch.
Date:
February 17, 1959
Creator:
Gould, Harold C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chimney Rock
Photograph of Chimney Rock, landmark of the pioneer days and a tourist attraction of Woodward County. Notice the stratified layer as deposited by the old Permian sea.
Date:
1959-02-XX
Creator:
Cole, E. L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of rough, broken land, Breaks Range silt showing topography and vegetation. OK-804-11.
Date:
February 1959
Creator:
Mance, Earl C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Breaks Range Site
Photograph of a Breaks Range Site in or near Woodward, Oklahoma. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Rough, broken land, Breaks Range Site showing topography and vegetation."
Date:
February 1959
Creator:
Nance, Earl C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of an isolated remain of the geological formation that the Cimarron River and tributaries are eroding away. The rough, broken land, Quinlan and Vernon material [i.e., soil types], occurs on very steep slopes, while the clay outcrops, Vernon material, occurs in the more level foreground. First soil is the Breaks and the second the Shallow Range Sites. OK-810.5.
Date:
February 1959
Creator:
Cole, E. L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Distribution for Livestock
Photograph of a cooperative effort in the county to combine roads with proper water distribution for livestock in the construction of dams in Woodward County SCD. Face of dam indicates the lack of correct upstream slope and drawdown pipe. Quinlan-Woodward loam, 5 to 12% slope for the Shallow Range Site.
Date:
1959-02-XX
Creator:
Cole, E. L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stockers on Wheat Pasture
Photograph of stockers on wheat pasture. Wheat pasture is used widely as winter forage to maintain the base heard and/or the production of beef on stocker steers which are bought in the fall and sold in the spring. Foreground is Carey silt loam, 1 to 3% slope of the Loamy Range Site
Date:
1959-02-XX
Creator:
Cole, E. L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Inspecting a New Diversion Terrace
Photograph of Frank Hutchison inspecting a new diversion terrace built with GPCP assistance to control gully erosion on rangeland.
Date:
February 17, 1959
Creator:
Gould, Harold C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
New Diversion Terrace
Photograph of rancher Jack Kelsey explaining how new diversion will provide additional water supply for stock pond. GPCP
Date:
February 16, 1959
Creator:
Gould, Harold C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
New Dam for Stock Pond
Photograph of Jack Kelsey standing in spillway of new pond constructed on his Woodward County ranch. The pond was built with GPCP assistance to provide a pasture with needed stock water.
Date:
February 16, 1959
Creator:
Gould, Harold C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
UNIDENTIFED Man Constructing a Stock Pond
Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man (P. L. Hutchison") using a Caterpillar D7 to construct a stock pond in accordance with GPCP plan. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Constructing stock pond in accordance with GPCP plan. Tractor owned by Hutchison."
Date:
February 17, 1959
Creator:
Gould, Harold
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Constructing a Reservoir
Photograph of Jack Kelsey (in white hat) watches construction of reservoir for livestock water on his Woodward County ranch.
Date:
February 16, 1959
Creator:
Gould, Harold C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Seeding Native Grass with Drill
Photograph of district owned tractor and drills seeding native grass in good sorghum stubble.
Date:
February 17, 1959
Creator:
Gould, Harold C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Depletion of the Land, Sheet and Gully Erosion
Photograph of the intensity of homesteading contributed to the cultivation of land that wa too steep and shallow. Consequently, many inches of high fertility topsoil were removed by sheet and gully erosion to be forever lost for man's use. Such depletion of the land can only mean less intensive use, lower yields, and evidently a lower standard of living for the nation. Quinlan-Woodward loam, 5 to 12% slope. Shallow Range Site.
Date:
February 1959
Creator:
Cole, E. L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Geological Formations Eroding Away
Photograph of an isolated remain of the geological formation that the Cimarron River and tributaries are eroding away. The rough broken land, Quinlan and Vernon material, occors on very steep slopes, while the clay outcrops, Vernon Material, occurs in the more level foreground. First Soil is the Breaks and the second the Shallow Range Sites.
Date:
February 1959
Creator:
Cole, E. L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Combining Roads and Water Distribution Construction
Photograph of a cooperative effort in the county to combine roads with proper water distribution for livestock in the construction of dams in Woodward County SCD. This dam has the proper upstream slope as a comparison to OK-805-8.
Date:
February 1959
Creator:
Cole, E. L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Good Crop Residue
Photograph of good residue with minimum of 6 inches sown feed stocks. If only lightly grazed, this cover is sufficient to combat wind erosion on these soils. Topography showing Pratt loamy fine sand hummocky phase in extreme foreground to the left center, and Carwile complex in the center and right. Deep Sandy Range Site.
Date:
February 1959
Creator:
Cole, E. L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
UNIDENTIFED Man on a Ferguson tractor Drilling Native Grass Seed in Excellent Sorghum Cover
Photograph of a UNIDENTIFED man on a Ferguson tractor with seed driller drilling native grass seed in excellent sorghum cover on CR land in accordance with GPCP plan. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Seeding Grass. Drilling native grass seed in excellent sorghum cover on CR land in accordance with GPCP plan.”
Date:
February 17, 1959
Creator:
Gould, Harold
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Diversion Terrace on Rancher Jack Kelsey's Land
Photograph of “Rancher Jack Kelsey explaining how new diversion will provide additional water supply for stock pond.”
Date:
February 16, 1959
Creator:
Gould, Harold C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Shallow Range Site Near Quinlan, Oklahoma
Photograph of a shallow range site near Quinlan, Oklahoma. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Shallow Range Site near Quinlan, Oklahoma. The soils are primarily Quinlan 10sm 5 to 12% slopes with minor amounts of rough broken land and Woodward loam 5 to 8% slopes."
Date:
February 1959
Creator:
Nance, E. C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Breaks Range Site, Rough Broken Land
Photograph of rough, broken land Breaks Range Site showing topography and vegetation.
Date:
February 1959
Creator:
Manot, Earl C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Little Bluestem Grass
Photograph of a closeup of Little Bluestem grass. It was a major grass in the climax of many soils in the County. The quantity of certain soils helps the range man to determine the condition of the range.
Date:
February 1959
Creator:
Cole, E. L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History