Gullies to be Shaped

Photograph of gullies that are to be shaped, 5.7 acres. Home and barn in foreground.
Date: December 21, 1960
Creator: Collins, F. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gully shaping

Photograph of before gully shaping. Tree in background.
Date: 1960-12-XX
Creator: Dowliing, Leo E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of a gully to be shaped. The "before" picture. Trees in background. OK-1289-6.
Date: December 1960
Creator: Dowling, Leo E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Rush Creek Dam and Spillway

Photograph of dam, fence and spillway and gate looking East. This picture made before being sprigged with bermuda grass and before structure has filled with water. Present water is in borrow pit.
Date: December 22, 1960
Creator: Leonard, C. M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stocking Fish

Photograph of stocking first fish in Site 1. Men in picture are: J. W. Taylor, Oscar Sparks, and R. E. Dyer of Marlow, Okla. , and O'Reilly Sandy, new Superintendent of Medicine Park Fish Hatchery.
Date: December 22, 1960
Creator: Leonard, C. M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of stock water pond. Pipe installations are 16 inches [in diameter?], ½ inch thick and 180 feet long with 4 seep rings, each 6 inches square. The stockwater pond was constructed under a pooling agreement with the adjoining landowner, Ralph Ottinger. Also designed to store floodwater to protect bottomland on 3 farms below. The pipe is used as the principal spillway and has sandrock for the emergency spill. From left to right: L. B. Wyatt, the hydro landowner; Orville Fowler, from Clinton, the contractor; and Basil Murphy, from Hinton, the welder. OK-1239-11.
Date: December 24, 1960
Creator: Tarrant, Charles
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a gully, before shaping, with tree in background. OK-1289-7.
Date: December 1960
Creator: Dowling, Leo E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Upper Clear Boggy Creek Watershed, Site No. 12. Cutting core trench for floodwater retarding structure, Site No. 12. Contractor--Paul Moody. OK-1238-5.
Date: December 16, 1960
Creator: Brown, C. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History