Grazing Buffalo on Boulder Ridge

Photograph of buffalo grazing on Boulder Ridge range site in excellent condition. The animals do not receive any feed. Photo taken about three miles west of headquarters, south of road, looking to the east.
Date: March 28, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Range Animals

Photograph of buffalo grazing on Boulder Ridge range site in excellent condition. The animals do not receive any feed. Photo taken about three miles west of headquarters, south of road, looking to the east.
Date: March 28, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Range Refuge Entrance

Photograph of Wichita Mtns. Wildlife Refuge entrance sign at Cache Gate. Note sign at bottom refering to Comanche County SWCD.
Date: March 28, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a deep gully where a diversion empties into Beef Creek just north of Apache Indian cemetary. Hubert Murray is pointing to the end of the pipe that brings the water under the road. OK-3011-13.
Date: March 27, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of an eroded roadside on the south side of Elgin Road east of Frisco Creek looking northeast. Vernon-like soils* with slick spots. OK-423-6. Vernon soils: consists of moderately deep over claystone bedrock, well drained, very slowly permeable soils that formed in residuum derived from noncemented claystone bedrock or dense clay of Permian age. https://soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/V/VERNON.html
Date: March 27, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of soil slip on a roadside with a cut slope on Chatto Road north of the golf course. OK-3011-12.
Date: March 27, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Floodwater South of Stigler

Photograph of floodwater across Highway 82 on Sans Bois creek south of Stigler, Okla.
Date: March 21, 1968
Creator: Brinlee, R. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Agronomy, Sorghum Stubble

Photograph of Sorghum stubble held 9 inches of snow in field in spite of high witnds, very little drifting.
Date: March 13, 1968
Creator: Allen, Charles
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cattle on Snow Covered Range

Photograph of a herd of cattle grazing in a snow covered field. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cattle in snow. Notice how the snow has packed up due to proper use."
Date: March 11, 1968
Creator: McCampbell, James B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

McFarlin Ranch Cattle Grazing in Snow

Photograph of nine heads of cattle grazing in a field on the McFarlin Ranch after receiving seven inches of snow. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Cattle on the McFarlin ranch, a cooperator with the Hughes County SWCD, after a 7 inch snow. Loamy Prairie range site, was in excellent condition. The grass was properly used creating a condition to hold the snow where it fell.”
Date: March 11, 1968
Creator: McCampbell, James B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Snow Covered Forrest and Stream

Photograph of a small grove of trees covered in snow. A creek or stream runs through the grove. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Local Interest.”
Date: March 11, 1968
Creator: McCampbell, James B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of Hughes County SWCD; Big Wewoka Creek Watershed. OK-3006-5.
Date: March 11, 1968
Creator: McCampbell, James B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Multiflora Rose Planting

Photograph of Olen Parker examining a multiflora Rose planted for wildlife cover along back toe of flood control structure.
Date: March 6, 1968
Creator: Meinders, Hadley C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Multiflora Rose Planting

Photograph of Olen Parker examining a multiflora Rose planted for wildlife cover along back toe of flood control structure.
Date: March 6, 1968
Creator: Meinders, Hadley C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Old Squaw Creek

Photograph of Old Squaw Creek. This area used to be a good country road until Squaw Creek started using it for a channel. OK-3005-6.
Date: March 1968
Creator: Murray, Hubert J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Principal Spillway Near Pauls Valley State School

Photograph of a principle spillway working on lake near Pauls Valley State School. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Principal spillway working on lake at State School."
Date: March 1968
Creator: Duncan, Lindell
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Waterfalls Scenic Spot

Photograph of scenic spot on the Guy Osbourne recreation ranch in Delaware County, Dripping Springs
Date: March 1968
Creator: Moss, Allen R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History