Trail Riders

Photograph of gathering of trail riders listening to final instructions.
Date: August 1968
Creator: Moss, Allen R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Calvin C. Reeves Jr. Studying Eram Soil

Photograph of "Calvin C. Reeves Jr., Student-Trainee Soil Scientist, studying Eram soil, and it's [sic] potential for rangeland."
Date: July 28, 1968
Creator: Lowe, George H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Squaw Creek Channel

Photograph of Squaw Creek [remaining text too faded for legibility, including the OK-ID number].
Date: July 17, 1968
Creator: Murray, Hubert J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Urban Erosion

Photograph of gullies developing under concrete wall. Homes cost $35,000. Soil is Vernon Clay that has been excavated into parent material.
Date: July 17, 1968
Creator: Murray, Hubert J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Squaw Creek Channel. Water flowing 18 inches deep [illegible] constructed channel. Picture taken 2 days after 2 inches of rainfall in the City of Lawton. Channel was half full during peak run-off period. Channel was designed to carry flow of water from a typical 6 hour storm that can be expected once in 5 years. OK-3114-9 [?].
Date: July 17, 1968
Creator: Murray, Hubert J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fish Pond Management

Photograph of Car Mackey, Durrell Burton, and four UNIDENTIFED people checking the condition and fish population of this fishing pond. The photograph does not give the positions of Mackey or Burton. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Carl Mackey and Durrell Burton pulling minnow seine in to check for fish reproduction and balance."
Date: July 16, 1968
Creator: Kuntz, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Harvesting Wheat

Photograph of harvesting wheat on Glen Tracy farm.
Date: July 11, 1968
Creator: Perryman, Tom
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Modern Hay Loading Equipmant

Photograph of Lee Roark with modern hay loading equipment.
Date: July 11, 1968
Creator: Perryman, Tom
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Urban Development.

Photograph of water recreation d3evelopment on small tracts.
Date: July 10, 1968
Creator: Fortney, Fred J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Williams' Conservation Plan & Pasture Management

Photograph of “M. C. Williams and Soil Conservationist Sam Comes review Williams’ conservation plan.” The photo does not clarify the position of M. C. Williams and Sam Comes.
Date: July 10, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gully Caused by Heavy Rainfall

Photograph of a gully caused by the 19-inch rainfall which fell in 7-hours on June 22. This gully, 25 feet deep and 40 feet wide, & several blocks long, is in the middle of what was a travelled street before the rain started. Less than 2 acres of land drain into the gully above its head.
Date: July 9, 1968
Creator: Reid, Louis E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Michael L. Hughes and Kenneth Miller Working on A Design Problem

Photograph of "Student Trainee, Michael L. Hughes, works on a design problem and discusses the problem with his supervisor, Kenneth Miller." People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Michael L. Hughes, 2. Kenneth Miller.
Date: July 3, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watershed Erosion

Photograph of county road with severe erosion feeding sediment into canyon. This road ws open to traffic in 1967. Treatment includes diversion of water and use of pipe drop structure. Should County Commissioners agree to close road it will be planted in black locust trees.
Date: July 1968
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a stock tank constructed on the B.J. Turner Farm. Mr. Turner also constructed a very good divider so that more than one pasture on the lot can be served with the tank. OK-3127-10.
Date: June 1968
Creator: Trissell, W. Alvin
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a new type of spray boom which is not supposed to drift. There is 10 needles to the inch. Total boom length is 26 feet. Used by a helicopter. OK 3086
Date: May 29, 1968
Creator: McCampbell, James B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lead-Zinc Mining

Photograph of Slimes Pond, Eagle-Pichers Mine, Picher, Oklahoma. A follow up on Photo No. OK-3013-7. A test to determine whether rye can be grown for cover crop and whether grass can be established in growing rye. View from the southeast corner of Field No. 7 — 3.1 acres. Rye seeded on 9-25-67. Fertilized 250 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer at planting time. Top dressed 250 pounds 33-0-0 February 1968. Since native grass drill was not available, field was roto-tilled and native grass was overseeded with an E-Z Flow spreader on March 26, 1968. Rye showed considerable chlorosis at that time and stand was also weakened by tillage. See foreground. OK-3118-5.
Date: May 26, 1968
Creator: Bannett, K. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Recharge Well

Photograph of a recharge well on Hugh Painter farm. 110 feet deep-1200 acres drainage-14 inch casing.
Date: May 25, 1968
Creator: Everett, Thomas H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Concrete Irrigation Ditch

Photograph of a concrete irrigation ditch used for flood irrigation.
Date: May 20, 1968
Creator: Mathiews, Jerry W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watershed, Flood Waters Sans Bois Creek

Photograph of Cecil Presfield driving amphibious car returning Mrs. Jim Presfield home from work along with the Presfield children and neighbos Dan Condo's children home from school. During floods Sans Bois Creek overflows into the Grassy Lake area cutting off all access roads. They must use boat, amphicar, or horses to cross the 10 to 12 feet of water over the roads. Presfield has 500 acres, most in Sans Bois bottom. He lost 2 calves in this flood. In the last previous flood he lost 8 head from pneumonia after swimming out to high ground.
Date: May 15, 1968
Creator: Banks, Herbert J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of damage to the bridge across Coal Creek. The north end of the bridge is washed out by flood water in Coal Creek. OK-3062-15.
Date: May 14, 1968
Creator: Price, Neil
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Mr. & Mrs Woods removing alfalfa hay washed into the fence by flood water.
Date: May 14, 1968
Creator: Price, Neil
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Floodwater on the cropland of Raymond Krebs. Picture taken from Highway # 31. OK-3062-12.
Date: May 14, 1968
Creator: Bell, Dale
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watershed, Flood Waters Sans Bois Creek

Photograph of Flood waters on Sans Bois Creek looking west on State Highway #9. Highway Department dragline was pulled out of borrow area up on highway shoulder to escape flood damage.
Date: May 14, 1968
Creator: Banks, Herbert J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watershed Floodwaters

Photograph of floodwater from Sans Bois Creek. On Highway OK-31 looking south.
Date: May 14, 1968
Creator: Banks, Herbert J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History