Upper Elk Creek

Photograph of Upper Elk Creek improvement project.
Date: February 6, 1970
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

I-44 Skelly By-Pass, Highway 75 Okmulgee Bee-Line, and the City of Tulsa

Photograph of an example of the vast land needed to construct modern highways to serve metropolitan areas like Tulsa. The foreground shows the I-44 Skelly By-Pass and Highway 75 Okmulgee Bee-Line, while the city of Tulsa is in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Intersection of I-44 (Skelly By-Pass) and Highway 75 (Okmulgee Bee-Line). Tulsa in background. Shows the vast areas of land needed to construct modern highways to serve large metropolitan areas.”
Date: February 18, 1970
Creator: Thomas, James W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watershed Maintenance

Photograph of fence being replaced on the dam (Site 19 - Frank Carl) to protect woody vegetation to be planted for wave action damage. OK-3703-1.
Date: February 16, 1970
Creator: Rhoads, Bud.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of watershed maintenance: a fence being replaced on dam (Site 19--Frank Carl) to protect woody vegetation to be planted for wave section damage. OK-3703-1.
Date: February 16, 1970
Creator: Rhoads, Bud.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of Bert Lavigne, district aid, watering Buterbush, just after planting. OK-3705-10.
Date: February 24, 1970
Creator: Prickett, B. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watershed Maintenance

Photograph of Bert Lavigne, district aid,planting buttonbush on a front slope--approx. 18 inches apart in 3 feet rows. So to protect the slope from wave damage. OK-3705-12.
Date: February 24, 1970
Creator: Prickett, B. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History