Photograph of Lt. Governor George Nigh speaks at the dedication of Wiley Post Lake. OK-4454-1.

Photograph of Jack Adair, head of the Fort Worth Emergency & Water protection (E&WP) Unit, represents Soil Conservation Service (SCS) administrator at the Wiley Post Lake dedication. OK-4454-10.

Photograph of the Maysville High School band playing at the Wiley Post Lake dedication. OK-4455-3.

Photograph of OK's 1500th structure, Site # 34, Finn Creek. Workmen for the Holtzen Construction Company compact sand in trench used for foundation drain. OK-4287-4.

Photograph of Maysville Lateral Site, B3. An aerial view from the west looking east over F. P. site # 3. The City of Maysville lies in the background. This site furnishes protection to the City of Maysville. Site constructed in 1971. OK-3734-13.

Photograph of aerial view of Site 34, Finn Creek watershed project, located north of Maysville. The lake is Oklahoma's 1500th flood control structure and was dedicated as Wiley Post Memorial Lake on Oct. 22, 1971. OK-4448-2.

Photograph of Lloyd Lynch, Construction In spector, Davis Project Office, computes yardage on Site # 34, Finn Creek. OK-4376-1.

Photograph of Hadley Meinders (L), District Conservationist, Purcell, and Bobby Davis, Project Engineer, Davis Project Office, examine plans for Wiley Post Memorial Lake. OK-4376-13.

Photograph of Hadley Meinders (L), District Conservationist, Purcell, and Bobby Davis, Project Engineer, Davis Project Office, prepare to make compaction tests of Site # 34, Finn Creek. OK-4376-7.

Photograph of R.C. Longmire introduces widow and brother of Wiley Post at dedication of Lake named in his honor. OK-4465-8.

Photograph of Lt. Governor George Nigh and Wiley Post family (Mrs. Post in the center) at the Wiley Post Lake dedication.

Photograph of SCS District Conservationist Paul Copeland (left) and Construction Inspector, L. E. Lynch discuss perforated pipe used in foundation drains. OK-4237-9.

Photograph of a portion of the crowd attending Wiley Post Lake dedication. OK-4455-2.

Photograph of aerial view of Site 34, Finn Creek watershed project, located north of Maysville. The lake is Oklahoma's 1500th flood control structure and was dedicated as Wiley Post Memorial Lake on Oct. 22, 1971. OK-1448-9 (?).

Photograph of aerial view of Site 34, Finn Creek watershed project, located north of Maysville. The lake is Oklahoma's 1500th flood control structure and was dedicated as Wiley Post Memorial Lake on Oct. 22, 1971. OK-4448-1.

Photograph of aerial view of Site 34, Finn Creek watershed project, located north of Maysville. The lake is Oklahoma's 1500th flood control structure and was dedicated as Wiley Post Memorial Lake on Oct. 22, 1971. OK-4448-15.

Photograph of City Hall, Maysville, OK, the bid opening for Oklahoma's 1500th upstream flood control lake, Wiley Post Memorial Lake (site # 34), Finn Creek. L to R: Ross W. Hall, Robert McCarty and Erwin Leaverton. OK-418[?]5-4.

Photograph of City Hall, Maysville, OK. The bid opening for Oklahoma’s 1500th upstream flood control lake, the Wiley Post memorial lake (site # 34). From left to right: Bill Robinson, Maysville City Councilman; Paul hayes, Area Supervisor, Federal Housing Administration (FHA); Ross Hall, State Administrative Officer, Soil Conservation Service (SCS); E. H. Holten, Holten Construction Company; Ray Duncan, Garvin, Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD); and Hal Baker, McClain County SWCD. OK-4195-10.

Photograph of WKY cameraman, Rod Turner, photographing crowd at Wiley Post Lake dedication just prior to Lt. Governor George Nigh's departure from a helicopter. OK-4454-3.

Photograph of FHA Administrator James V. Smith speaking at Wiley Post Lake dedication. Members of the Post family are on Smith's left. OK-4454-7.

Photograph of FHA Administrator James V. Smith speaking at Wiley Post Lake dedication. Right foreground: Robert S. Kerr, Jr., son of the late Oklahoma Senator, and Ken Wilson, editor of the Maysville News. OK-4454-9.

Photograph of Lt. Governor George Nigh is greeted by Don Dudley, assistant director, Oklahoma Conservation Commission, at Wiley Post Lake dedication. OK-4454-4.

Photograph of aerial view of Site 34, Finn Creek watershed project, located north of Maysville. The lake is Oklahoma's 1500th flood control structure and was dedicated as Wiley Post Memorial Lake on Oct. 22, 1971. OK-4448-9.

Photograph of Wendell Jones (L), Civil Engineering Technician, Davis Project Office, explains use of comaction test equipment to student trainee James R. Leach. OK-4376-8.