Great Plains Conservation Program

Photograph of Harper County Commissioner Oden Sheppard (left), Ditch Valley Irrigation Company President Laurence Drake, and DC Clarence Stith (right) discuss operaton of irrigation water management system designed to protect new farm-to-market road in Harper County.
Date: February 22, 1972
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Strip Mining

Photograph of a strip-mined area being leveled. Spoils are being hauled out and used for road fill and fill material in housing development projects. OK-4895-2.
Date: September 22, 1972
Creator: Thomas, James W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Ditch Valley Irrigation Project

Photograph of (L-R): R.A. Lotspeich and Orvin Shuman, (Harper County farmers) and County Commissioner Oden Sheppard shown at the inlet of two large culverts installed under new farm-to-market road in Harper County. Culverts will be utilized to carry overhead water in the Ditch Valley Irrigation project.
Date: February 22, 1972
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Great Plains Conservation Program

Photograph of Harper County Commissioner Oden Sheppard (left), Ditch Valley Irrigation Company President Laurence Drake, and DC Clarence Stith (right) discuss operaton of irrigation water management system designed to protect new farm-to-market road in Harper County.
Date: February 22, 1972
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History