Seeding King Ranch Bluestem

Photograph of seeding King Ranch bluestem with grass drill. Seedbed was prepared with 10 ft. offset disc and harvested after first light rain. This old field area had been used for annual lespedeza pasture prior to the droughts of 1952 and 1953. John Bullman on tractor.
Date: April 16, 1954
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita Detention Reservoir

Photograph of aerial view of Milles Creek Site 5, Washita detention reservoir. D. A. 3,520 acres. Sediment pool 21. 0 A. , 162 A. D. Flood pool 134 A. , 1,049 A. R. , 3. 58 in. Completed Aug. 1949.
Date: May 2, 1954
Creator: Brune, G. M. & Blackert, Franz
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History