Photograph of six Angus cows in a field of vetch and rye. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Angus cows on third year vetch and rye."

Photograph of Mr. Atchison makin his third seediing of native grass mixture on land cultivated first in 1926 and out of cultivation 5 years. Field once terraced by CCC. Atchison owns 200 acres and leases 100 acres. He is changing his farm system from row crops to grass with cattle. Land is head of Rush Creek drainage area.

Photograph of view looking up-stream through break in embankment. Inflow from up-stream temporarily blocked and break partially drained.

Photograph of a view showing spillway entrance and crest of Prairie Dale Creek, Site #1 Detention Reservoir. A submerged barbed wire fence is visible in the water. The back of the photograph proclaims, "View showing spillway entrance and crest. Topsoil washed out in crest section after heavy rainfall on nights of May 9th and 10th. Depth of flow in crest section 1.9 feet."

Photograph of a view-showing spillway below crest section of Prairie Dale Creek, Site #1 Detention Reservoir. A barbed wire fence crosses the center of photograph, while a house sits in the distant left background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "View showing spillway below crest section. Topsoil washed out after heavy rainfall on nights of May 9th and 10th. Depth of flow in crest section 1.9 feet."

Photograph of a view showing spillway entrance and crest of Prairie Dale Creek, Site #1 Detention Reservoir. A submerged barbed wire fence is visible in the water. The back of the photograph proclaims, "View showing spillway entrance and crest. Topsoil washed out in crest section after heavy rainfall on nights of May 9th and 10th. Depth of flow in crest section 1.9 feet."

Photograph of outlet of draw down tube in operation after heavy rainfall on Detention Reservoir Prairie Dale Creek, Site #1. The back of the photograph proclaims, "View showing outlet of draw down tube in operation and washing on down stream [sic]slope of the embankment after heavy rainfall on nights of May 9th and 10th, Note crack along crown line of embankment caused by sluffing of topsoil."

Photograph of a view-showing spillway below crest section of Prairie Dale Creek, Site #1 Detention Reservoir. A barbed wire fence crosses the center of photograph, while a house sits in the distant left background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "View showing spillway below crest section. Topsoil washed out after heavy rainfall on nights of May 9th and 10th. Depth of flow in crest section 1.9 feet."

Photograph of delivering fish for farm ponds at SCS office by Buster Cothren of the Oklahoma State Fish & Game Commission Hatchery at Medicine Park. Receiving fish were Casper Gosselin, Sam Holden, J.L. Holman, Era Sasseen, Wilbur Cooper, G.C. Slatten, Jo

Photograph of delivering fish for farm ponds at SCS office by Buster Cothren of the Oklahoma State Fish & Game Commission Hatchery at Medicine Park. Receiving fish were Casper Gosselin, Sam Holden, J.L. Holman, Era Sasseen, Wilbur Cooper, G.C. Slatten, Jo

Photograph of delivering fish for farm ponds at SCS office by Buster Cothren of the Oklahoma State Fish & Game Commission Hatchery at Medicine Park. Receiving fish were Casper Gosselin, Sam Holden, J.L. Holman, Era Sasseen, Wilbur Cooper, G.C. Slatten, Joe Morkey, Henry C. Diskerson, Troy Maddox, and Cordell Fishing Club for Cloud Creek flood control Detention Reservoir No. 1. More that 10,000 bass fry were delivered.

Photograph of four UNIDENTIFED men inspecting a Detention Reservoir embankment break located on Prairie Dale Creek Site #3. The back of the photograph proclaims, "View looking up-stream thru break in embankment. Inflow from up-stream temporarily blocked and break partially drained. Part of barrel section of structure below elbow section visible. Barrel section fractured 23.75 feet from down stream [sic] face of river."

Photograph of view showing spillway entrance and crest. Topsoil wash out in crest section after heavy rainfall on nights of May 9th and 10th. Depth of flow in crest section 1. 9 feet.

Photograph of view showing spillway entrance and crest. Topsoil wash out in crest section after heavy rainfall on nights of May 9th and 10th. Note crack along crown line of embankment caused by sluffing of topsoil.

Photograph of view showing spillway entrance and crest. Topsoil wash out in crest section after heavy rainfall on nights of May 9th and 10th. Depth of flow in crest section 1. 9 feet.

Photograph of stocking Detention Reservoir No. 1 of the Cloud Creek Flood control project with 6000 bass fry, 3000 channel cat, Nov. 1949. Leo Brown & G. W. Solnvenk pouring fish into the pond. Fish were delivered by Buster Cotheran, State Fish and Game Commission. The lake will cover approximately 30 surface acres when full.

Photograph of S. E. Williams and J. A. Perrin examining weeping lovegrass planted on July 11, 1950.

Photograph of a 14-acre alfalfa crop ready for a second cutting on the Choska Drainage District. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Ready for second cutting as this 14–acre crop of alfalfa yielded two tons first cutting. Formerly too wet to be productive, field produced five tons of alfalfa in 1950 per acre. Drainage ditch on the right is just out of camera range. 18-acre field on other side of ditch that never produced anything before drainage yielded fifty bushels of corn in 1950. Other acres are also benefiting by drainage."

Photograph of a field of corn on the Choska Drainage District. Note, both this field and a nearby road both receive adequate water drainage into a nearby ditch, seen in the extreme foreground, as at one time the field was too wet to grow crops and the waters made the nearby road impassible after heavy rains. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Once too wet to be dependably productive, this land is now producing a fine crop of corn. This picture was taken immediately after a very heavy storm. Note water in ditch along road. Impassible during storm, bottom roads drained off quickly and could be traveled hour after rain stopped. Water used to block roads for week or more before drainage system was installed."

Photograph of water now has unobstructed flow. New bridge replace old one which washed out. Making observations from bridge are Ovid Neal (eft), ag. Engineer and J.A. Killough, DC. Camera facing W by N. Beyond bridge on north is Herbert Moodyy farm, on south is R.M. Punkett farm, now both in dependable production as result of drainage.

Photograph of Ovid Neal and J. A. Killough, SCS Technicians, examining a field of corn and soybeans in the Choska Drainage District that at one point could not produce and grow crops until adequate drainage was installed, as the land was too wet. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Ovid Neal, 2. J. A. Killough. The back of the photograph proclaims, “SCS Technicians Ovid Neal (left) and J. A. Killough look over fine crop of corn growing on land too wet to produce before drainage was installed. Soybeans are growing in background. Camera facing north on west side of lateral 1-A-1.”

Photograph of Agricultural Engineer Ovid Neal and DC J. A. Killough, standing on a brand new bridge in the Choska Drainage District, which replaced the old, washed out bridge. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Ovid Neal, 2. J. A. Killough. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Water now has unobstructed flow. New bridge replaces old one which washed out. Making observations from bridge are Ovid Neal (left), agri. engineer, and J. A. Killough, DC. Camera facing W by N. Beyond bridge on north is Herbert Moody farm, on south is R. M. Plunkett farm, now both in dependable production as result of drainage.”

Photograph of a debris guard installation on control structure for a Detention Reservoir for Site 8, Deep Creek, Middle Colorado River Watershed. The back of the photograph proclaims, "View of debris guard installation on control structure."

Photograph of a debris guard installation on control structure for a Detention Reservoir for Site 8, Deep Creek, Middle Colorado River Watershed. A water stage recorder is in the background behind the debris guard. The back of the photograph proclaims, “View of debris guard installation on control structure with water stage recorder house in background.”