Fish Transport

Photograph of fingerling fish-channel and blue cat being transported though a 4" pipe from carrying tank ot growing pond. Approximately 14,000-wt. 180#.
Date: April 11, 1968
Creator: Collins, F. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Sill Conservation Planning

Photograph of historical marker at site of famous Apache Cemetery. East Range.
Date: April 11, 1968
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fish

Photograph of a close up of 5 to 5" fingerling catfish being placed in 7 acre fish pond on Rudolph McGeehee farm.
Date: April 11, 1968
Creator: Collins, F. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Sill Conservation Planning

Photograph of streambank erosion-stabilization measures are needed. Improved area, NE of Stockade.
Date: April 11, 1968
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Sill Conservation Planning

Photograph of training area for track vehicles, denuded of vegetation. Source of significant downstream silt pollution. Silt trap basin recommended. East Range-South of Shouth Boundary Road (East).
Date: April 11, 1968
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Sill Conservation Planning

Photograph of streambank erosion at Pratt Road crossing. Stabilization measures needed.
Date: April 11, 1968
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Harvesting Wheat

Photograph of harvesting wheat on Glen Tracy farm.
Date: July 11, 1968
Creator: Perryman, Tom
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Sill Conservation Planning

Photograph of a recently worked roadside subject to severe erosion. Should be established to perennial vegetation by seeding and hay mulching. Deer Creek Canyon Road
Date: April 11, 1968
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Long Branch Field Trial

Photograph of Jerome Sykora sodding Prairie Cordgrass on shore line as field trial to determine effect it will have on reducing erosion caused from wave action.
Date: May 11, 1960
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Loamy Bottomland Site

Photograph of loamy bottomland site with excellent range condition. Grass guage showing 1961 growth of Eastern Gama grass. Merle Bennett, Assistant Refuge Manager, U.S. Fish abd Wildlife Service, in foreground. This is in the Lobo Flat in the Mt. Pinchot pasture. Taken during annual Soil Conservation Service cooperation grazinguse check.
Date: April 11, 1962
Creator: Whittington, Fred
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Hilly Stony Savannah on Mt. Pinchot

Photograph of Hilly Stony Savannah on southwest slope of Mt. Pinchot Mountain Escarpment at top is the highest point n the Wichita Mountains. This is thought to be the only area of natural cedar on the refuge. Small open areas are typical of this range site.
Date: May 11, 1961
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds, Planning and Construction

Photograph of a general view of a construction operation near upper end of channel. Spoil banks to be spread. Slide slopes to be vegetated. OK-3031-9.
Date: April 11, 1968
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Carland Smith who has constructed this dam across the natural drainage from this pit area. The primary purpose of the dam was an access road across the top and to provide shallow water immediately in front of the dam to launch fishing boats. OK-2003-7 [?].
Date: September 11, 1967
Creator: Worthy, John P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Conservation Planning

Photograph of the Conservation Tillage Jamboree, Enid Oklahoma. Showing Edward Rohrer recalling personal experience as a wheat farmer concerning conservation tillage. OK-2826-5.
Date: July 11, 1967
Creator: Croom, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of Fullingim Flat in the Mount Pinchot pasture of the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. Eastern view from the trail. Note the boulder ridge site in the background. This was a heavily grazed area during the 1940s and early 1950s. Improved management including mesquite control, salt location and change in season of use, has resulted in a change from buffalo grass and many low order short grasses to an overstory—principally of silver bluestem gradually taking its place. Photograph taken during the annual Soil Conservation Service [SCS] cooperative grazing use check. OK-1583-11.
Date: April 11, 1962
Creator: Whittington, Fred
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of pasture planting. Cow and calf, part of 20 head of cows with calves grazing 70 acres of 1st year of Bermuda grass overseeded to vetch and rye in the fall of 1959. OK-1112-11.
Date: May 11, 1960
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Sill Conservation Planning

Photograph of trees and brush growing in roadside4 burrow area. To facilitate maintenance and proper function of the drainage way, trees and brush should be removed. Near west end of south boundary road (east).
Date: April 11, 1968
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Modern Hay Loading Equipmant

Photograph of Lee Roark with modern hay loading equipment.
Date: July 11, 1968
Creator: Perryman, Tom
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Sill Conservation Planning

Photograph of streambed erosion-stabilization measures are needed. Improved area, NE of Stockade.
Date: April 11, 1968
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watershed Planning and Construction

Photograph of breakthrough drainage hole in fill containing slickspot (sodium affected) fill material. Repair and treatment needed. OK-3031-6.
Date: April 11, 1968
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of recreation pasture. Official Dogtown. The edge of a prairie dog town encroaching into the Flats site in excellent condition. Utilization in Dogtown is severe and outside of it, it is light. OK-1105-9.
Date: April 11, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Exhibitions and Presentations

Photograph of Ernest Hill giving information on erosive rains to a group at the Conservation Tillage Jamboree. OK-2826-6.
Date: July 11, 1967
Creator: Croom, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds, Planning and Construction

Photograph of the installation of a pipe drop for adjacent field drain. OK-3031-1.
Date: April 11, 1968
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds, Planning and Construction

Photograph of breakthrough drainage hole in fill containing slickspot (sodium affected) fill material. Repair and treatment needed. OK-3031-4.
Date: April 11, 1968
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History