Ponds-Construction Method

Photograph of a completed concrete dam to be used for recreation and livestock water. View shows tie-in to limestone rock. Area between dam and keyway will be back filled with concrete.
Date: June 21, 1967
Creator: Ward, J. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Floodwater South of Stigler

Photograph of floodwater across Highway 82 on Sans Bois creek south of Stigler, Okla.
Date: March 21, 1968
Creator: Brinlee, R. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Kiswando in Native Grass

Photograph of Kiswando in native grass planting in burrow area of diversion terrace. Illinois bundle flower in the seeding has made good growth under protection from grazing. Seeded in 1956.
Date: July 21, 1961
Creator: Engleman, Jack
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Follow-up After 11 Years

Photograph of after 11 years both are alive but the little bluestem bunch seems to be breaking up somewhat. Kiswando in photo. Follow-up of OK-341-12, 904-12 and 1174-4.
Date: July 21, 1961
Creator: Engleman, Jack
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watershed land treatment

Photograph of A. V. "Doc" Ely, cooperator with Stephens County S&WCD, stands in an alfalfa field pasture below the dam of site site 34 of a Wild Horse Creek Watershed project on his farm 4 miles from Velma, Okla. Ely says the lake provides irrigation water and the project also gives him flood protection.
Date: April 21, 1965
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sugar Creek Area 202

Photograph of Sugar Creek. Setting fence on critical gully area 202. Sewell Bros. Contractor.
Date: April 21, 1961
Creator: Wall, R. N.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wildhorse Creek

Photograph of site No. 34 on L. L. Humphreys farm N. of Velma being stocked with bass and bluegill fingerling fish.
Date: July 21, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita Wildhorse Watershed

Photograph of land development below flood water retarding structure. Weed trees are being removed for development of pecan orchard. Reduction of flood damage ha made development practical.
Date: April 21, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Improved Pasture

Photograph of an improved pasture with fescue and clover sod drilled in established bermudagrass pasture in fall of 1960. Not pastured since hay harvested in early July 1961.
Date: March 21, 1962
Creator: Shapley, Robert F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Longhorn Steers Grazing

Photograph of Longhorn steers grazing on the southwest foothills of Mt. Scott. Note the condition of steers after an unusually long cold winter. There was no supplimental feeding. Hilly stony range site in excellent condition, light utilization. Mt. Scott in background.
Date: April 21, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of an initial evaluation of blue grama grasses (Bouteloua gracilis) Field C-1, Block 12. Row 24, PM-K-652, Harlan County, Nebraska; Row 25, PM-K 914, Kearney County, Nebraska; Row 26, PM-K-650, Adams County, Nebraska. Planted June 19, 1967. K-L-313-15.
Date: August 21, 1967
Creator: Jacobson, E. T.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Boy Scout Camp

Photograph of Boy Scout Troop No. 108 camped on site, Sandstone Creek Watershed. OK-963-1.
Date: May 21, 1960
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of longhorn steers grazing on the southwest foothills of Mt. Scott. Note the condition of steers after an unusually long cold winter. There was no supplemental feeding. Hilly stony range site in excellent condition, light utilization. Mt. Scott in the background. OK-1115-1.
Date: April 21, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of longhorn steers grazing on the southwest foothills of Mt. Scott. Note the condition of steers after an unusually long cold winter. There was no supplemental feeding. Hilly stony range site in excellent condition, light utilization. Mt. Scott in the background. OK-1115-3
Date: April 21, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a "before" view of a severely eroded road bank which is to be smoothed, sloped and sodded to grass. Wilburn Neese inspecting washed out fence. OK-1350-3.
Date: May 21, 1961
Creator: Blan, K. R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a root plow in action. Principal woody species are green briar, dewberry, buck brush, green ash, and small oak. Principal grasses: buffalo grass, tumble love grass, tall drop seed, small amounts of switch grass, sideoats grama and little bluestem. Plow cutting from 8 to 12 inches deep. OK-1407-5.
Date: July 21, 1961
Creator: Hager, P. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Legume-Sweet Clover

Photograph of Bill Harrison showing growth of sweet clover. Three year old stand, planted on land tha wa poorly drained. McClain soil.
Date: May 21, 1962
Creator: Fortney, Fred J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Spreading Mulch

Photograph of young men spreading mulch on floodwater retarding dam.
Date: April 21, 1960
Creator: Howell, T. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sweet Clover Crop

Photograph of Bill Harrison and Kim Martin checking seed of sweet clover crop. 180 acre field planted to clover. McClain Clay soil.
Date: May 21, 1962
Creator: Fortney, Fred J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Bulldozer Brush Control

Photograph of a bulldozer with a special blade for brush control. Land had been bulldozed-second growth elm predominant-special blade designed for mesquite control. Cat D-7 owned by Agricultural Contractor Harold Lester. Farm in Jefferson County.
Date: July 21, 1961
Creator: Riley, K. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gullies to be Shaped

Photograph of gullies that are to be shaped, 5.7 acres. Home and barn in foreground.
Date: December 21, 1960
Creator: Collins, F. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of an initial evaluation of blue grama grasses (Bouteloua gracilis) Field C-1, Block 12. Row 1, Lovington (check) PMC, Los Lunas, New Mexico; , Row 2, PM-K-801, Sioux County, Nebraska; Row 3, PM-K 906, Banner County, Nebraska; Row 4, PM-K-690, Kimbell County, Nebraska. Planted June 19, 1967. K-L-313-14.
Date: August 21, 1967
Creator: Jacobson, E. T.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of James Masters with SCS technician Joe Bob Hall looking over a proposed pond site. Also they are discussing mesquite Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control while preparing a conservation plan for a contract in the Great Plains Conservation Program. OK-1095-4.
Date: January 21, 1960
Creator: Nelson, Paul I.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of a bulldozer with a blade for Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control. Land had been bulldozed. Second growth elm predominant. Special blade designed for mesquite control. Cat. D-7 owned by Agricultural Contractor Harold Lester. Farm in Jefferson County. OK-1457-3.
Date: July 21, 1961
Creator: Riley, K. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History