Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of overhead water that has caused severe erosion in the nature drain on this farm. It will be shaped into a waterway and sprigged to bermuda grass. When the grass becomes established it will also serve as outlets for terraces to be constructed later. OK-1224-5.
Date: November 1, 1960
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Inspecting a New Waterway

Photograph of Bob Deevers, opr. , inspecting a waterway that was constructed and sodded to Bermuda grass in 1960. Terraces were constructed after wheat harvest in 1960 to outlet into this waterway.
Date: February 1, 1961
Creator: Hamill, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History