Conservation, Environmental & Safety Education

Photograph of preparation for a water skiing demonstration, Jake Wright's boat. OK-2135.
Date: July 19, 1964
Creator: Ottinger, A.P
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Conservation, Environmental & Safety Education

Photograph of a water skiing demonstration. OK-2135-11. (Repeat of record at 395).
Date: July 19, 1964
Creator: Ottinger, A.P
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cobb Creek Water Recreation

Photograph of boating and water skiing can be enjoyed on Cobb Creek floodwater retarding structure No. 1.
Date: July 8, 1962
Creator: Burne, Gunnar
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Calvary Watershed Flooding in city limits

Photograph of flooding occuring in the city limits of Cordell downstream from the proposed site 24, Calvary watershed.
Date: November 18, 1964
Creator: Bowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stockwater Dam

Photograph of stockwater with 15" drawdown pipe.
Date: 1961~
Creator: Bramble, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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

Great Plains Conservation Program

Photograph of the Great Plains Conservation Program [ 1957 - 1996]. Willis Sorrells, Great Plains technician, Soil Conservation Service [SCS], Clinton, Oklahoma, explains the Great Plains contract with Mr. AND Mrs. Dale Robinson, who sign an application for participation in the program. OK-1615-1.
Date: January 19, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of the seeding of a detention dam. Seeding native grass on the back slope of a detention dam. Site 14, Cavalry Creek, 2 miles west and 5 miles south of Cordell, Oklahoma. Using a 3-point hitch Brillion Seeder. John deere anchor tractor. A winch is used to lengthen the cable as needed. OK-951-2.
Date: April 5, 1960
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of the seeding of a detention dam. Seeding native grass on the back slope of a detention dam. Site 14, Cavalry Creek, 2 miles west and 5 miles south of Cordell, Oklahoma. Using a 3-point hitch Brillion Seeder. John deere anchor tractor. A winch is used to lengthen the cable as needed. OK-951-6.
Date: April 5, 1960
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of grass. H. A. Halford, daughter Mrs. Adams, and son, Larry, looking at native grass mixture of little bluestem, sideoats, switchgrass and blue grama seeded in 1957. OK-1114-1.
Date: May 27, 1960
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of the mulching of a detention dam. Native prairie hay mulch at the rate of 2 ½ tons per acre is being placed in with am EMCO-type mulcher on the front slope of Site # 14, Calvary Creek, 2 miles west and 5 south of Cordell, Oklahoma. Mr. Thompson and Mr. Cabiness, contractors, are operating the tractors. OK-1130-3.
Date: April 5, 1960
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a mulching detention dam. Placing native grass mulch on the back side of a detention dam. Site 14, Cavalry Creek, 2 [miles?] west and 5 [miles?] south of Cordell, Oklahoma. In this case native grass hay is being spread by hand at the rate of 2½ tons per acre. Note the native grass seed has been applied ahead of the mulch. OK-951-4.
Date: April 5, 1960
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Contour Farming

Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph javarsky and Mr. and Mrs. Ken Javarsky are plowing terraced land on the contour. Terraces spill into alfalfa waterway in left background. Waterway produced 400 bales of hay on most recent cutting. Javarsky says with hydraulic equipment very few problems are encountered in plowing the land.
Date: July 29, 1961
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Terraces

Photograph of terraces under construction.
Date: October 4, 1960
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Girl Scout Camp

Photograph of Girl Scout Troop Number 52 working on projects on a table they made by tying logs together for legs. Camp in shelterbelt above Flood Prevention Site 1, Cobb Creek. In picture are Miss Smith, Joanie Sorrells, Cathy Nail, Joyce ?
Date: July 28, 1962
Creator: Sorrells, W. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Piping in Undisturbed Soil

Photograph of piping in undisturbed area in dispersed soils. SCS Technician Dan Hamill in picture.
Date: 1960~
Creator: Bramble, Robert
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Girl Scout Camp

Photograph of Girl Scout Troop Number 52 cooking meal around campfire in shelterbelt above Flood Prevention Structure Site 1, Cobb Creek. In picture are Vickie Inman, Jo Ellen Short, Treva Rowland, Debbie Dibler, Cathie McPhetridge, Rita Vandman and Sherre Goss.
Date: July 28, 1962
Creator: Sorrells, W. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Timber Clearing

Photograph of bottomland clearing to be sprigged to bermuda on Barton Ranch. West shooting east.
Date: April 16, 1968
Creator: Perryman, Tom
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

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of the principal spillway, Site # 26, Cavalry Creek. View of the permanent pool area afte the water has drawn down from the flood after an 8 inch rain occurred above this site on August 19, 1961. OK-1438-11.
Date: August 28, 1961
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of pasture planting. 1959 planting of Indian grass, switch, sand and love and Big bluestem. OK-979-6.
Date: October 4, 1960
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of pasture. Midland bermuda sprigged in 1959. 65 head grazed on 65 acres and fertilized with 100 pounds of 33% nitrogen per acre in the spring of 1960. Overseeded to sweet clover in the fall of 1960. OK-979-2.
Date: October 4, 1960
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of flood storage. Flood storage in Site # 25, Calvary Watershed. This site has a drainage area of 640 acres, 158 acre-feet of floodwater storage and 18 inches outfall pipe. An 8 inch rain occurred above this site on the morning of August 19, 1961. The storage water level was approximately 3 feet below emergency spillway crest. No flooding or scouring occurred below this site. OK-1438-10.
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Recreation and Travel

Photograph of a water skiing demonstration.
Date: July 19, 1964
Creator: Ottinger, A.P
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History