Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of flood prevention at Cane Creek, Site # 22, near Boynton, OK. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Seivert are signing the first easement for the Cane Creek Watershed. Virgil Cole, Chairman, Cane Creek Conservancy District and Member of the Muskogee County Soil and Water conservation District [SWCD] Board of Supervisors, looks on. This easement was the first one secured for work on this watershed. Seivert's District agreement, No. 2609 for their 320 acre farm signed June 28, 1955. This is for Site # 22. OK-1479-8.
Date: October 19, 1961
Creator: Castle, Ernest L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of the first bid letting, Sites # 22, 23 and 24, Quartermaster Creek. Orientation Conference with the contractor discussing items on the bid schedule. L to R: Bob O. Day, Project Engineer, Soil Conservation Service [SCS], Clinton, OK; Kenneth W. Richardson, Contractor, Clinton, OK; Ross W. Hall, Contracting officer, SCS, Stillwater, OK; Glenn A Beacham, Asst. State Conservation Engineer, SCS, Stillwater, OK.
Date: January 19, 1961
Creator: Richie, Leonard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of detention reservoir. Recently completed dentention reservior site no. 9. Little Wewoka Creek impounding 34 surface acres of permanent water. Excellent cover of vegetation and good clear water. To be stocked wit fish in the near future. OK-1484-7.
Date: October 19, 1961
Creator: Davis, T. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Site 12, Rush Creek

Photograph of the construction of Site 12 in the Washita-Watershed. In the photograph, a UNIDENTIFED man sitting in one of two Caterpillars in the foreground and another in the distant background. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Watershed-Washita. Construction on Site 12. M. G. Contractors, Inc. Push Cat – loading scraper."
Date: April 19, 1961
Creator: Leonard, Claude
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History