Resource Type

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of District Cooperator, Irl Rhymes, foreground, showing Kenneth Yoakum, Work Unit Conservationist (WUC), Soil Conservation Service (SCS), Ada, OK, that he is keeping sediment pool drum down on Site # 9 on his ranch so can sod to Bermuda in the Spring of 1962. If valve was closed Rhymes could have a 42 acre lake of water, but wants grass at this time. OK-1613-1.
Date: January 16, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Youthful Badland Soil/Eroded Red Clay Range Site

Photograph of youthful badland soil/Eroded Red Clay range site showing rawness of material in foreground, and sparseness of vegetation. The limited vegetation shown in photograph includes mesquite and prickly pear. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Soil – Badland, showing rawness of material in foreground, and sparseness of vegetation. Usually some scattered mesquite and prickly pear occur on this raw, youthful soil. This in the Eroded Red Clay range site. Land Capability Class VIIs."
Date: January 23, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Conservation Plan Review

Photograph of SCS Technician Olen Rowlett and Willis J. Sorrells discuss the Great Plains conservaton plan with Mr. & Mrs. Eldred Sasseen. Sasseen is the first to sign a Great Plains contract in Washita County. Mr. & Mrs. Sasseen operate a 1200 acre Hereford ranch.
Date: January 19, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Red Clay Prairie Range Site

Photograph of red clay prairie range site. Vernon soils. Class VI land. Range is in fair condition.
Date: January 22, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Dorothy McHone or Johnnie Lee McHone

Photograph of a woman most likely Dorothy McHone but could possibly be Johnnie Lee McHone.
Date: January 6, 1962
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1124.0381]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Robert L. Cox, local attorney, practices mixing paints in the studio at Oklahoma Science and Arts Museum, as Mrs. Lucile Reid, art director, evaluates a picture."
Date: January 9, 1962
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0245.0028]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Robert L. Cox, local attorney, practices mixing paints in the studio at Oklahoma Science and Arts Museum, as Mrs. Lucile Reid, art director, evaluates a picture."
Date: January 9, 1962
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History