Washita River Wildhorse Creek Flood Prevention

Photograph of agronomy - L. L. Humphreys, president of the Wildhorse Creek Flood Prevention Asso. , inspecting a field of maize below Site 34 (in background). Head had just come out of the boot and shoul make a good yield. His field has been leveled twice from the Site above. This is another of the benefits derived from a program such as this.
Date: August 28, 1962
Creator: Brown, Bob R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Agronomy

Photograph of L. L. Humphreys, president of Wildhorse Creek Flood Prevention Assoc. , showing Lee J. Cerillo silage being put up by :Doc: Ely (in background). Mr. Cerillo is with the Ayer & Son Advertising Agency, Philadelphia, Pa. and was touring the watershed gathering informaiton for an article sponsored by the Caterpillar Co. Silage was cut from a field in Wildhorse bottom and had made an excellent growth.
Date: August 28, 1962
Creator: Brown, Bob R.
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

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

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a wildlife area. Native grass and plum thickets. OK-1826-2.
Date: August 28, 1962
Creator: Coleman, Chester C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a Soil and Water Conservation District [SWCD] operator is trying to get an early seedbed prepared to plant spinach. 5 tons per acre can be produced on the land if not for the lack of adequate drainage limiting it to 1 crop in 5 to 8 years. Seedbed preparation is costly. When the Cache 566 Project is completed this land will be drained with a good rotation followed. OK-1541-11.
Date: February 28, 1962
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Girl Scout Camp

Photograph of Girl Scout Troop No. 50 preparing a meal around a campfire in shelterbelt above flood prevention structure, Site 1, Cobb Creek. In the picture are Linda Blough, Rosalie Hatfield, Nancy Miller, and helpers Kathleen Moses and Linda Sensinteffer. Fern Blough and Evelyn Hart, Leaders. OK-1747-6.
Date: July 28, 1962
Creator: Sorrelles, W. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Vetch Cover Crop

Photograph of Vetch planted for cover crop and green manure soil building crop; 8-10 inches of growth present. McClain silty clay loam soil (4Ha).
Date: March 28, 1962
Creator: Fortney, Fred J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wildhorse Creek Flood Prevention

Photograph of L. L. Humphreys, president of Wildhorse Creek Flood Prevention Asso. Inspecting a field of maize below Site 34 (in background). Heads had just come out of the boot and should make a good yield. This field has been leveled twice from the Site above. This is another of the benefits derived from a program such as this.
Date: August 28, 1962
Creator: Brown, Bob R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of John R. Hardy, District State Aid, weighing seed for Charles Goucher. OK-1574-5.
Date: March 28, 1962
Creator: Wall, R. N.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Follow up of OK-1317-9 as dated 04/25/61. The main ditch has been constructed between Glynn Hickman and Robert Kerr so both may have an outlet for their field drains. OK-1541-6.
Date: February 28, 1962
Creator: Sturgeon, Fines
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Girl Scout Troop Number 50 Camping Near Site 1, Cobb Creek

Photograph of Girl Scout Troop Number 50 camping near Site 1, Cobb Creek. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Girl Scout Troop No. 50 preparing meal around campfire in shelterbelt above flood prevention structure Site 1, Cobb Creek. In picture are Linda Blough, Dari Ann Hart, Ellen Arnery, Sharla Inman, Debbie Dacus, Rosalie Hatfield, Nancy Miller, and helpers Kathleen Moses and Linda Sensinteffer. Fern Blough and Evelyn Hart, Leaders." The photograph does not specify the left to right position of the girls listed on the back of photograph. A obscured UNIDENTIFIED child leg can be seen on the far right of photograph.
Date: July 28, 1962
Creator: Sorrells, W. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Girl Scout Troop Number 50 Camping Near Site 1, Cobb Creek

Photograph of Girl Scout Troop Number 50 camping near Site 1, Cobb Creek. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Girl Scout Troop No. 50 preparing meal around campfire in shelterbelt above flood prevention structure Site 1, Cobb Creek. In picture are Linda Blough, Dari Ann Hart, Ellen Arnery, Sharla Inman, Debbie Dacus, Rosalie Hatfield, Nancy Miller, and helpers Kathleen Moses and Linda Sensinteffer. Fern Blough and Evelyn Hart, Leaders." The photograph does not specify the left to right position of the girls listed on the back of photograph. A obscured UNIDENTIFIED child leg can be seen on the far right of photograph.
Date: July 28, 1962
Creator: Sorrells, W. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History