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Bermudagrass Waterway
Photograph of a waterway which was established in 1952 and the average width is 54 ft. It was originally a natural drain that was shaped and planted to Bermudagrass. It is designed to handle the runoff from approximately 80 acres. Terraces now spill into the waterway. On the left is shown the end of a strip of Kafir and almum sorghum mixture to be cut for silage.
Date:
September 5, 1958
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Black Bear Creek Flood
Photograph of Black Bear Creek flooding on Gebble farm, 18 mi. east of Perry. Small grain in back ground entire crop lost.
Date:
1955-05-XX
Creator:
Whetsall, Dick
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Black Bear Creek Flood
Photograph of five miles east, three north of Perry, Oklahoma, looking norht with George Hall farm in background covered by a flooding Black Bear Creek. Creek approximately 3/4 mile wide at this point.
Date:
1955-05-XX
Creator:
Whetsall, Dick
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Black Bear Creek Flood
Photograph of five miles east, three north of Perry, Oklahoma, looking norht with George Hall farm in background covered by a flooding Black Bear Creek. Creek approximately 3/4 mile wide at this point.
Date:
1955-05-XX
Creator:
Whetsall, Dick
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cattle
Photograph of cattle on the Wadley Farm.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cattle Grazing on Buffalo and Grama Grasses Grown on Contour Pasture Ridges/Stillwater Project
Photograph of four cows grazing on buffalo and grama grasses grown on contour pasture ridges. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Contour pasture ridges one year old, built in March, 1937. The predominant grasses here are buffalo and gramma. Picture taken about 3 hours after a heavy rain."
Date:
March 30, 1938
Creator:
May, Clyde C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Farming
Photograph of contour farming shown on good cross section channel type terraces constructed in 1952.
Date:
July 2, 1959
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Pasture Ridges/Stillwater Project
Photograph of "Contour pasture ridges a year and four months after construction. These were built in November, 1936. The vegetation here consists of Buffalo and Grama grasses. Picture was taken about 3 hours after a heavy rain."
Date:
March 30, 1938
Creator:
May, Clyde C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of terraces. Constructing terraces with two, three bottom plows. This picture shows completed terraces as the 16 round was being made. This terrace is approximately 1000 feet long. It checked out 1.2 settled, height of ridge cross section of channel is 16 sq. ft. Ridge is 20 ft. from channel to toe on back side. OK-745-12.
Date:
September 5, 1958
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Flood Caused Silt Deposit
Photograph of a silt deposit caused by flood. The 5 or 6" rain Sept. 26, 1959 caused hundreds of silt deposit areas on tributaries of Red Rock Creek. This silt deposit area is in a field which is located 3/4 miles below a proposed detention dam site.
Date:
September 26, 1959
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Flood Water Near Morrison
Photograph of floodwater across Highway 64 due to Long Branch Creek going out of its banks after a 5 inch rain on the watershed. Photo made 10 hours after crest of 1.6 feet flowed across the highway. Flood control structures have been staked on Sites No. 8 & 11 for Long Branch Creek watershed by the Soil Conservation Service.
Date:
May 21, 1957
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Flooding Black Bear Creek
Photograph of Black Bear Creek flooding farmstead as result of Hurricane Carla.
Date:
September 13, 1961
Creator:
Morris, David
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Flooding Red Rock Creek
Photograph of the city waterwork of Red Rock, Okla. inundated by floodwater from Red Rock Creek Watershed following rains caused by Hurricane Carla.
Date:
September 13, 1961
Creator:
Morris, David
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Geological Operations
Photograph of a core drilling unit performing a foundation investigation on the center line of a dam.
Date:
October 30, 1968
Creator:
Croom, Dan F.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Geological Operations
Photograph of the logging of borrow material during power auger operation. OK-3263-5.
Date:
October 30, 1968
Creator:
Croom, Dan F.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Geology and Geological Operations
Photograph of the use of power auger in burrow material locotion. OK-3263-4.
Date:
October 30, 1968
Creator:
Croom, Dan F.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Geology and Geological Operations
Photograph of the tagging of a field soil samples for shipment to soil [unclear--text fades at this point].
Date:
October 30, 1968
Creator:
Croom, Dan F.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Geology and Geological Operations
Photograph of the removal of recovery from a core barrel during drilling operation in a foundation investigation. OK-3263-7.
Date:
October 30, 1968
Creator:
Croom, Dan T.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Geology and Geological Operations
Photograph of a geologist logging a rock core taken during drilling operations along the center line to determine existing foundation conditions. OK-3263-3.
Date:
October 30, 1968
Creator:
Croom, Dan F.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Geology and Geological Operations
Photograph of the plotting of borrow grid logs on Plan and Profile Sheet for geological investigations by a supervisory geologist. Upper Red Rock Creek, Site # 50. OK-3263-2.
Date:
October 30, 1968
Creator:
Croom, Dan F.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of pasture planting. Cow and calf, part of 20 head of cows with calves grazing 70 acres of 1st year of Bermuda grass overseeded to vetch and rye in the fall of 1959. OK-1112-11.
Date:
May 11, 1960
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of Second year sweet clover in rotation with wheat. Oats and sweet clover then (rotated) with 4 years of wheat. OK-297-12.
Date:
July 12, 1956
Creator:
Baggett, Beryl
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of a wheat field where water concentrates. Waterway is to be shaped in the near future and sprigged to bermuda. This is a continuation of a waterway starting on the joining Irwin Curby farm on the north. Keith residence in the background. OK-1575-5.
Date:
May 15, 1905
Creator:
Morris, D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass Rotation
Photograph of 20 acres Cornado sideoats planted Feb, 1948 in cultivated rows. It was fertilized and cultivated 1300 lbs. of certified seed was harvested Oct. 1958 or 65 lbs. per acre. This seed was used to seed 68 more acres of cropland and overseeded some poor stands of native grass pasture.
Date:
July 2, 1959
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History