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Watershed Structures
Photograph of site #5 Multipurpose Flood Retarding Structure on Fourche Maline Watershed in Robbers Cave State Park. Wildlife Dept. added recreation and wildlife water to this site.
Date:
May 5, 1970
Creator:
Gregory, George
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fish
Photograph of Dan Robertson, DC at Wagoner, foreground; and Sonny Parker of Porter placing channel catfish in cage for rearing.
Date:
May 6, 1971
Creator:
Bullard, Gary L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Concrete Irrigation Ditch
Photograph of a concrete irrigation ditch used for flood irrigation.
Date:
May 20, 1968
Creator:
Mathiews, Jerry W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Watershed, Flood Waters Sans Bois Creek
Photograph of Cecil Presfield driving amphibious car returning Mrs. Jim Presfield home from work along with the Presfield children and neighbos Dan Condo's children home from school. During floods Sans Bois Creek overflows into the Grassy Lake area cutting off all access roads. They must use boat, amphicar, or horses to cross the 10 to 12 feet of water over the roads. Presfield has 500 acres, most in Sans Bois bottom. He lost 2 calves in this flood. In the last previous flood he lost 8 head from pneumonia after swimming out to high ground.
Date:
May 15, 1968
Creator:
Banks, Herbert J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bees
Photograph of Claude Webb, and K.C. Bennett, SCS Representative, proudly display a few bees from the 70 bee hives on the Webb farm. Bees are a most important factor in the pollination of soil conservation legumes. This is a very economical way, according to K.C. Bennet, to get more and better returns from legumes in a planned soil and moisture program. Bees feed on vetch, sweet clover, peach and other blossoms on the Webb farm. Webb sold around $500.00 worth of honey last year.
Date:
May 16, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Watershed Floodwaters
Photograph of floodwater from Sans Bois Creek. On Highway OK-31 looking south.
Date:
May 14, 1968
Creator:
Banks, Herbert J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Watershed, Flood Waters Sans Bois Creek
Photograph of Flood waters on Sans Bois Creek looking west on State Highway #9. Highway Department dragline was pulled out of borrow area up on highway shoulder to escape flood damage.
Date:
May 14, 1968
Creator:
Banks, Herbert J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fish Farming
Photograph of channel catfish raceways in operation on the Wilds Fish Farm. Water supply is from wells and a lake near by on the farm. Raceways cover about 1 surface acre and are stocked with 40,000 small catfish.
Date:
May 6, 1972
Creator:
Bullen, Elza C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Recharge Well
Photograph of a recharge well constructed in 1967. Provides drainage for 440 acres. Well is 137 feed deep with a 14" casing.
Date:
May 9, 1968
Creator:
Everett, Thomas H.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wolf Eradication
Photograph of a rack of 24 wolves and coyotes killed by plane and dogs. Shot and wounded from a airplane and caught on the ground by dogs. These wolves and coyotes are eliminated because of the damage they do to chickens and calves. They also rob the nests of ground birds of eggs and young birds. The eradication of the wolves and coyotes in this photo is being done by the Welch, Okla. wolf hunters Association.
Date:
May 15, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Gully Shaping
Photograph of Lindell Duncan checking out gully shaping on th3e C.L. Satterwhite farm.
Date:
May 20, 1970
Creator:
Kilpatrick, Lynn
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wildlife Den Trees
Photograph of a den tree left when the cull hardwoods were deadened to release the pines. SCS Technicians recommend 3 to 5 den trees per acre to be left when pine are released.
Date:
May 6, 1965
Creator:
Ball, Lemuel
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Spreading Refuse in Landfill (pit)
Photograph of spreading refuse evenly over area in pit of a sanitary landfill.
Date:
May 6, 1970
Creator:
Sam Combs, Jr.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stillwater Creek Flooding
Photograph of Stillwater Creek floodwater damage, vicinity of Stillwater.
Date:
May 21, 1957
Creator:
Brune, G. M.; Curry, Jerald; Mullins, Tilman & Holden, Harold
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sanitary Land Fill
Photograph of covering refuse with a layer of soil. Ratio is about two feet of refuse and then one foot of soil.
Date:
May 6, 1970
Creator:
Sam Combs, Jr.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fish Kill Protozoan Infestation
Photograph of channel catfish lost to a protozoan parasite infestation.
Date:
May 6, 1972
Creator:
Bullard, Gary L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Pasture Management
Photograph of Fescue-Ladino mixture on soil unit 4. Fescue crowded out by clover, resulting in danger of bloat. Cooperator and SCS technicians agreed on method of planting clover width of drill, leaving strips of fescue with no competition from the clover. This pasture was drown out in the May flods.
Date:
May 17, 1960
Creator:
Brown, G. C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Kentucky 31 and Fescue
Photograph of soil unit 4 overflow land cleared of timber and seeded to mixture of Kentucky 31 and Fescue, Common bermudagrass (seed), Ladino clover and Burr clover. Topdressed with 80 lbs. of Ammonium Nitrate per acre.
Date:
May 24, 1960
Creator:
Brown, G. C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Soil Unit 4 Overflow Land
Photograph of soil unit 4 overflow land cleared of timber and seeded to mixture of Kentucky 31 and Fescue, Common bermudagrass (seed), Ladino clover and Burr clover. Topdressed with 80 lbs. of Ammonium Nitrate per acre.
Date:
May 24, 1960
Creator:
Brown, G. C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Southland Brome
Photograph of Southland Brome seeded in October of 1954, using approximately 6 lbs. per acre. 200 lbs. of rock phosphate per acre applied at seeding time. Mainly for bulk and ease of seeding. July 1955 200 lbs. of cleaned certified seed per acre was harvested from this 12 acres and all but 300 lbs. was used to increase this type of planting to approxomately 300 acres on the entire ranch. The seed that was sold brought $1.50 to $2.00 per lb. This land was in timber that was cleared about 6 months prior to this planting. Part of his conservation plan worked out with the Ark-Verd. SCD by Soil Conservation Service technicians.
Date:
May 18, 1965
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Young's Berries for Wildlife Shelter
Photograph of Billy F. Howard standing by Young's berries planted in 1946 for wildlife shelter.
Date:
May 20, 1960
Creator:
Fortney, Fred
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Good Soil Management Makes Strawberries
Photograph of Wilson DeGroot and wife packaging strawberries. Good soil management makes strawberries. Contour rows, fertilization and check-row cultivation has simplified labors. This "pick-em-yourself" four acre project grossed $1,600 in 1960. Over 2,000 people picked for home use according to DeGroot. This retired bricklayer says his hobby is interesting and profitable.
Date:
May 10, 1961
Creator:
Hayes, Earl J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
You-Pick-Em Berry Patch
Photograph of the rush season, field and shed are full of town pickers. Scarcity of labor made this 4-acre berry patch a "you-pick-em" deal and everyone is happy.
Date:
May 10, 1961
Creator:
Hayes, Earl J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Extensive Growth of Vetch
Photograph of left to right, Henery Heman, District cooperator, WUC, SCS K.C. Bennett, and Bart Brewster, neighbor. Brewster is shown admiring the extensive growth of vetch on the Heman farm, while Heman proudly looks on. The vetch is a common occurance now in Ottawa County with approxomately 60,000 acres grown annually. The vetch was practically not known before the beginning of the district in 1946.
Date:
May 16, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History