Photograph of “M. C. Williams and Soil Conservationist Sam Comes review Williams’ conservation plan.” The photo does not clarify the position of M. C. Williams and Sam Comes.

Photograph of the house that good grass and fine Angus cattle built. Stone to build the house came from Stoneybroke Ranch. Mr. & Mrs. Carlton Corbin have worked hard to mae a success of their cattle business. This is oone of their rewards.

Photograph of R. G. Spears planting seeding bermuda grass.

Photograph of R. G. Spears planting seeding bermuda grass.

Photograph of District Cooperator, Irl Rhymes, foreground, showing Kenneth Yoakum, Work Unit Conservationist (WUC), Soil Conservation Service (SCS), Ada, OK, seed head of native grass on one of his native grass pastures above the drainage area of Site # 9, Upper Clear Boggy Creek. Background L to R: Ted Savage, secretary, Ada Chamber of Commerce; Harrel Allen, President, Sandy Creek Water and Soil Conservation District [WSCD]; Jimmy Thomas, District Supervisor; C. C. Baxton, Jr., District Supervisor; Drexel sales, Chairman, Pontotoc County SWCD; and Uel Bumpers, District Supervisor, admiring the excellent condition of Rhymes’ grass.

Photograph of District cooperator, Irl Rhymes, foreground, with 200 of his whiteface heifers above drainage area of Site # 15, Upper Clear Boggy. He takes excellent care of his native grass—taking half and leaving half. Has 8 Black Angus bulls in pasture with heifers. He is a conservation rancher. OK-1612-9.

Photograph of, from L to R, Kenneth Yoakum, Work Unit Conservationist (WUC), Soil Conservation Service (SCS), Ada, OK; Jimmy Thomas, District Supervisor; Ted Savage, secretary, Ada Chamber of Commerce; Drexel Siles, Chairman, Pontotoc County, Soil Conservation District (SCD); Phillip Busby, former president of Upper Muddy Boggy Watershed Improvement Assn.; Uel Bumpers, District Supervisor; Dave Roberts, President, Upper Clear Boggy Water & Soil Conservation District; C. C. Baxton, Jr., District Supervisor; C. C. Baxton, Jr., District Supervisor; Harral Allen, President, Sandy Creek Water and Soil Conservation District (WSCD); in specting [unclear] of Site # 35, Upper Clear Boogy Conservancy District, on the ranch of district cooperator, F. Howard Walsh, Ft. Worth, TX. Fill will be vegetated with Bermuda grass in March 1962. OK-1611-6.

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.

Photograph of Jimmie Thomas, District Supervisor of Pontotoc County Soil Conservation District, stands on ice near boat dock and principal spillway of Site # 35, Upper Clear Boggy Creek watershed, on the ranch of F. Howard Walsh, Fort Worth, TX, district cooperator. 10 acres surface of permanent water. Average depth is 30 feet. OK-1611-4.

Photograph of Upper Clear Boggy Creek Watershed, Site No. 12. Cutting core trench for floodwater retarding structure, Site No. 12. Contractor--Paul Moody. OK-1238-5.

Photograph of Upper Clear Boggy Creek Watershed, Site # 38. From L to R: C. C. Burton, Jr., District Supervisor; Del Bumpers, District Supervisor; Harral Allen, President, Sandy Creek Water and Soil Conservation district (WSCD); Kenneth Yoakum, Work Unit Conservationist (WUC), Soil Conservation Service (SCS), Ada, OK; and ted Savage, Secretary, Ada Chamber of Commerce, observing core tranch for pipe of principal spillway. OK-1611-9.

Photograph of Ted Savage, secretary, Ada Chamber of Commerce, looks at a permanent pool of Site No. 35 at the Upper Clear Boggy, on a ranch of district cooperator, F. Howard Walsh, Ft. Worth, TX. Savage has assisted district supervisors and Conservancy District 100% in the program in Pontotoc County. Son of the late E.B. Savage, Harmon, OK, original board member of Upper Washita Water and Soil Conservation District (WSCD) and brother-in-law of L. L. "red" Males of Cheyenne, OK. OK-1611-5.

Photograph of land use capability classes. Left slope, Class VII. Middle Distance on the right, Class VI. Lake to trees (right background), Class V. OK-8557.

Photograph of land use capability classes. Foreground, cotton on the contour, Class III. Middle distance, Alfalfa, Class III. Background, corn, Class I. OK-8558.

Photograph of Mr. Tommy Johnson showing WUC Kenneth Yoakum hi speanuts planted on the protected flood plain below the detention structure. OK-2596-7.

Photograph of Mr. Tommy Johnson and Work Unit Conservationist (WUC) Kenneth Yoakum are standing on top of the dam at Site # 20, Lander-Middle Clear Boggy (LMCB) Creek, discussing Mr. Johnson's conservation plan. Peanits and pecans below the dam are protected from the flood water. OK-2596-14.

Photograph of Leader-Middle Boggy Creek. Tommy Johnson, district Cooperator and Kenneth Yoakum, Work Unit Conservationist (WUC), Soil Conservation Service (SCS), Ada, OK. Mr. Johnson trying his hand at fishing. OK-2595-6.

Photograph of detention reservoir, permanent pool. At the east end of the dam looking southwest uo Sheep Creek arm of the lake. Other pictures, OK-2333-11 and -12 and OK-2336-2 and -3. Areas in the background being planned for recreational purposes. OK-2336-1.

Photograph of a bulldozer on top of a pile of debris, tilted at an angle toward a pit partially visible at the right side of the images. There are hills of gravel or soil behind the bulldozer and open fields in the background. Text on back "Spreading refuse in pit."

Photograph of district Conservationist Kenneth Yoakum and Inspector Doyle Abel looking over a new sediment tower with trash guard designed to keep beavers from clogging towers, 1972. OK-4114-15.

Photograph of Kenneth Yoakum, District Conservationist; B.M. Stephens, Chairman of the Pontotoc County Conservation District & Jack McPhetridge, Government Trapper, hold rope attached to the sediment tower as Mike Gray & Dennis Goodwin come ashore after unplugging sediment tower, Site 18, Leader-Middle Clear Boggy. OK-4671-3.

Photograph of "District Conservationist, Kenneth Yoakum, and Area Conservationist, Fred Fortney, meet with County and State Health official and City Manager, Jim Cook, to discuss development of land fill operation for city of Ada." There are no individual identifiers to identify the left to right position of the seven men present at the meeting.

Photograph of a moderately grazed shallow savannah range site. The back of the photograph proclaims, "This shallow savannah range site has been moderately grazed during the winter, preceded by chemical spray and summer deferment. Grasses are big bluestem, little bluestem and Indiangrass. Trees are post oak and blackjack oak. The soil is the Darnell fine sandy loam part of Darnell-Stephenville fine sandy loams, 5 to 20 percent slopes."

Photograph of "A continuation of Indiangrass, little bluestem along with flameleaf sumac, blackjack oak, winged elm and eastern red cedar, together with good range management has restored a productive cover on this gullied, formerly cultivated field of Konawa soils, 3 to 8 percent slopes, severely eroded."