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Aerial Shot of Site 1, Deep Creek Middle Colorado Watershed

Photograph of an aerial shot of Site 1, Deep Creek Middle Colorado Watershed and the surrounding area. The back of the photograph proclaims, “General view northeast of Site 1, Deep Creek, Middle Colorado Watershed with Site 3 in background. Photo taken after 6.5 to 8-inch rain.”
Date: October 5, 1953
Creator: Nobs, Fred
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Aerial Shot of Site 8, Deep Creek Middle Colorado Watershed

Photograph of an aerial shot of Site 8, Deep Creek Middle Colorado Watershed and the surrounding area. This photograph shows Site 8’s gully plug. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Looking North at Site 8, Deep Creek, Middle Colorado Watershed, showing gully plug on extreme left. Photo taken after 6.5 to 8-inch rain.”
Date: October 5, 1953
Creator: Nobs, Fred
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Aerial Shot of Site 1, Deep Creek Middle Colorado Watershed

Photograph of an aerial shot of Site 1, Deep Creek Middle Colorado Watershed and the surrounding area. The back of the photograph proclaims, “General view north of Site 1, Deep Creek, Middle Colorado Watershed with Site 3 in background. Photo taken after 6.5 to 8-inch rain.”
Date: October 5, 1953
Creator: Nobs, Fred
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Aerial Shot of Site 8, Deep Creek Middle Colorado Watershed

Photograph of an aerial shot of Site 8, Deep Creek Middle Colorado Watershed and the surrounding area. This photograph shows Site 8’s gully plug. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Looking Northeast toward Site 8, Deep Creek, Middle Colorady [sic] Watershed, showing fully [sic] plug on extreme left. Photo taken after 6.5 to 8-inch rain.”
Date: October 5, 1953
Creator: Nobs, Fred
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Aerial Shot of Site 8, Deep Creek, Middle Colorado Watershed

Photograph of an aerial shot of Site 8, Deep Creek, Middle Colorado Watershed and the surrounding area. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Looking Northeast at Site 8, Deep Creek, Middle Colorado Watershed. Photo taken after a 6.5 to 8.0-inch rain.”
Date: October 5, 1953
Creator: Nobs, Fred
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Aerial Shot of Dry Prong of Deep Creek, Middle Colorado Watershed, Showing Levees and Bridge

Photograph of an aerial shot of Dry Prong of Deep Creek, Middle Colorado Watershed, at Farm-to–Market Road 502, showing levees. The back of the photograph proclaims, “The back of the photograph proclaims, “Dry Prong of Deep Creek, Middle Colorado Watershed, at Farm-to-Market Road 502, Showing levees. Site 8 can be seen in the background. Photo taken after 6.5 to 8.0-inch rain. See Tex-48-824-E and Tex-48-824-D for ground shots at the bridge seen here in left middle ground.”
Date: October 5, 1953
Creator: Nobs, Fred
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Aerial Shot of Downstream End of Outlast Structure, Site 8, Deep Creek

Photograph of an aerial shot of downstream end of outlast structure, Site 8, Deep Creek, Middle Colorado Watershed, showing the top of the dam, stage recorder housing, and water surface behind dam. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Downstream end of outlast structure, Site 8, Deep Creek, Middle Colorado Watershed. Shown also are top of dam, stage recorder housing, and water surface behind dam. Elevation of water is 9.5’ above permanent pool elevation. Photo taken after 6.5 to 8.0-inch rain. (See Tex-48-824-B.)”
Date: October 5, 1953
Creator: Nobs, Fred
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Broken Elk City Reservoir Dam/Elk City Project

Photograph of the aftermath of a six-inch rain, which broke the Elk City Reservoir Dam. Notice the concrete debris in the foreground. The back of the photograph proclaims, “View of broken dam from downstream side. A six inch rain in one night caused the dam to overtop its entire length and finally break. Notice the huge pieces of concrete from the core wall and facing that were carried down by the water. A large bridge washed through this break. This dam and reservoir, which cost $350,000, silted in 48% in nine years and was soon to be abandoned because its storage capacity was reduced too much for it to be relied upon for city water supply.”
Date: May 5, 1936
Creator: Hufnagle
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Dust Storm Field Treatment with Grass Planting

Photograph of aerial view to the City Service Company compressor plant at Straight in the Oklahoma Panhandle was built iin the midst of the wheat growing area in 1944. The first year, the company had a great deal of trouble from blowing dust. The Soil Conservation District helped them get a start of buffalo and other grasses, however, and now the entire 160 acres surrounding the plant is tied down with grass.
Date: April 5, 1950
Creator: Putman, Jack
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Dust Storm Medical Treatment

Photograph of Dr. J.E. Morgan, eye, ear and nose specialist, shows how he treats his patients after a dust storm in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Sinus patients are affected tremendously by dust, the doctor says. Dr. G.E. Haslan at Anadarko said the March dust storm in his area caused him to have 3 or 4 times more patients than in normal times. He had so many patients he couldn't keep up withthem all land had to have other doctors to help out.
Date: April 5, 1950
Creator: Putman, Jack
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Terraced Field

Photograph of aerial view of terraced field and fish pond of cooperator in Muskogee project area.
Date: November 5, 1937
Creator: Slack, J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Seed Planter

Photograph of a four-row seed planter.
Date: July 5, 1952
Creator: Hodson, Edgar A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cotton

Photograph of fertilized cotton.
Date: October 5, 1942
Creator: Webb, Gordon C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Marsh Hawk Nest

Photograph of a Marsh Hawk nest on Allan Gholsten's farm.
Date: April 5, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Marsh Hawk Nest

Photograph of a Marsh Hawk nest on Allan Gholsten's farm.
Date: April 5, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph documenting land capability class II soil unit 6-GP erosion as moderately severe. The cropland is sericea meadow that was planted in the spring of 1949. 150 pounds of superphosphate applied at planting times. 200 pounds of rock phosphate applied in the spring of 1952. Average annual yield is 2 tons of legume hay. OK-10-541.
Date: May 5, 1905
Creator: Davis, D. O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of the Soil Conservation Service Station, Guthrie, OK. A view of controlled plots and metereological instruments. OK-R-115
Date: August 5, 1938
Creator: Slosser, J. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Livestock (and Grasses)

Photograph of stream bank improvement. Brush was cleared from the area, with pecan trees left standing. Stream banks were shaped and area sprigged to bermuda grass in the spring of 1961. OK-1471-10.
Date: October 5, 1961
Creator: Fortney, Fred
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Livestock (and Grasses)

Photograph of M. A. Caruso showing growth of tall fescue on wet land after grazing 40 to 80 head of cattle for 12 months on 60 acres. OK-1396-1.
Date: July 5, 1961
Creator: Wall, R. N.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of the seeding of a detention dam. Seeding native grass hay on the cut slope of the spillway detention dam, of Site # 14, Calvary Creek, 2 mi. W and 5 mi. S of Cordell, OK. A three point hitch Brillion Seeder is being used to place the seed and is being anchored to the 1 1/2 cut slope by cable from the upper tractor. OK-951-6.
Date: April 5, 1960
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation [?].

Photograph of Dennis silt loam soil, 6p - C with an excellent stand of big bluestem, little bluestem, Indiangrass and switchgrass. This loamy prairie site is the major upland [?] range site in Rogers County. OK-1446-7.
Date: September 5, 1961
Creator: Moss, Allen R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation [?].

Photograph of roadside improvement. The Fall after shaping and sprigging in the Spring. Good cover of Bermuda grass to stop erosion. Skeet Gregory and Elved Luttrell in the picture. Quinlen very fine sandy loam (2D) soil. OK-1471-5.
Date: October 5, 1961
Creator: Fortney, Fred
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation [?].

Photograph of the 31p Collinsville-Dennis complex. This loamy prairie site has an excellent native grass cover of big bluestem, little bluestem, switchgrass and Indiangrass. Note the small amount of bare ground in the drainageway. See 7-T20N, R17E. OK-1446-9.
Date: September 5, 1961
Creator: Moss, Allen R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Soil Conservation Service [SCS] Andy Costner stands in excellent growth of Sericea Lespedeza on Soil Bank Land. There is competition from weeds and sprouts here. When the land is returned to production this field will be ready as hay and seed. This can be turned under and planted to other crops and reap the benefit of the soil building effect of the sericea. OK-1404-1.
Date: July 5, 1961
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History