Photograph of dozer disking & pulling railroad iron preparing land on bottomland owned by Harvey Woods. Leon Riley is operating dozer.

Photograph of Fescue-Landino pasture showing drowned out spots before drainage. Soil Unit # 4, Clear Boggy Bottom. OK-1119-2.

Photograph of the Muddy Boggy Creek inundating State Highway 31 for 3 days, halting traffic. Adjacent farm land floods several times a year, making cropping and pasture hazardous. Application submitted for PL-566 assistance in Upstream Prevention. OK-1123-1.

Photograph of Coalgate City Swer System as partially inundated in the Caney-Coon Creek floodplain, causing raw sewage to be released. The flood also caused evacuation of some houses. This is a portion of the Muddy Boggy Creek watershed. OK-1123-6.

Photograph of an overflowing Caney-Coon Creek blocking traffic and covering land spanning from County Road to Cemetery. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Caney-Coon Creek overflowing County Road to Cemetery. Traffic blocked two days. Three structures planned and approved for flood preservation above will eliminate flooding when constructed.”

Photograph of the Coalgate City Sewer System partially inundated in Caney-Coon Creek floodplain, causing raw sewage to be released. Flood also caused evacuation of some houses. This is a portion of Muddy Boggy Creek Watershed.

Photograph of a common floodplain of Caney-Coon Creek and Muddy Boggy. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Common floodplain of Caney-Coon Creek and Muddy Boggy. Flooding isolated cattle on higher ground and caused much concern and danger to rancher."

Photograph of pasture management consisting of Fescue-Ladino mixture crowded out by clover. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Pasture Management. 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 floods."

Photograph of Muddy Boggy Creek inundating SH-31 for 3 days, halting traffic. Adjacent farm land floods several time yearly, making cropping and pasture hazardous. Application submitted for PL-566 assistance in upstream prevention.

Photograph of Muddy Boggy floodwater destroyed new fence and covered county road with brush. Road was blocked 3 days to a depth of 7 foot.

Photograph of a partially inundated Coalgate City Sewer system causing raw sewage to be released and the evacuation of some homes. This photograph was taken from a hill near Coalgate. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Coalgate City Sewer system partially inundated in Caney-Coon Creek floodplain, causing raw sewage to be released. Flood also caused evacuation of some houses. This is a portion of Muddy Boggy Creek Watershed."

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.

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.

Photograph of rotation hay and pasture-alfalfa and fescue established on shallow upland soils through a special ACP practices for soil improvement. Soil Conservation Service determines from soil classification whether fields selected by farmer are commercial alfalfa lands.

Photograph of a close-up photograph of alfalfa and fescue. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Rotation Hay & Pasture – Alfalfa and Fescue established on shallow upland soils through a special ACP practice for soil improvement. Soil Conservation Service determines from soil classification whether fields selected by farmer are commercial Alfalfa land."

Photograph of range management-uniform grazing. Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technicians recommended portable salt boxes such as this to be moved frequently to obtain uniform grazing by pulling cattle away from overgrazed areas to areas underutilized. Number 10 of a series. OK-858-12.

Photograph of a group overlooking a later Bermuda grass planting, August, 1961., on Site 14, Upper Clear Boggy Creek. L to R: Phillip Busby, former president, Upper Muddy Boggy Watershed Improvement Association; Harral Allen, President, Sandy Creek Water and Soil Conservation District (WSCD); Irl Rhymes, District Cooperator; Drexel Sales, Chairman, Pontotoc County Soil Conservation District (SCD); Dave Roberts, District Supervisor; Ted Savage, secretary of the Ada Chamber of Commerce; Kenneth Yoakum, Work Unit Conservationist (WUC), Soil Conservation Service (SCS), Ada, OK; Jimmie Tzhomas, District Supervisor; and C.C. Burton, Jr., District Supervisor. OK-1612-7.

Photograph of brush control. Aerial spray applied in 1956 – 1957. Picture shows dead trees and rapid recovery of grass (picture taken from the top of a large rock on east side of Highway 31).

Photograph of pasture seeding. Buffalo grass seeded in 1950 on overflow bottom of Clear Boggy Creek. Soil Unit 3ab. This grass shows good possibilities on this type of soil and is recommended by the Soil Conservation Service [SCS] for these areas. Mr. Krebs and C. T. Forrester, SCS and Work Unit Conservationist [WUC], respectively, in the picture. OK-534-1.

Photograph of pasture seeding. Showing the length of the stolons on Buffalo grass. Grass planted on overflow bottom of Clear Boggy Creek. Grass is recommended by the Soil Conservation Service [SCS] for tight soils in overflow area. OK-534-2.

Photograph of Delbert Inman watching his cattle graze in a Bermuda pasture.

Photograph of Delbert Inman watching his cattle graze in a Bermuda pasture.

Photograph of Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control, with aerial spray applied in 1956 and 1957. Close-up showing dead trees and good grass. OK-714-2.

Photograph of soils, featuring mine pits and dumps in Coal County, Oklahoma. A typical area of the mine pits and dumps mapping unit. (100). OK-3290-10.