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Shaping a Gully
Photograph of a gully being shaped with a bulldozer. Gully will be planted to Bermuda grass.
Date:
April 18, 1960
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Site of Proposed Waterway
Photograph of Clyde Williams and Bob Deevers at site of proposed waterway. New basic plan.
Date:
December 18, 1959
Creator:
Hamill, Dan
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Site of Proposed Waterway (2)
Photograph of Clyde Williams and Bob Deevers at site of proposed waterway. New basic plan.
Date:
December 18, 1959
Creator:
Hamill, Dan
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Back Slope Planted to Bermuda
Photograph of the back slope of a dam planted to bermuda grass August 5, 1959. Irrigated immediately after planting. Fred Fortney Soil Conservationist.
Date:
November 18, 1959
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of the Wildhorse Creek Watershed. Looking up the slope at the emergency spillway. Planted to Bermuda grass, Aug. 5, 1959. Irrigated immediately after planting. OK-949-3.
Date:
November 18, 1959
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of the Wildhorse Creek Watershed. Fence line across lower end of emergency spillway. Fred Fortnay is pointing to the bottom wire of a fence. Note depth of soil deposited from the spillway slope. OK-949-4.
Date:
November 18, 1959
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of the Wildhorse Creek Watershed. The front slope of the dam with Fred Fortney. Planted to Bermuda grass, Aug. 5, 1959. Irrigated immediately after planting. OK-949-2.
Date:
November 18, 1959
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wildhorse Creek Watershed Emergency Spillway
Photograph of emergency spillway. Fred Fortney. He is standing in rill. Erosion caused by hard rains in October and early part of November. Planted in bermuda grass, Aug. 5, 1959. Irrigated immediately after planting.
Date:
November 18, 1959
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Combining Cheyenne Indian Grass
Photograph of combining Cheyenne Indiangrass seed.Seeded in 1958. Seed for this planting furnished by Plant Material Center.
Date:
September 18, 1959
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Combining Cheyenne Indian Grass Seed
Photograph of several people running a large combine in a grassy field. Typed description on back: "Combining Cheyenne Indiangrass seed. Seeded in 1958. Seed for this planting furnished by Plant Material Center."
Date:
September 18, 1959
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Nation's Largest Canna Farm Field in Alfalfa, Oklahoma
Photograph of the nation's largest canna farm in Alfalfa, Oklahoma. A house, barn, and silos are behind the field. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Canna Farm – Nation's largest Canna farm. Bulbs are set out in spring and dug in fall – processed, packaged and shipped in winter. Irrigated during summer. Shipped to all parts of the world."
Date:
September 18, 1959
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a natural drain waterway established to Western Wheatgrass this spring [1959]. OK-1023-9.
Date:
September 18, 1959
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Quarter Horse Mares and Colts in Bermuda Pasture
Photograph of quarter horse mares and colts in Bermuda grass pasture on Arkansas River bottomland. It shows the pump house over the sandpoints, which supply part of Broken Arrow city water. In the far background are two gravel-packed wells, which are a part of this supply.
Date:
August 18, 1959
Creator:
Moreland, J. R.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Quarter Horses in Bermuda Pasture
Photograph of quarter horses in Bermuda pasture in the Arkansas River bottomland. IT shows the pump house over the sand points which supply part of Broken Arrow city water. In the far background are two gravel packed wells, which are part of this supply.
Date:
August 18, 1959
Creator:
Moreland, J. R.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Quarter Horses in Bermuda Pasture
Photograph of quarter horses in bermuda pasture in the Arkansas River bottom.
Date:
August 18, 1959
Creator:
Moreland, J. R.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of one of the several tree planting machines operated in the district in the 1958 - 1959 season. This machine was shop-built locally for $163.00. Over 2,000,000 seedlings were planted this season. The machine plants around 1000 trees or covering one acre per hour. OK-824-6.
Date:
March 18, 1959
Creator:
Hayes, Earl J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
George Hamilton Observing Flow of Water From New Well Built With GPCP Assistance on His Big Dipper Ranch
Photograph of "George Hamilton observing flow of water from new well built with GPCP assistance on his Big Dipper Ranch."
Date:
February 18, 1959
Creator:
Gould, Harold
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Improved Watering Facility
Photograph of George Hamilton observing flow of water from new well built with GPCP assistance on his Big Dipper Ranch.
Date:
February 18, 1959
Creator:
Gould, Harold C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Waterway
Photograph of a waterway established to bermudagrass in 1955.
Date:
October 18, 1958
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cattle
Photograph of Leona Brabits' cattle.
Date:
July 18, 1958
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cattle
Photograph of Leona Brabits' cattle.
Date:
July 18, 1958
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cattle Grazing on Weeping Lovegrass
Photograph of part of a herd of cattle grazing on weeping lovegrass. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Weeping lovegrass. A 32 acre weeping lovegrass planting made in June of 1957. This pasture is stocked with 50 head of cows and calves put on March 1, 1958. It was fertilized at the rate of 150 pounds of 10-20-0 per acre on March 17, 1958. The calves have shown excellent gain, cows have gained 350 pounds while suckling calves. Future vegetative work on this rance [sic] will be with weeping love grass. The native grass pastures were given deferment because the love grass was available.”
Date:
July 18, 1958
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Crop Residue Reutilization
Photograph of crop residue reutilization. Mr. Herbert, owner, said "I feel the stubble is too valuable to burn even though we have to raise our plows and pull out on to the stubble to unload our choked up plows".
Date:
July 18, 1958
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Crop Residue Utilization on Herbert's Land
Photograph of Mr. Ed Herbert on a tractor utilizing crop stubble residue for field health. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Crop Residue Utilization. Mr. Herbert said, "I feel the stubble is too valuable to burn even though we have to raise our plows and pull out on to the stubble to unload our choked up plows."
Date:
July 18, 1958
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History