Livestock Water for Pasture

Photograph of a pond with riser drawdown pipe for principal spillway. Emergency spillways on each end. Livestock water for pasture.
Date: December 29, 1959
Creator: Hamill, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Native Grass Seeding

Photograph of native grass seeding made in spring of 1958 under Conservation Reserve Program. Se3eding rate over 2 lbs. per acre. Weeds mowed in 1959.
Date: December 29, 1959
Creator: Hamill, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Rebuilding a Pond

Photograph of contractors rebuilding a pond that failed during heavy spring rain storm.
Date: December 29, 1959
Creator: Hamill, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farm Pond Reconstruction

Photograph of the core job on reconstruction of a farm pond.
Date: December 24, 1959
Creator: Schwarz, A. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pond Reconstruction

Photograph of the core job on pond reconstruction.
Date: December 24, 1959
Creator: Schwarz, A. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cut Off Walls

Photograph of cut off walls for pipe through farm pond.
Date: December 23, 1959
Creator: Schwarz, A. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Drawdown Pipe Installation

Photograph of installing a drawdown pipe in a farm pond.
Date: December 23, 1959
Creator: Schwarz, A. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Proposed Terrace Lines Marked in Wheat

Photograph of a field with terrace lines marked in the wheat to be constructed. Waterway on right side of photo. Thomas in background.
Date: December 22, 1959
Creator: Hamill, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Proposed Terrace Lines Marked in Wheat

Photograph of field with terrace lines marked in wheat to be constructed. Waterway in right side of photo. Thomas in background.
Date: December 22, 1959
Creator: Hamill, Dan
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

Constructing an Erosion Control Dam

Photograph of Kent Kirkpatrick and Ronnie Spangler constructing an erosion control dam with pipe for principal spillway.
Date: December 2, 1959
Creator: Hamill, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Conservation, Management and Utilization

Photograph of road fill on section line road. This is a cooperative project with the Soil Conservation Service [SCS], county commissioners, landowners and the Agricultural Conservation Program [ACP]. OK-1066-3.
Date: December 2, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Tamping Soil

Photograph of Kent Kirkpatrick tamping soil around cutoff collar on principal spillway pipe of erosion control dam.
Date: December 2, 1959
Creator: Hamill, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cotton Hulls for Cover

Photograph of Cotton hulls placed on field as cover crop. The hulls will also add organic matter to thte soil.
Date: November 25, 1959
Creator: Nelson, P. I.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of Dierks Forest [from the lumber company established by the Dierks family beginning in 1903] in Valliant, Oklahoma. Follow-up of OK_656-9. 25c OH soil Class VII. Forest cleared by a D8 crawler tractor. Cut on and planted with pine seedlings on March 1958. OK-1072-3.
Date: November 25, 1959
Creator: Killim, O. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Caucasian Bluestem

Photograph of Caucasian Bluestem grass planted in spring of 1959. Good stand was secured where tractor tires firmed the soil. Few plants were established on loose soil. Fred Fortney, Soil Conservationist. Zanies loam soil.
Date: November 19, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
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

Edgerock Range Site

Photograph of Edgerock Range Site in excellent condition.
Date: November 14, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Edgerock Range Site

Photograph of Edgerock Range site, in excellent condition.
Date: November 14, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History