Photograph of Blue River bottom land. Cleared in 1956. Was wet, poorly drained timber land near wortless pasture before clearing and planting to midland bermuda and clover. Planted to bermuda 1957, 500 acre ranch has 200 acres on cultivation. 1959-ran 135 head grown cows and 500 sheep and offsprings. Uses vetch and clover for sown pasture. 10-on hill, 11 on bottom, all was cleared.

Photograph of Blue River bottom land. Cleared in 1956. Was wet, poorly drained timber land near wortless pasture before clearing and planting to midland bermuda and clover. Planted to bermuda 1957, 500 acre ranch has 200 acres on cultivation. 1959-ran 135 head grown cows and 500 sheep and offsprings. Uses vetch and clover for sown pasture. 10-on hill, 11 on bottom, all was cleared.

Photograph of an aerial shot of bottomland alfalfa just below site 15, Mill Creek near the Colvert Bros. Hereford Ranch. Site 15 Mill Creek is in the background of the photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bottom land alfalfa just below site 15, Mill Creek. Two years ago Colvert Bros. lost 1000 bales of alfalfa in one flood. This alfalfa is approximately 1 foot high and ready for outing. You can see the scour channels in alfalfa, evidence of frequent overflow and damage in the past."

Photograph of drop inlet type structure with flood water diversion for sediment control. Drainage area 50 acres. Flood water and sediment from te badly gullied area is brought into the pont (#113) by floodwater diversion from the left. Here the sediment is trapped in the pond and the clear water is drawn off the top 3 ft. (of the pond) through a 15" drop inlet type of metal pipe. Additional work above the diversion was done by enthusiastic farmers. Property line (trees) runs through pond.

Photograph of drop inlet type structure for sediment control. Protects detenton reservoir site 12.

Photograph of a homemade border packer filled with concrete. OK-148-2.

Photograph of a flock of sheep standing and grazing in a small grain vetch and clover pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Small grain vetch and clover pasture. Companion pictures see Ok-1050-10, Ok-1050-11."

Photograph of a flock of sheep standing and grazing in a small grain vetch and clover pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Small grain vetch and clover pasture. Companion pictures see Ok-1050-10, Ok-1050-11."

Photograph of view of the lower end of the spillway seen in Okla. 9687B. Man is standing behind the wing. The downstream face of the dam can be seen across the picture behind the man.

Photograph of dam which is 1600" long. It has a maximum height of 39' and contains 104,500 eu. yards. It is one of 24 planned reservoirs for the Mill Creek system. In addition to reducing the floods on the main stem of Mill Creek it gives 100% protection to the alfalfa field shown in Okla.-98630.

Photograph of dam that was completed late in the fall of 1949. In this picture the permenent pool lacks approximately 4" of being up to the lip of the drop inlet riser.

Photograph of view up spillway on Detention Reservoir - Site No. 18 (Old site No. 4 Tishomingo Area). Thwe man is standing on the dam. The long wing in the foreground extends beyond the dam at the left.

Photograph of one end of dam on Detention Reservoir - Site No. 15. (old site No. 1, Tishomingo area). This dam makes a huge dogleg turn and cannot be photographed to show the whole dam except from the air. The dam rises 25 feet about the level of the water in the permanant pool.

Photograph of the permanent pool is full in this view. This reservoir will hold an additional 12 ft. of depth before the emergency spillway on extreme left (not shown) will begin to function. Flood water release is through an 18" metal pipe inlet. Trash rack (at center of dam) for this drop inlet is visable.

Photograph of bottom land alfalfa just below site 15, Mill Creek. Two years ago Calvert Bros. lost 1,000 bales of alfalfa in one flood. This alfalfa is approximately 1 foot high and ready for cutting. You can see the scour channels in alfalfa, evidence of frequent overflow and damage in the past.

Photograph of protected bottomland below Site 17, Mill Creek.

Photograph of Calvert Bros. Herford Ranch in background. Bottomland alfalfa in left background protected by this detention reservoir.

Photograph of arial view of floodwater diverstion and drop inlet equipped sediment trap (pond) protects fertile bottomlands.

Photograph of aerial view of a permanent pool full in this view. This reservoir will hold an additional 12 ft. of depth before the emergency spillway on extreme left (not shown) will begin to function. Flood water release is through an 18" metal pipe inlet. Trash rack (at center of dam) for this drop inlet is visible.

Photograph of pasture with heavy timber in the background. The grassed area was timbered until 1956. 300 acres were cleared to midland bermuda and clover. 2000 acres make up the ranch. The cleared land after planting Bermuda grass increased the ranch's carrying capacity by 30 to 40%. OK-1050-7.

Photograph of Hearn Chisholm farm, owner (right), and Paul Jones, Soil Conservation District [SCD] equipment manager, inspecting an improved pasture. This pasture is comprised of black medic, yellow hop clover, bur clover vetch, rye and rye grasses. OK-42-4.

Photograph of highway roadside undercut by floodwaters. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Under cutting by flood waters eating back away and into highway. Rock being hauled in for dumping by highway."

Photograph of a UNIDENTIFED man standing next to a homemade border packer filled with concrete. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Implement. Home made [sic] border packer filled with concrete."

Photograph of a home made border packer filled with concrete.