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Aerial Shot of Two Farm Ponds and Terraces/Ardmore Project/Konawa Camp

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of two farm ponds, terraces, a road, and a few buildings. The back of the photograph proclaims, “This picture shows two farm ponds, constructed by the land owner and protected by rip-rapping. The rip-rapping and outlets were provided by the service. The upper pond is approximately 10 acre feet and was constructed for use as a silting basin, for the lower pond. The lower part of the picture shows terraces and outlet ditches. Terraces are level. The old terraces can b… more
Date: September 30, 1936
Creator: Slack
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Aerial Shot of Erosion Control on Two Farms/Ardmore Project/Konawa Camp

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of erosion control on two farms. The back of the photograph proclaims, “This picture shows two farms on which erosion control is practiced to a large extent. There are two farm ponds shown here in which the water is supplied by excess drainage from the level terraces fields. Note the terrace channels filled with water from a heavy rain the night before.”
Date: September 30, 1936
Creator: Slack
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Aerial Shot of Two Farm Ponds/Ardmore Project/Konawa Camp

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of two farm ponds and some white spots indicating alkaline conditions caused by erosion. A road spans the bottom corner of the photograph, while a farm is near the top left. The back of the photograph proclaims, “This picture shows two farm ponds which were built by the landowner and rip-rapped by the landowner. The upper pond is used as a silting basin for the lower pond. Immediately above the pond there are some white spots which are an indication of alkaline cond… more
Date: September 30, 1936
Creator: Slack
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Far Reaching Gullies

Description: Photograph of three main arteries of gullies which are so far-reaching and damaging that the whole quarter section of land has been abandonded for some time. The gullies are from three to fifteen feet deep and were caused by improper cultivation without terraces.
Date: September 30, 1936
Creator: Slack
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1006.0123]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Out of the way places where hikers like to go, and that's why this trail, hewn into the steep rock cliff above Lake Altus, is one of the most extensively used areas in Quartz Mountain State Park, near Lugert."
Date: September 30, 1936
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1006.0248]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Naturalistic fireplaces with low-set grills have been provided in all state park picnic areas, which include combination table and bench units."
Date: September 30, 1936
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B01005.0556]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "At Right-When water reaches the top of the dam that is being constructed i Lake Murray State park, near Ardmore, the present lake will cover nearly 10,000 acres, extending along the valley of West Anadarche creek for about eight miles."
Date: September 30, 1936
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B01005.0555]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Steps cut through rock that has an interesting geological background, lead to trails that wind through some of the more picturesque sections in the upper regions of Lake Murray State park near Ardmore."
Date: September 30, 1936
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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