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Washita County Bridge Replacement

Description: Photograph of a replaced bridge to provide capacity for carrying water from roadside and outlet channels four miles northeast of Burns Flat. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Old bridge replaced to provide capacity for carrying water from roadside and outlet channels."
Date: July 20, 1949
Creator: Archer, S. G.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Alex Keil Operating His New Crawler Tractor With Grader

Description: Photograph of Alex Keil operating his new crawler tractor with an UNIDENTIFIED man standing on the grader. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Alex Keil, 2. UNIDENTIFED man. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Alex Keil operates his new crawler tractor with grader to shape berms on large outlet."
Date: July 13, 1949
Creator: Archer, S. G.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of Lloyd Partain, left, Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, talks with Don Larch, right, Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] agricultural director, Washington DC at the Cordell celebration [referring to a Washita River Watershed flood control dedication held near Cordell, OK on July 8, 1948.] OK-9620.
Date: July 8, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of a drop-inlet gully control structure built by the Soil Conservation Service [SCS] Flood Control Program in the spring of 1948. Diversions bring the water into this gully plug and protect other gullies. Drainage area is 195 acres. OK-10, 213.
Date: July 13, 1949
Creator: Archer, Sellars G
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of a follow-up of a roadside drop-inlet flood control structure adjoining the Sid Lundy farm. The structure was built where formerly a dangerous wooden bridge spanned a gully on a school bus and mail route. County Commissioners furnished the pipe and the Soil Conservation District put in a fill through the Soil Conservation Service Flood Control program. The permanent basin is full of water. OK-9600-D.
Date: July 13, 1949
Creator: Archer, Sellars G
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of Lloyd Partain, left, Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, talks with Don Larch, right, Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] agricultural director, Washington DC at the Cordell celebration [referring to a Washita River Watershed flood control dedication held near Cordell, OK on July 8, 1948.] OK-9620.
Date: July 8, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of a view east across top of detention reservoir No. 1 on Cloud Creek. The 3 trucks at the pool of water are sprinkler equipped. Owned by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, the trucks were used to keep down dust on sandy roads during the dedication ceremonies on the upstream flood control structures. OK-9619.
Date: July 8, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of Robert S. Kerr, former governor of Oklahoma (1943 - 1947) and currently president of the Oklahoma Water Development Association, speaks at Cloud Creek during the dedication of upstream flood control structures. OK-9617.
Date: July 8, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of Earl Holt, farmer-cooperater of the district, left, and Edd Lemons, radio farm director of station WKY, during an interview in Cordell. OK-9615.
Date: July 8, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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