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- John Derryberry Farm Cattle on Winter Pasture
- Photograph of several cattle grazing on a winter pasture on the John Derryberry farm. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, “Cattle on fescue-clover pasture on John Derryberry farm, four miles south of Idabel.”
- Boyce Dilliard
- Photograph of Boyce Dilliard looking at vetch on the H. H. Dilliard farm.
- Doak Bird
- Photograph of Doak Bird using his new coastal digger on his beef and chicken farm.
- Doak Bird
- Photograph of Doak Bird using his new coastal digger on his beef and chicken farm.
- Doak Bird
- Photograph of Doak Bird using his new coastal digger on his beef and chicken farm.
- Beaver Bend State Park
- Photograph of a scene in Beaver Bend State Park.
- Hill Hudgins Family
- Photograph of the Hill Hudgins family inside a squatter shack on land purchased by the U. S. Government. This family of eight lives in a one room shack with a kitchen adjoining. They have cleared 13 acres of forest land selling pine cross-ties and poles as a livelihood.
- Hobbs Western Timber Company
- Photograph of Hobbs Western Timber Company workers loading cross-ties onto train cars.
- Pine Poles
- Photograph of peeled pine poles ready for market.
- John Westmoreland & Sons Mill
- Photograph of workers cutting pine poles for split fence posts at the John Westmoreland & Sons Mill.
- Hobbs Western Timber Company
- Photograph of Hobbs Western Timber Company workers loading cross-ties onto train cars.
- A. A. Boren
- Photograph of A. A. Boren with sacked seed of Kentucky 31 fescue.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of G. L. Kirk, chairman of the board of supervisors, Little River Soil Conservation District (SCD) and cooperator of the Valliant SCD, prepares seedbed for planting Kentucky 31 fescue grass on his 160 acre grassland farm. OK-10-475.
- Timber and Lumber Treatment
- Photograph of a creosoting plant. Cylinder is 80 feet and 6 feet deep, has a capacity over 1,000 cubic feet of wood. This plant would cost $100,000 if purchased. OK-1061-10.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of Mr. Oscar Coleman on a tractor, combining Dallis grass seed from a 15 acre pasture. Mr. Coleman, member of the Board of Supervisors and Business of the Little River Soil Conservation district, says he expects a yield of 200 to 250 pounds of seed per acre. OK-9236.
- Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
- Photograph of Norwood Creek, near the Red River. Near here the flooding of the Creek joins the red River. A natural lake once held much of Norwood's waters back [from flooding]. OK-459-12.
- Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
- Photograph of traffic limited to trucks, tractors and horseback riders during the April killing rains (14.57 inches for one month). Push Creek, a tributary of Northwood Creek, has no channel. It spreads from one-half to 2 miles wide. OK-459-9.
- Farming Equipment and Methods
- Photograph of agricultural workers. During rush season field and shed are full of town pickers. Scarcity of labor made this 4-acre berry patch a "you-pick-em" deal and everyone is happy. OK-1339-11.
- Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
- Photograph of the controlling of undesireable hardwood over pine works. Competition of oaks and low brush is not reduced sufficiently for maximum pine production. Jesse McBrayer shown, planting pine in hardwood. OK-1442-2.
- Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
- Photograph of a before picture on the Whitegrass Waterhole. Looking northwest. Channel will be 8 feet deep and 35 feet flat at the bottom. 3 to 1 slide slope. OK-1061-6.
- Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
- Photograph of drainage. Whitegrass Creek looking east from the bridge. Channel main no. 1. Water is from a 3.5 inch 18 to 30 hours prior to the photo's taking, This creek channel is inadequate for removing flood water for proper drainage. OK-628-8.
- Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
- Photograph of the Whitegrass-Waterhold Project. A.A. Boren, member of the Conservancy District Board, checking the bridge to be enlarged on Main Channel No. 1, the Whitegrass-Waterhold Project. Area in the background is inundated by approximately 4 inches of water on the Borem Ranch will be cleared and developed to improved pasture as soon as the channel is completed on the project. OK-1563-11.
- Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
- Photograph of from the Whitegrass Waterhole Project, Flood Control Structure # 3. Looking west from L. T. Melton yard. This flood control lake was stocked with fish in 1962 and will be managed for fish production. OK-1638-3.
- Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
- Photograph of flooding. Floodwater from a 3.5 inch rain 18 to 30 hours prior to the photo's taking. The different heights of the cotton owes to water standing in the field. This land would be class 1 land if not for the flood water. It is producing about 30% of what it should produce. OK-628-7.
- Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
- Photograph of Flood prevention drainage. Main channel # 1 on Whitegrass shooting from bridge looking east of the Whitegrass Waterhole watershed flood control project. This land floods too frequently to allow growing grass. A 3 ½ inch rain of 18 to 30 hours previous to the photo’s taking caused this excess water. The channel is inadequate to remove flood water for proper drainage. OK-628-6.
- Timber and Lumber Treatment
- Photograph of a creosoting plant. Cylinder is 80 feet and 6 feet deep, has a capacity over 1,000 cubic feet of wood. This plant would cost $100,000 if purchased. OK-1061-9.
- Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
- Photograph of the Little River. Silt and debris damage on Alton Fairchild farm on the Red River. Filed was composed of fescue and ryegrass pasture. Flooding occurred during December 1971. OK-4606-3.
- Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
- Photograph of flooding, near Garvin. Damage done to county road as a result of flooding. Road was one of the better hard-surfaced rural roads in McCurtain County. OK-4499-8.
- Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
- Photograph of washed out pond dam due to improper spillway construction and heavy rain. OK-4503-11.
- Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
- Photograph of flood water in the Little River bottom four miles northwest of Idabel. M. V. mcMullan ranch. OK-4499-3.
- Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
- Photograph of maintenance, site # 4, Whitegrass-Waterhole Watershed. Maintenance work being performed on Site # 4 for sewer damage. OK-4048-12.
- Engineering
- Photograph of Valliant Conservation District. The County road where McKinney-Buzzard overflowed into Red Lake. OK-4503-8.
- Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
- Photograph of the Dedication Program Whitegrass-Waterhole Water and Soil Conservancy District. D. A. Williams, Administrator, Soil Conservation Service, delivers the dedicatory address. OK-2667 (7).
- Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
- Photograph of the Dedication Program Whitegrass-Waterhole Water and Soil Conservancy District. Part of the crowd at a noon-time barbeque. OK-2667 (14).
- Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
- Photograph of the Dedication Program Whitegrass-Waterhole Water and Soil Conservancy District. Officials of the sponsoring groups. Left to right: W.E. Clarkson, Chairman, Valiant, Soil and Water Conservation District [SWCD], Board of Supervisors; A.P. Martin, Contracting Officer; L.M. Griffin, Chairman, SWCD Board of Supervisors. OK-2667 (12).
- Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
- Photograph of the Dedication Program Whitegrass-Waterhole Water and Soil Conservancy District. Visitors and dignitaries at the dedication. Left to right: Marvin C. Emerson, Executive Director, State Soil Conservation Board; C.A. Tidwell, State Conservationist, Oklahoma; A.P. Martin, Contracting Officer, Conservancy District; D.A. Williams, Administrator, Soil Conservation Service. OK-2667 (10).
- Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
- Photograph of the Dedication Program Whitegrass-Waterhole Water and Soil Conservancy District. Part of the crowd listening to D.A. Williams' dedicatory address. OK-2667 (6).
- Watersheds
- Photograph of the Whitegrass Waterhole watershed: Lake at Site # 2. OK-4319-1.
- Waste Management
- Photograph of liquid waste pollution: Detergent foam and othe liquid waste coming from the city of Idabel and from the city sewage system. OK-4120-6.
- Recreation
- Photograph of boys swimming at site # 8, Whitegrass waterhole watershed. OK-4321-1C.
- Soil Survey of Saffell Series
- Photograph of a Soil Survey/soil profile of Saffell series in McCurtain County. A measuring stick is on the left side of the photo. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Soil profile of Saffell series."
- Livestock in Bermuda Pasture
- Photograph of several horses, cows, and a pig grazing in a 100 year old Bermuda pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, "100 year old Bermuda pasture that was disked, limed and phosphate in spring of 1945."
- Black Medic Seed Combined and Unloaded
- Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED worker on a tractor unloading combined black medic seed. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Unloading black medic seed which was combined. Combine property of Valliant SCD."
- UNIDENTIFED Man Standing Next to a 80-foot Pipe At A Creosoting Plant in Valliant
- Photograph of a UNIDENTIFED man standing next to an 80 foot long, 6-foot deep pipe at a Creosoting plant in Valliant, Oklahoma. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cylinder is 80' long, 6' deep, has capacity over 1,000 cu. ft. of wood. This plant would cost $100,000 if purchased."
- Livestock in Bermuda Pasture
- Photograph of several horses, cows, and a pig grazing in a 100 year old Bermuda pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, "100 year old Bermuda pasture that was disked, limed and phosphate in spring of 1945."
- H. C. Walker, LRSCD Board Member
- Photograph of H. C. Walker, LRSCD Board Member, riding a horse. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Board Member since 1939. Old time cowboy and stockman. Saw first train to Idabel. Attends state and national soil conservation meetings regularly. Ate a rare steak in Omaha but remarked "I've had 'em get well hurt nor worse than this." Walker lives alone except for horse and sheep and cattle."
- Idabel CCC Camp Grinding Limestone/Ardmore Project/Idabel Camp
- Photograph of five UNIDENTIFED Idabel CCC workers using a rock crusher to grind limestone for fertilizer on fields of Soil Conservation Service cooperators. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Rock crusher operated by the Idabel CCC camp grinding lime to be used as fertilizer on fields of Soil Conservation Service cooperators. The limestone at this place contains a percentage of moisture which permits its being ground without dust."
- Idabel Limestone Quarry
- Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED workers on tractors moving blasted lime rock to the crushers on this quarry owned by the Little River District. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Blasted lime rock being loaded for crusher at Little River District quarry north of Idabel. Quarry was opened by CCC boys in 1937. First operated by district in 1943."
- UNIDENTIFED Worker Crushing Limestone in a Quarry
- Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED worker crushing limestone. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Crushed material is stock-piled on ground for loading to delivery spreader tucks. This lime tests 92-98% calcium carbonate, the highest in Oklahoma."
- Idabel Limestone Pit and Crusher
- Photograph of five UNIDENTIFED workers using a rock crusher to grind limestone for fertilizer on fields of Soil Conservation Service cooperators. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Lime pit and crusher leased and operated by supervisors of the Little River Soil Conservation District, Idabel, Oklahoma. The lime is crushed and sold near cost to the cooperating farmers of the district."