Building Channel Type Terrace on U. S. Government Land/LU Project

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Photograph of six UNIDENTIFIED people watching two UNIDENTIFED men on a tractor and plow making 1st through with drag for the construction of a channel type terrace. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Building channel type terrace with plow, 5' Fresno and Farm Tractor. 1st through with drag. Lines marking upper and lower limits of ridge have been plowed out, and a strip 8' wide has been plowed, leaving an undisturbed strip 4' wide above the upper edge of the ridge area."

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1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 in.

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Jenkins, E. W. February 18, 1941.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society Collection and was provided by the Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society to The Gateway to Oklahoma History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

The Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society (OCHS) was organized and became a functioning organization in 2018. Partnerships were formalized with the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts (OACD), the Oklahoma Historical Society, the Oklahoma State University Oral History Research Program and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

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Photograph of six UNIDENTIFIED people watching two UNIDENTIFED men on a tractor and plow making 1st through with drag for the construction of a channel type terrace. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Building channel type terrace with plow, 5' Fresno and Farm Tractor. 1st through with drag. Lines marking upper and lower limits of ridge have been plowed out, and a strip 8' wide has been plowed, leaving an undisturbed strip 4' wide above the upper edge of the ridge area."

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1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 in.

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Photographs documenting natural resource conservation efforts in Oklahoma.

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  • February 18, 1941

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  • May 4, 2022, 7:17 a.m.

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  • July 10, 2024, 2:03 a.m.

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Jenkins, E. W. Building Channel Type Terrace on U. S. Government Land/LU Project, photograph, February 18, 1941; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1925913/: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society.

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