Sugar Creek Sediment Deposits Near and Under Highway 281 Bridge

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Photograph of Bob Wall and Herb Prevett examining siltation under Highway Bridge on Highway 281, south of Gracemont. The photograph does not indicate the position of Wall or Prevett. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Highway bridge on Highway 281 south of Gracemont, Oklahoma showing sediment deposited within two feet of bridge abutment on 275 feet of the original 325 feet length of bridge. Bob Wall and Herb Prevett examining siltation under bridge.”

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1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

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McConnell, John March 20, 1958.

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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 Bob Wall and Herb Prevett examining siltation under Highway Bridge on Highway 281, south of Gracemont. The photograph does not indicate the position of Wall or Prevett. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Highway bridge on Highway 281 south of Gracemont, Oklahoma showing sediment deposited within two feet of bridge abutment on 275 feet of the original 325 feet length of bridge. Bob Wall and Herb Prevett examining siltation under bridge.”

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1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

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Photographs documenting natural resource conservation efforts in Oklahoma.

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  • March 20, 1958

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  • May 27, 2022, 4:20 p.m.

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McConnell, John. Sugar Creek Sediment Deposits Near and Under Highway 281 Bridge, photograph, March 20, 1958; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1938737/: accessed April 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society.

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