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[Photograph 2012.201.B1032.0334]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Until comparatively recent years the Arbuckles were a primitive spot. Abundant water attracted settlers long before Oklahoma was a state. Old water wheels and abandoned grist mills are still to be found here and there. This wheel is near Price's Falls."
Date: July 17, 1946
Creator: Meek, Richard B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Site #6, Mill Creek Watershed #12 Drop Inlet

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of Site #6 Mill Creek Watershed #12 and surrounding area. A house and a couple of buildings are near the top left center of photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Watershed: Ok-SCD-20, Wa. #12, Site #6. Type of structure: Drop Inlet. Drainage area: 60 acres (52 acres in cultivation, 8 acres in pasture). General condition of drainage area: Terraced with inadequate outlets. 15 acres of bottomland protected. Stabilized terraces outlet & protects bottomland … more
Date: July 17, 1948
Creator: Ginter Photo Co.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Site #1 Drop Inlet, Mill Creek Watershed #12 Detention Reservoir

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of Site #6 Mill Creek Watershed #12 and surrounding area. A house and a couple of buildings are near the lower left of photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Watershed: Ok-SCD-20, Wa #12, Site #1. Type of structure: Detention Reservoir. Drainage Area: 1440 acres (in pasture). Soil Units: Deep fine textured, slowly permeable soils. Condition of drainage area: 68% good native grass range, 32% fair native grass range. Peak flow: 2740 c.f.s. Release Rate: 35… more
Date: July 17, 1948
Creator: Ginter Photo Co.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Upper Mill Creek Watershed

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of Upper Mill Creek Watershed and the surrounding area. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Upper Mill Creek Watershed, OK-SCD-2WA-13. Structure: Flood Water Diversion (Under construction, 90% complete). Drainage area: 250 Acres. Silts above structure: 7 –GP. Soils protected by structure: 4 –GP. Area above structure: Pasture – poor condition. Drains directly into the channel of Mill Creek. Protects approximately 100 acres of bottom cropland from overhead flooding… more
Date: July 17, 1948
Creator: Ginter Photo Co.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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