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Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of basal-bark application using 2-3/4 gallons of a low volatile 2-4-5-T herbicide ester (4 pounds acid per gallon of material used) in 100 gallons of diesel oil. The spray is being applied so as to completely encircle and wet to the point of creating run-off onto the soil the lower 12 inches of each plant. The equipment used was a John Bean power sprayer. The brush and trees were blackjack, post and white oak, hickory, elm, persimmon and dogwood.
Date: March 1, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

House on Stoneybroke Ranch

Description: Photograph of the house that good grass and fine Angus cattle built. Stone to build the house came from Stoneybroke Ranch. Mr. & Mrs. Carlton Corbin have worked hard to mae a success of their cattle business. This is oone of their rewards.
Date: April 1950
Creator: Putman, Jack
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of Jimmie Thomas, District Supervisor of Pontotoc County Soil Conservation District, stands on ice near boat dock and principal spillway of Site # 35, Upper Clear Boggy Creek watershed, on the ranch of F. Howard Walsh, Fort Worth, TX, district cooperator. 10 acres surface of permanent water. Average depth is 30 feet. OK-1611-4.
Date: January 16, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of District Cooperator, Irl Rhymes, foreground, showing Kenneth Yoakum, Work Unit Conservationist (WUC), Soil Conservation Service (SCS), Ada, OK, seed head of native grass on one of his native grass pastures above the drainage area of Site # 9, Upper Clear Boggy Creek. Background L to R: Ted Savage, secretary, Ada Chamber of Commerce; Harrel Allen, President, Sandy Creek Water and Soil Conservation District [WSCD]; Jimmy Thomas, District Supervisor; C. C. Baxton, Jr., District Super… more
Date: January 16, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of District cooperator, Irl Rhymes, foreground, with 200 of his whiteface heifers above drainage area of Site # 15, Upper Clear Boggy. He takes excellent care of his native grass—taking half and leaving half. Has 8 Black Angus bulls in pasture with heifers. He is a conservation rancher. OK-1612-9.
Date: January 16, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

A Field of Bermudagrass Hay Bales/Soil Survey

Description: Photograph of a field of several Bermudagrass hay bales made from improved varieties of Bermudagrass grown on Konawa fine sandy loam. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Improved varieties of Bermuda grass produces higher forage yields than common varieties on Konawa fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes."
Date: May 1967
Creator: Hill, Ernest
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Basel Bark Treatment

Description: Photograph of Basel-bark application, using 2 3/4 gallon of low volatile 2-4-5, T ester (4 lbs. acid per gallon material used) in 100 gallon of diesel oil. The spray being applied so as to completely encircle and wet the point of runoff onto the soil the lower 12 in. of each plant. Equipment used was a John Bean powered sprayer. The brush and trees were blackjack, post and white oak, hickory, elm, persimmon and dogwood.
Date: March 1, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Sanitary Land Fill (pit)

Description: Photograph of a bulldozer on top of a pile of debris, tilted at an angle toward a pit partially visible at the right side of the images. There are hills of gravel or soil behind the bulldozer and open fields in the background. Text on back "Spreading refuse in pit."
Date: May 1970
Creator: Combs, Sam, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Recreation

Description: Photograph of detention reservoir, permanent pool. At the east end of the dam looking southwest uo Sheep Creek arm of the lake. Other pictures, OK-2333-11 and -12 and OK-2336-2 and -3. Areas in the background being planned for recreational purposes. OK-2336-1.
Date: May 21, 1965
Creator: Castle, Ernest L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Watersheds / Land Treatment

Description: Photograph of Mr. Tommy Johnson and Work Unit Conservationist (WUC) Kenneth Yoakum are standing on top of the dam at Site # 20, Lander-Middle Clear Boggy (LMCB) Creek, discussing Mr. Johnson's conservation plan. Peanits and pecans below the dam are protected from the flood water. OK-2596-14.
Date: September 26, 1966
Creator: Stidham, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Recreation

Description: Photograph of Leader-Middle Boggy Creek. Tommy Johnson, district Cooperator and Kenneth Yoakum, Work Unit Conservationist (WUC), Soil Conservation Service (SCS), Ada, OK. Mr. Johnson trying his hand at fishing. OK-2595-6.
Date: September 26, 1966
Creator: Stidham, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of Ted Savage, secretary, Ada Chamber of Commerce, looks at a permanent pool of Site No. 35 at the Upper Clear Boggy, on a ranch of district cooperator, F. Howard Walsh, Ft. Worth, TX. Savage has assisted district supervisors and Conservancy District 100% in the program in Pontotoc County. Son of the late E.B. Savage, Harmon, OK, original board member of Upper Washita Water and Soil Conservation District (WSCD) and brother-in-law of L. L. "red" Males of Cheyenne, OK. OK-1611-5.
Date: January 16, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of Upper Clear Boggy Creek Watershed, Site # 38. From L to R: C. C. Burton, Jr., District Supervisor; Del Bumpers, District Supervisor; Harral Allen, President, Sandy Creek Water and Soil Conservation district (WSCD); Kenneth Yoakum, Work Unit Conservationist (WUC), Soil Conservation Service (SCS), Ada, OK; and ted Savage, Secretary, Ada Chamber of Commerce, observing core tranch for pipe of principal spillway. OK-1611-9.
Date: January 16, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of, from L to R, Kenneth Yoakum, Work Unit Conservationist (WUC), Soil Conservation Service (SCS), Ada, OK; Jimmy Thomas, District Supervisor; Ted Savage, secretary, Ada Chamber of Commerce; Drexel Siles, Chairman, Pontotoc County, Soil Conservation District (SCD); Phillip Busby, former president of Upper Muddy Boggy Watershed Improvement Assn.; Uel Bumpers, District Supervisor; Dave Roberts, President, Upper Clear Boggy Water & Soil Conservation District; C. C. Baxton, Jr., District… more
Date: January 16, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of District Cooperator, Irl Rhymes, foreground, showing Kenneth Yoakum, Work Unit Conservationist (WUC), Soil Conservation Service (SCS), Ada, OK, that he is keeping sediment pool drum down on Site # 9 on his ranch so can sod to Bermuda in the Spring of 1962. If valve was closed Rhymes could have a 42 acre lake of water, but wants grass at this time. OK-1613-1.
Date: January 16, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Sediment Tower Unclogging

Description: Photograph of Kenneth Yoakum, District Conservationist; B.M. Stephens, Chairman of the Pontotoc County Conservation District & Jack McPhetridge, Government Trapper, hold rope attached to the sediment tower as Mike Gray & Dennis Goodwin come ashore after unplugging sediment tower, Site 18, Leader-Middle Clear Boggy. OK-4671-3.
Date: April 1972
Creator: Allen, Arnold
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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