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Owl Creek Detention Resorvoir No. 1

Description: Photograph of looking south along Owl Creek Detention Reservoir No. 1. Water is now at permanent pool level. On May 11 after 30 hours of rainfall, totaling nearly 15 inches, water reached spillway level but did not flow through spillway. Conservation treatment and condition of range in drainage area believed reason acre runoff did not reach proportions of that on Dams 4 and 5.
Date: May 23, 1950
Creator: Jenkins, Tarleton A.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Owl Creek Detention Reservoir No. 1

Description: Photograph of Owl Creek Detention Reservoir No. 1 looking south. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Looking south along Owl Creek Detention Reservoir No. 1. Water is now at permanent pool level. On May 11 after 30 hours of rainfall, totaling nearly 15 inches, water reach spillway level but did not flow through spillway. Conservation treatment and condition of range in drainage are believed reason more runoff did not reach proportion of that on Dams 4 and 5."
Date: May 23, 1950
Creator: Jenkins, Tarleton A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Leveridge's Land Below Owl Creek Watershed Detention Reservoirs #1 & #2

Description: Photograph of Rual W. Leveridge pointing to a field, just below Detention Reservoirs Nos. 1 and 2 on the Owl Creek Watershed, which intense rainfall sent overflow waters down the sloping land seen on the left of photograph and partially damaged his field. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Overflow waters for years had destroyed crops on this 30-acre strip of bottomland below Detention Reservoirs Nos. 1 and 2 in Owl Creek Watershed. However, intense rains on May 10-11 failed to send creek o… more
Date: May 23, 1950
Creator: Jenkins, Tarleton A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Leveridge's Land Below Owl Creek Watershed Detention Reservoirs #1 & #2

Description: Photograph of Rual W. Leveridge pointing to a field, just below Detention Reservoirs Nos. 1 and 2 on the Owl Creek Watershed, which intense rainfall sent overflow waters down the sloping land seen on the left of photograph and partially damaged his field. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Overflow waters for years had destroyed crops on this 30-acre strip of bottomland below Detention Reservoirs Nos. 1 and 2 in Owl Creek Watershed. However, intense rains on May 10-11 failed to send creek o… more
Date: May 23, 1950
Creator: Jenkins, Tarleton A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Weeping Love Grass

Description: Photograph of weeping lovegrass planted as a soil building crop rotation system. This grass is in its second growing season.
Date: July 23, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Severe Gully Erosion

Description: Photograph of severe gully erosion where a road formerly was. Road is not abandoned and gullies are active. Stephensville fine sandy loam. Washita River Conservation Survey.
Date: September 23, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Deep Plowing

Description: Photograph of deep plowing. This field subject to severe wind erosion, has recently been deep plowed. Note clayey subsoil brought to the surface by deep-plowing.
Date: January 23, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Watershed Protection Upper Black Bear Site

Description: Photograph of the principal spillway and dam of H.S. Diem property who gave one of the two necessary easments to permit construction. Shown is Daryl Bond, employee with Ben Haskins Construction Company, contractor on this site.
Date: February 23, 1962
Creator: Morris, David
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Poultry

Description: Photograph of the interior of a 48,000 capacity broiler house which is 30' x 300' in size. The yearly output of broilers on the Edds Farm is approximately 98,000.
Date: May 23, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Green Bean Harvest

Description: Photograph of a green bean harvest on Peck silt loam (7w.B). Three to four tons per acre is average production with occasional yeilds under favorable conditions of 6 to 7 tons per acre. Returns from beans to farmers in Adair County about $600 thousand in 1959.
Date: June 23, 1960
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Rye and Vetch Seed Combining in Peach-Pecan Orchard

Description: Photograph of Avery Dillard, tractor driver, and W. O. Rachels, on combine, combining rye and vetch seed in peach-pecan orchard. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. W. O. Rachels, 2. Avery Dillard. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Combining rye and vetch seed in peach-pecan orchard (Avery Dillard, tractor driver, and W. O. Rachels, on combine). Mr. Alexander had a total of 112 acres of vetch, 60 acres of which was in orchard. Fourteen acres were saved for seed. Vet… more
Date: July 23, 1945
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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