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Farmstead Gate

Description: Photograph of a farmstead gate with sign.
Date: 1973-10-XX
Creator: Thomas, James W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

INF-Conservation Districts Exhibits

Description: Photograph of Conservation Districts exhibits at the Tulsa State Fair. Exhibiting Okmulgee, Mays, and Tulsa Counties Conservation Districts.
Date: 1973-10-XX
Creator: Thomas, James W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Watersheds-Bird Creek Flood

Description: Photograph of George Sites, Area Engineer, at the site of the Bird Creek Flood in June 1973.
Date: 1973-06-XX
Creator: Thomas, James W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Quarter Horses in Bermuda Pasture

Description: Photograph of quarter horses in Bermuda pasture in the Arkansas River bottomland. IT shows the pump house over the sand points which supply part of Broken Arrow city water. In the far background are two gravel packed wells, which are part of this supply.
Date: August 18, 1959
Creator: Moreland, J. R.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Alfalfa Being Readied for Baling

Description: Photograph of an 8 year old stand of alfalfa being readied for baling. W. M. McCarty, work unit conservationist for the Soil Conservation Service, holds up some of the mowed alfalfa. This stand received 2 tons of lime per acre when planted and a light application of sheep manure. It yielded 1. 5 tons per ace by the end of the third year. Treated with 300# of 32% raw rock phosphate to the acre then it made good but spotted growth. The fan-type phosphate distributor used was blamed. Later another… more
Date: May 26, 1947
Creator: Reid, Louis
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Double Creek Detention Center

Description: Photograph of stage recorder, permanent pool and drainage area of Site 5. Detention reservoir on Double Creek Watershed.
Date: May 18, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Erosion

Description: Photograph of erosion in residental area in South Tulsa thaT has occurred during development. All vegetaton was removed from this area during construction.
Date: July 10, 1969
Creator: Fortney, Fred J.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Suburban Development

Description: Photograph of suburban shopping center issustrates intensive use of land resource. Such developments increase water runoff and results in flooding of areas downstream.
Date: July 18, 1969
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Sprinkler Type Irrigation

Description: Photograph of a sprinkler type irrigation system in operation in alfalfa field. The water for this system is being pumped from Bird Creek.
Date: May 18, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Education Information--Displays

Description: Photograph of Oklahoma small watershed display. OK-3972-15.
Date: October 1, 1970
Creator: Croom, Dan
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of a rotovater at work. Manufactured by the Howard Rotovater Company and sold by International Harvester of Tulsa, Oklahoma. OK-574-5.
Date: September 19, 1957
Creator: Mooreland, J. D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Mobile Home Park

Description: Photograph of strip pits leveled for a mobile home park. From the Wagoner County Conservation District, from left to right: Ernest Snook, State Range Conservationist; Wes Thomas, Tulsa; Danny McCarty; Dem Robertson, DC, Wagoner. OK-4428-5.
Date: October 7, 1971
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Strip Pits (Surface Mining)

Description: Photograph of native grass on strip pits, 25 to 35 years old. OK-4428-10.
Date: October 7, 1971
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Strip Pits (Surface Mining)

Description: Photograph of eroded strip pits 25 to 35 years old. OK-4428-7.
Date: October 7, 1971
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Strip Pits (Surface Mining)

Description: Photograph of eroded strip pits 25 to 35 years old. OK-4428-13.
Date: October 7, 1971
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Strip Pits (Surface Mining)

Description: Photograph of eroded strip pits 25 to 35 years old. OK-4429-14.
Date: October 7, 1971
Creator: Thomas, James W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Strip Pits (Surface Mining)

Description: Photograph of native vegetation that is growing on strip pits. OK-4429-8.
Date: October 7, 1971
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Exhibitions and Presentations

Description: Photograph of the Mayes County Soil and Water Conservation District [SWCD] exhibit displayed at the Tulsa State Fair. OK-3226-2.
Date: October 2, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Corn Cultivated on the Contour

Description: Photograph of young corn cultivated on the contour. The corn field is terraced. It's runoff wateres empty into the shaped sodded terrace outlet in the foreground.
Date: May 26, 1947
Creator: Reid, Louis
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Quarter Horses in Bermuda Pasture

Description: Photograph of quarter horses in bermuda pasture in the Arkansas River bottom.
Date: August 18, 1959
Creator: Moreland, J. R.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Second Year Sweet Clover

Description: Photograph of the second year sweet clover in the conservation crop rotation on terrace and contour-farmed land on ME. Joyce farm as part of his complete soil and water conservation plan as worked out with Mr. Joyce and the Soil Conservation Service techicians. Sweet clover land was limed and phosphate was used according to soil tests and used for pasture, soil building and seed harvest for cash crop. Myrle Long, Farm Planner in picture.
Date: May 18, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Bermuda Grass and Cotton

Description: Photograph of bermuda grass sprigs planted in every other cotton row. This field is to be retired to pasture and this means was taken to introduce the grass. It was cultivated whenever the cotton was. To be followed with later pictures.
Date: October 29, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Roadside Gully

Description: Photograph of a roadside gully destroying a fence. On the right the fence has been moved back, the roadside resectioned, and set to Bermuda grass.
Date: October 29, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Urbanization-Drop Inlet

Description: Photograph of the discharge from a drop inlet used to drain a culdesac in Vandever Acres Addition, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. This structure elimiates erosion and is good planning for water disposal in urban development.
Date: April 30, 1970
Creator: Thomas, James W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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