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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
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
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
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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