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Mill Creek Site 6 Diversion Terrace

Photograph of an aerial shot of a diversion terrace for Site 6 Mill Creek and the surrounding area. A farmstead with several buildings is located in the bottom part of the photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Watershed: Ok-SCD-20 Wa. #5. Site #6. Type of structure: Diversion terrace for Site #6. Drainage area: 155 acres (90 acres in pasture, 65 acres in cropland). General condition of drainage area: Severely eroded, gully & sheet. Acres of bottomland protected: 90 acres (Protects … more

Date: July 17, 1948

Creator: Ginter Photo Co.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Stigler Project, Walter Holloway Farm

Photograph of 72 skins (69 opossum and 3 skunk) representing all but 39 of Walter Holloway's catch of fur bearers between Dec. 1 and Dec. 16, inclusive.

Date: December 17, 1938

Creator: Hurd, M. A.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Soil Profile of Gyp Range Site

Photograph of a profile of the Gyp Range Site

Date: September 17, 1959

Creator: Bryan, Hugo

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Detention Reservoir on Cobb Creek

Photograph of detention reservoir on Cobb Creek, Site 1.

Date: September 17, 1959

Creator: Bryan, Hugo

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Improved Pasture

Photograph of Ladino clover and oats in Bermuda pasture.

Date: April 17, 1961

Creator: Sturgeon, Fines

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Hooded Pipe Spillway

Photograph of Mr. Hutchison examining hooded pipe spillway in erosion control dam built with GPCP assistance on his Belva ranch.

Date: February 17, 1959

Creator: Gould, Harold C.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Pecan Picking

Photograph of a young lady picking up pecans in one of the many pecan orchards in Garvin County.

Date: January 17, 1961

Creator: Fortney, Fred J.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Graded Border Irrigation System

Photgraph of graded Border Irrigation System. (4300 Acre). Water is pumped from Verdigris River at N. E. corner of 400 acre field. Water is shown running from feeder ditch through border to field tabs. Field to left of electric fence is in rye and vetch and has had one irrigation. An additional 300 acres will be leveled smoothed ditched and bordered and put into irrigation in 1956. The system designed provides drainage as well as irrigation.

Date: November 17, 1955

Creator: Hurd, Moreland

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Rush Creek Flood

Photograph of flooding on south side of Rush Creek.

Date: May 17, 1957

Creator: Graham, E. O.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Rush Creek Flood

Photograph of flood May 17, 1957, 5:30 pm. Note flooding on south side of Rush Creek.

Date: May 17, 1957

Creator: Graham, E. O.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Storm Damage Rush Creek

Photograph of Rush Creek storm damage. Fifty percent of riprap which protects the Pauls Valley dyke were ripped out. Original cost $30,000.

Date: May 17, 1957

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Examining seeds Inside of Killed Doves

Photograph of Jimmie Smith, St. Regis Paper Co. , and Carl S. Draughn, WSC, Soil Conservation Service, examine Millet seed in doves killed.

Date: November 17, 1967

Creator: Draughn, C. S.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wildlife Are Improvement Water Control

Photograph of a part of a 17 acre planted, flooded field and a water control system in a hardwood bottom for ducks. The cultivated field was planted to browntop millet in July and the seeds produced were flooded in October. The flooded hardwood bottom made the acorns produce on the Nuttall oak trees. The hardwood area is drained during the summer so as to not kill the trees. Over a thousand mallards were using this field the day the picture was taken.

Date: January 17, 1959

Creator: Dillon, Olan W.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Graded Border Irrigation System

Photograph of a graded boreder irrigation system of 400 acres. Water is pumped from the Verdigris River at H.E. corner of 400 acre field. Water is shown running from feeder ditch through border to field tabs. Field to left of electric fence is in rye and vetch and has had one irrigation. An additional 300 acres will be leveled smoothed ditched and bordered and put into irrgation in 1956. The system provides drainage as well as irrigation.

Date: November 17, 1955

Creator: Hurd and Moreland

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Combining Irrigated Maize

Photograph of a combine harvesting irrigated maize. This maize averaged 80 bushels per acre.

Date: October 17, 1955

Creator: Meinders, Hadley

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Combining Native Grass Seed

Photograph of combining native grass seed. Seed mixture includes Little and Big bluestem, Switch and Indian grass; Meadow baled in early July. Seed harvested 10/17/58. Meadow yeilded 12,840 lbs. seed on approximately 100 acres. O'Neal Teague, County Agent, Wesley Fowler, SCS technician, and H. Wimberly, rancher, examining grass.

Date: October 17, 1958

Creator: Eaton, J. L.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Deep Mud Cracks

Photograph of deep mud cracks in recent deposition on Salt Creek lood plain.

Date: July 17, 1957

Creator: Henbest, O. J.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Dairy Stock Graizing

Photograph of dairy stock grazing 6 acre field of first year sweet clover that was drilled in wheat spring of 1944. Thirty head have been grazing this field for 16 days.

Date: October 17, 1944

Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Concord Grape Vineyard

Photograph of showing the average growth of the 20 year old ten acre Concord Grape vineyard. The chorty soil was terraced before grapes were set. Soil building crop of vetch, yellow hop clover, lespedeza, and rye grass is maintained at all times except for short period during the final growth and ripening of the fruit. Phospate is applied under the legumes. A regular spray schedule has been maintained. There has never been a failure to produce a fair crop and they have produced 3000 bushels sev… more

Date: August 17, 1945

Creator: Reid, Louis E.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Combining Native Grass Seed

Photograph of combining native grass seed. Seed mixtire includes Little and Big bluestem, Switch and Indian grass. Meadow baled in early July. Seed harvested 10/17/58. Meadow yeilded 12,840 lbs. seed on approximately 100 acres.

Date: October 17, 1958

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Harvesting Grass

Photograph of Harvesting native grass seed with self-propelled combines. Meadow has been managed properly and conditioned maintained. Estimated yield of combine run seed was 100 lbs. per acre. Ranch planned and range managed in cooperation with Soil Conservation Service.

Date: October 17, 1957

Creator: McClung, F.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Squaw Creek Channel

Photograph of Squaw Creek [remaining text too faded for legibility, including the OK-ID number].

Date: July 17, 1968

Creator: Murray, Hubert J.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Geary Camp

Photograph of a highway sign five miles north of Geary erected by the camp on the north boundary of its demonstration area. OK-5451.

Date: March 17, 1937

Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of an aged Texan Longhorn Steer. OK-9195.

Date: September 17, 1946

Creator: Allred, B. W.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

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