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Aerial Shot of Site 8, Deep Creek Middle Colorado Watershed

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of Site 8, Deep Creek Middle Colorado Watershed and the surrounding area. This photograph shows Site 8’s gully plug. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Looking North at Site 8, Deep Creek, Middle Colorado Watershed, showing gully plug on extreme left. Photo taken after 6.5 to 8-inch rain.”
Date: October 5, 1953
Creator: Nobs, Fred
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Aerial Shot of Site 8, Deep Creek Middle Colorado Watershed

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of Site 8, Deep Creek Middle Colorado Watershed and the surrounding area. This photograph shows Site 8’s gully plug. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Looking Northeast toward Site 8, Deep Creek, Middle Colorady [sic] Watershed, showing fully [sic] plug on extreme left. Photo taken after 6.5 to 8-inch rain.”
Date: October 5, 1953
Creator: Nobs, Fred
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Aerial Shot of Dry Prong of Deep Creek, Middle Colorado Watershed, Showing Levees and Bridge

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of Dry Prong of Deep Creek, Middle Colorado Watershed, at Farm-to–Market Road 502, showing levees. The back of the photograph proclaims, “The back of the photograph proclaims, “Dry Prong of Deep Creek, Middle Colorado Watershed, at Farm-to-Market Road 502, Showing levees. Site 8 can be seen in the background. Photo taken after 6.5 to 8.0-inch rain. See Tex-48-824-E and Tex-48-824-D for ground shots at the bridge seen here in left middle ground.”
Date: October 5, 1953
Creator: Nobs, Fred
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Aerial Shot of Downstream End of Outlast Structure, Site 8, Deep Creek

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of downstream end of outlast structure, Site 8, Deep Creek, Middle Colorado Watershed, showing the top of the dam, stage recorder housing, and water surface behind dam. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Downstream end of outlast structure, Site 8, Deep Creek, Middle Colorado Watershed. Shown also are top of dam, stage recorder housing, and water surface behind dam. Elevation of water is 9.5’ above permanent pool elevation. Photo taken after 6.5 to 8.0-inch rain… more
Date: October 5, 1953
Creator: Nobs, Fred
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cloddy Terraced, Contoured Field

Description: Photograph of Ted Lehman and A. T. Elder, SCS Technicians, examining a cloddy field. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: Ted Lehman and A. T. Elder. The back of the photograph proclaims, “This terraced, contoured field, having no residue to manage because of drought, has been chiseled once 8 or 9 inches deep to make surface cloddy as show here by SCS Technicians Ted Lehman (left) and A. T. Elder. There has been no blowing and even hard rain would not seal surface when soil … more
Date: April 21, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Mr. T. Kessler (right) shows Soil Conservation Service [SCS] Technician Roland E. Lee the growth of sericea lespedeza in this pasture which also contains native grasses. Badily eroded and depleted when he bought place, this upland range site is now in good condition. Used by heifers and dry cows, it is to be put into wheat, rye and hairy vetch pasture after 8 months of grazing as it is. OK-10-817.
Date: August 12, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Dennis Owen, son of J.C. Owen, owner, inspecting 8 acres of sericea lespedeza before the second cutting. Sericea has yielded approximately 100 bales of hay per acre per year for the past 10 years. LA-62-272-B.
Date: August 27, 1953
Creator: Loftin, L. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Dennis Owen, son of J.C. Owen, owner, inspecting 8 acres of sericea lespedeza before the second cutting. Sericea has yielded approximately 100 bales of hay per acre per year for the past 10 years. LA-62-272-B.
Date: August 27, 1953
Creator: Loftin, L. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Livestock

Description: Photograph of a Holstein heifer in a pasture of sericea lespedeza and native grasses that is kept for heifers and dry cows. Badly eroded and depleted when Mr. Kessler Teas bought the place, this upland range site is now in good condition. OK-10-818.
Date: August 12, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Livestock

Description: Photograph of a young registered Holstein bull in a field of sericea lespedesa and native grasses. Badly eroded and depleted when bought by Mr. Kesler Tess, this upland range site is now in good condition. OK-10-819.
Date: August 12, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of water and gulley erosion. Between Frank Kliewer [/} and Elmer Fleming farms, 7 miles SE of Cordell, OK. Overflow eneters North calvary Creek after running down the road less than 1/2 mile from where it leaves South Calvary Creek (See OK-10-783 and OK-10-782 series). Flood waters are washing out the road and endangering the bridge. This picture was made looking south. OK-784-B.
Date: April 29, 1953
Creator: Archer, Sellars G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Soil Unit 12 FC, Class III. 24 acres in cultivation for nearly 100 years. In the fall of 1950, 10 acres were chiseled, fertilized with 500 pounds of 0-14-?? Fertilizer and 100 pounds of 33-0-0 and seeded with crimson clover. During 1951, the whole field gave 4360 animal days grazing plus 2000 pounds of crimson clover seed off 10 acres. The rest of the field (14 acres) was fertilized with 300 pounds of 0-12-12 fertilizer and 100 pounds of 16-0-0 per acre. During 1952 (drought year)… more
Date: July 8, 1953
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of flood erosion between Frank Kleiner and elmer Flaning farms, 7 miles SE of Cordell, OK. Overflow enters North Cavalry Creek after running down the road less than 1/2 mile from where it leaves South Cavalry Creek (See OK-10-783 series). Flood waters are washing out the road and endangering the bridge. This picture was taken looking north (See OK-10-482 series). OK-10-784-4.
Date: April 29, 1953
Creator: Archer, Sellars G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Shawnee Lake Water Plant Basin Settling

Description: Photograph of Water Dept. Employee Tom McBride turning a settling basin valve at a water plant in Shawnee. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Water Dept. Employee Tom McBride turns valve in settling basin at water plant. Before grassland conservation program was applied in watershed of Shawnee Lake and water was full of soil from abandoned fields, settling basins had to be cleaned every two weeks. Now they are cleaned on an average of every 2 ½ months. Basins hold 750,000 gallons of water. … more
Date: August 10, 1953
Creator: Fox
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cloddy Terraced, Contoured Field

Description: Photograph of Ted Lehman and A. T. Elder, SCS Technicians, examining a cloddy field. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: Ted Lehman and A. T. Elder. The back of the photograph proclaims, "This terraced, contoured field, having no residue to manage because of drought, has been chiseled once 8 or 9 inches deep to make surface cloddy as show here by SCS Technicians Ted Lehman (left) and A. T. Elder. There has been no blowing and even hard rain would not seal surface when soil … more
Date: April 21, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cloddy Terraced, Contoured Field

Description: Photograph of Ted Lehman and A. T. Elder, SCS Technicians, examining a cloddy field. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: Ted Lehman and A. T. Elder. The back of the photograph proclaims, "This terraced, contoured field, having no residue to manage because of drought, has been chiseled once 8 or 9 inches deep to make surface cloddy as show here by SCS Technicians Ted Lehman (left) and A. T. Elder. There has been no blowing and even hard rain would not seal surface when soil … more
Date: April 21, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Osage and Edward Gifford Sitting on Fence

Description: Photograph of Osage and Edward Gifford sitting on a wooden fence on their father's Glenwood Gifford's land. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Osage Gifford, 2. Edward Gifford. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Two reasons why Gifford is doing a good conservation job of farming: his sons, Osage, 8, (left) and Edward, 7. He has their future in mind."
Date: July 1, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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