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Barnitz Creek Detention Success Story

Description: Photograph of Barnitz Creek bottomland farm which was protected from damage in the May 1951 flood by Barnitz Creek detention reservoirs Nos. 1 and 2. Crops are corn, cotton and alfalfa. Farm worked by Winfred Shepard.
Date: August 20, 1951
Creator: Tomkins, Gordon
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Barnitz Creek Watershed

Description: Photograph of site 40, laying concrete structure pipe. Showing coating on bottom half of pipe; batter boards used in alignment; and joing filler in place. L. Rounds, C. Touchstone, D. Touchstone, O. Winalow (Supt. ) C. Gold (SCS inspector) and Kpipworth.
Date: May 24, 1955
Creator: Matthews, J. S.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Barnitz Creek Watershed Dam Construction

Description: Photograph of site 52. Paul R. Moody, contractor cutting ditch for toe (lateral) drain; into ditch will go gravel filler and perforated pipe for maintaining a low water table at the back toe of the dam. Shown: 1) Backhoe used in ditching 2) Checking grade 3) Spillway cut in background. Paul R. Moody on backhoe, Mr. Baker with rod; Paul G. Moody with hand level.
Date: July 1, 1955
Creator: Matthews, J. S.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Basement Box 51.0048]

Description: Caption: "J. B. Morton, Clinton, and Kenneth Baker, Custer City, both agriculture teachers, are shown putting the last few nails in the roof of the new pig and sheep shed constructed by six Custer county teachers."
Date: August 6, 1953
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0256]

Description: Photograph is of the remains of a wooden structure that was destroyed by a fire. Most of the roof is collapsed into the interior of the building and only part of a wall and charred wooded beams remains standing. Caption: "Fire Tuesday which destroyed a building housing the base chapel, gymnasium, post exchange and NCO club, at Clinton-Sherman air fore base has been blamed on faulty wiring. Maj. Ervin Bork, base fire marshal, estimated loss at $108,000."
Date: October 17, 1956
Creator: Westervelt, Jay
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0257]

Description: Photograph is the remains of a wooden building that most was destroyed by fire. Burnt wooden studs and debris lies in the interior of the building with the back exterior wall half standing. Caption: "SHERMAN AIR FORCE BASE."
Date: October 17, 1956
Creator: Westervelt, Jay
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0258]

Description: Photograph is of three men, tow on a firetruck directing a stream of water from the truck's ladder onto a roof of a single story metal building. The other man is walking away from the truck while observing the fire. Smoke is rising from the roof of the building and much of the roof has fallen into the interior of the building. Caption: "A pumper unit and hook and ladder wagon direct a stream on the roof during its collapse Monday as the Chickasha Cotton Oil Co."
Date: March 20, 1954
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0259]

Description: Photograph is of the remains of a structure that was destroyed by fire. There is metal rubble and burnt wood standing and strewn across the ground. Smoke is still lightly rising from the remains. Caption: "Still smoldering Thursday were ruins of the Chickasha Cotton Oil compress of Chickasha after fire late Wednesday night did damage estimated at $90,000."
Date: October 4, 1963
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Boy Scout Conservation Efforts

Description: Photograph of Gene Smith and John Ottinger, Boy Scouts from Troop 361 Covered Wagon District, fill gunny sacks with bermuda roots, getting them ready to place in a gully to help prevent erosion as a soil and water conservation project.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ottinger, A. P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Boy Scout Conservation Efforts

Description: Photograph of Chris Day, Boy Scout Covered Wagon District Executive, hands Jess Dewees, Chairman of the Upper Washita Soil Conservation District, a check for grass seed to plant at Dripping Springs Boy Scout Camp. Walter Stidham, center, camping and activities chairman of the Covered Wagon District and [no first name given] Holland, cub scout Nance PTA look on [sic]. [OK-ID no. crossed out: 1169-1]
Date: unknown
Creator: Ottinger, A. P.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Business Section

Description: Photograph of a post card of the Business Section, Clinton, OK. Printed by Colourpicture, Cambridge, MA. Published by Lemon-Mount Co., Clinton, OK, postmarked May 12, 1947.
Date: May 12, 1947
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Cattle Grazing on Buffalograss Growing on Ridges from a Contour Ridged Pasture/Elk City Project/Clinton Camp

Description: Photograph of eight cattle grazing on buffalograss from ridges in a contour ridged pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cattle grazing buffalo grass from ridges in a contour ridged pasture. This pasture was contour ridged and spot sodded to buffalo grass in the spring of 1936. Notice the cattle's apparent preference for the new grass on the ridges."
Date: March 18, 1937
Creator: Hufnagle
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cattle on Native Bluestem Pasture

Description: Graft left and Marshall Jordan, SCS technician, observing native bluestem pasture which Graft has brought back through periodic rest. This pasture was rested from Aug. 1, 1949 to Aug. 1, 1950, then grazed until Dec. 1, 1950 and rested again until May 1, 1951. Predominating grass is little bluestem. Graft's range is divided into three large pastures. "If I winter my cattle on one of the pastures," he says, "that pasture is not used during the following growing season. " He stocks his native gras… more
Date: August 21, 1951
Creator: Tomkins, Gordon
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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