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A Change from Native Pasture

Description: Photograph of Double Creek Site 14. Land use changed from native pasture to tame-in the flood pool area. Native grasses were killed out in 1957 due to high water after shich was seeded with common bermudagrass.
Date: October 24, 1961
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of the watershed, Double Creek, Site No. 4. Land use changed from native pasture to [unclear] in the flood pool area. Native grasses were killed in 1957 due to high water after which was sodded with cotton [?] Bermuda grass. Seen in the photo is Mr. Walter Sears standing in the native grass with the tame grass in the background. OK-1601-5.
Date: October 24, 1961
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of a watershed area. The Double Creek Site # 4. Land use changed from a native pasture to tame the flood pool area. Native grasses were killed in 1957 due to high water after which it was sodded with common bermuda. OK-1601-4
Date: October 24, 1961
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of a watershed area. The Double Creek Site # 4. Land use changed from a native pasture to tame the flood pool area. Native grasses were killed in 1957 due to high water after which it was sodded with common bermuda. OK-1601-3.
Date: October 24, 1961
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of the Double Creek sub-watershed, Site # 1, Caney River Watershed. Forms for upper part of the front anti-seep collar. OK-169-7.
Date: September 28, 1955
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of a floodwater retarding structure. The water is discharging through a 30-inch diameter of the principal spillway with the water approximately 16 feet above the top of drop inlet. OK-544-5.
Date: July 19, 1957
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of the Caney River Watershed, Site # 6, looking northeast from the station, 11+00 along C/L [center line] of dam. OK-203-7.
Date: December 1955
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of a floodwater retarding structure. Water discharging through 30-inch diameter principal spillway with water approximately 16 feet above the top of the drop inlet. OK-544-4.
Date: July 19, 1957
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of wet core trench being excavated with a 3/4 cubic yard dragline and loaded into scrapers to be disposed of Station 10+50 C/L (center line) of dam
Date: September 14, 1955
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of the Double Creek sub-watershed, Site # 6. Silt stone being excavated from the spillway for placement in the embankment. Station 7+00 and 50 feet left C/L (center line) of spillway. OK-169-11.
Date: October 18, 1955
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of wet core trench being excavated with a 3/4 cubic yard dragline and loaded into scrapers to be disposed of Station 10+50 C/L (center line) of dam
Date: September 14, 1955
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Watersheds

Description: Photograph of lower end of concrete pipe. OK-169-6.
Date: September 28, 1955
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of vegetation of flood detention structures. The use of the machinery on slopes of 3:1 or steeper requires a cable set up to hold equipment , both for safety and to prevent damage to the seedbed by equipment slippage. This contractor used a reenforced railroad rail secured to a cat-tractor with a wench mounted on each and for two cables--one for the tractor and one for the sprigging machine. Note box for hauling extra supplies of roots. An operator on sprigging machine is essential t… more
Date: April 23, 1956
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0199

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of a fire hose spraying water at a destroyed building after a fire. Caption: "Hundreds of thousands of gallons of water were still being trained on the Grey Building late Saturday"
Date: October 9, 1964
Creator: Heaton, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Dewey Hotel

Description: Photograph of the porch or veranda of the Dewey Hotel, Indian Territory.
Date: unknown
Creator: Larrick
Location: 36.799205 -95.937055
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Double Creek Watershed Sign

Description: Photograph of the sign on US Highway 75 at the entrance into Double Creek Watershed from the south. The six upstream detention dams constructed on the watershed were designed and constructed by the Soil Conservation Service.
Date: May 12, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of alfalfa, Double Creek watershed. Alfalfa grown in rotation with grain. Vetch and rye are used on this farm for soil improvement. Weeping lovegrass is planted on some Class IV land for soil improvement. Lime and fertilizer have been applied on the Chasin eden farm according to soil tests. All land on this farm are under a Soil Conservation agreement. OK-274-3.
Date: May 12, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[2012.201.B0320.0176]

Description: A daylight photograph of Karen Edwards, a golfer from Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma. The image is discolored with red wax pencil edit marks. Caption: "Karen Edwards, Bartlesville."
Date: June 15, 1971
Creator: Pate, Dave
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Double Creek Overall View

Description: Photograph of Double Creek, an overall view of the reservoir looking upstream.
Date: unknown
Creator: Phillips Petroleum Co.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Double Creek Overall View of Site 2

Description: Photograph of Double Creek, an overall view of the reservoir looking downstream.
Date: unknown
Creator: Phillips Petroleum Co.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Double Creek Overall View of Site 2

Description: Photograph of Double Creek, an overall view of the reservoir looking upstream.
Date: unknown
Creator: Phillips Petroleum Co.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Children on Vacation

Description: Photograph of Lyndzi Knight and Michael Knight (children of Chris and Leanne Knight) and Nicole E Rauh (daughter of Sam and Susan Rauh) on a Grammajac Vacation at Osage State Park near Bartlesville. 2005. Grandparents are Stan and MaryJac Rauh, Okeene, OK.
Date: 2005
Creator: Rauh, MaryJac
Partner: Okeene Historical Preservation Group

Chimney Rock Ranch Angus Cattle

Description: Photograph of 24+ Angus cattle grazing on a field consisting of Balboa rye, Oregon rye grass, yellow hop, white Dutch, black medic Korean lespedeza, and Bermudagrass. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Angus cattle grazing Balboa rye & Oregon ryegrass. This improved pasture has yellow hop, white Dutch, black medic, Korean lespedeza, and Bermuda grass in it. When the picture was made the cattle had been in the rye & ryegrass 4 days. This ranch extends into both the Caney Valley & Osage Count… more
Date: April 10, 1947
Creator: Reid, Louis
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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