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Crop Flooding

Description: Photograph of floodwater from a 3. 5 inch rain 18 to 30 hours prior to photo. The different heights of the cotton is due to water standing in the field. This land would be Class I land if it weren’t for flood water. It is producing about 30 percent of what it should be.
Date: July 22, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Forestry-Management

Description: Photograph of undesirable hardwood treated with 2-4-5T using a tree injector. Open areas were planted with pine seedlings in December of 1957 at the rate of 1000 per acre. A total of 40,000 seedlings were planted. Compartments 1 and 2.
Date: July 22, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Forestry-Tree Farm

Description: Photograph of a first member tree farm. This farm is registered with the American Tree Farm System. It consists of 30 acres of pine released by girdling undesirable hardwoods in 1953. A selective cut was made in 1957. Excellent natural reproduction is evident from a good seed crop in 1957.
Date: July 22, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Forestry-Tree Farm

Description: Photograph of First member tree farm. This plan is registered with the American Tree Farm System. It consists of 30 acres of pine released by girdling undesireable hardwoods in 1953. A selective cut was made in 1957. Excellent natural reproduction is evident from a good seed crop in 1957.
Date: July 22, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of a forestry tree farm. First member tree farm. This farm is registered with the American Tree Farm System. It consists of 30 acres of pine trees released by girding undesireable hardwoods in 1953. A selective cut was made in 1957. Excellent natural reproduction is evident froma good seed crop in 1957. OK-629-5.
Date: July 22, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of the Little River Soil Conservation Department [SCD] as it pursues a vigorous forestry program. High grading the woods and leaving the worst for 40 years makes good forest more expensive and difficult as the task becomes even larger or greater. Over 300,000 acres need inferior upload hardwood controlled in predominant pine stands. East of Glover near Bethel.
Date: April 22, 1956
Creator: Hayes, Earl J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of planted forest showing three-year old pine trees. These trees were planted with the Valliant Soil Conservation Disrict planting equipment on Class VII land. This planting is part of an 80 acre tree farm. OK-629-3.
Date: July 22, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of the Little River in McCurtain County, Oklahoma. Oklahoma water goes to sea. Filtered through a protected, well-covered watershed means clear water. Probably two million acre-feet* of water escape the Little River SCD as unused each year. Mt. Fork River carries around one-third of the district watershed. OK-260-10. * an acre-foot refers to water that covers one acre of land, at a depth of one foot = approx. 326,000 gallons.
Date: April 22, 1956
Creator: Hayes, Earl J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of flooding. Floodwater from a 3.5 inch rain 18 to 30 hours prior to the photo's taking. The different heights of the cotton owes to water standing in the field. This land would be class 1 land if not for the flood water. It is producing about 30% of what it should produce. OK-628-7.
Date: July 22, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of Flood prevention drainage. Main channel # 1 on Whitegrass shooting from bridge looking east of the Whitegrass Waterhole watershed flood control project. This land floods too frequently to allow growing grass. A 3 ½ inch rain of 18 to 30 hours previous to the photo’s taking caused this excess water. The channel is inadequate to remove flood water for proper drainage. OK-628-6.
Date: July 22, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Watersheds

Description: Photograph of the main channel #1 at the intersection with Highway 32 on the Whitegrass-Waterhole watershed. OK-4319-9.
Date: July 22, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Watersheds

Description: Photograph downstream on main channel #2 at county road south of Iron Stob Road on the Whitegrass-Waterhole watershed constructed in 1963. OK-4319-14.
Date: July 22, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Watersheds

Description: Photograph looking upstream on main channel # 1 on county road east of lateral C. houston Bridges fishing at Whitegrass-Waterhole watershed. OK-4320-6B.
Date: July 22, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Watersheds

Description: Photograph of looking upstream at lower end of main channel # 1, Whitegrass-Waterhole watershed, Jerry Mathiews, district conservationist at Valliant. OK-4320-14B.
Date: July 22, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Watersheds

Description: Photograph looking downstream on main channel # 1 on county road east of lateral C. houston Bridges fishing at Whitegrass-Waterhole watershed. Jerry Mathiews, disrict conservationist at Valliant. OK-4320-4D.
Date: July 22, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Watersheds

Description: Photograph of Houston Bridges fishing from a bridge over the main channel # 1 near county road east of lateral C, Whitegrass-Waterhole watershed. OK-4320-12B.
Date: July 22, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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