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Flood on Mel Sharpe's Property

Description: Photograph of a flooded field on Mel Sharpe’s property. Two fences are present in the foreground and middle of the photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, “October 1959 flood Mel Sharpe’s 3 miles west of Highway 74 on Cottonwood Creek."
Date: October 1959
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Flooded Farmland

Description: Photograph of flooded farmland west of Stillwater. Flooded hundreds of acres of armland and homes in the lowland.
Date: October 13, 1959
Creator: Chance, E. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Draining Water Using Dynamite

Description: Photograph of the upper end of dynamited ditch showing water draining into ditch.
Date: October 6, 1959
Creator: McClung, Forrest
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Sediment Damage to Creek Channel

Description: Photograph of sediment damage to creek channel on East Ionine Creek caused by recent heavy rains on the watershed.
Date: October 28, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Drainage Ditch Slated for Improvement

Description: Photograph of a drainage ditch before treatment showing a typical drainage ditch from the hill land that is being filled with the soil from the upland that prevents proper installation of drainage on this area. This water shed has been approved for planning and the floodwater retarding structures will alleviate this problem.
Date: October 28, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Dairy Herd Grazing Alfalfa

Description: Photograph of part of a 90 cow dairy herd grazing on alfalfa. Farm Superintendent Johnnie Nemecek in photo.
Date: October 28, 1959
Creator: Gould, Harold C.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Testing Guar

Description: Photograph of Guar (Variety Mesa) being tested at Woodward Experiment Station. This deep rooted drought resistant legume may hold some promise as a catch crop in northwestern Oklahoma. More information is needed on harvesting and marketing the crop in this area. There is some indication it may furnish a good quality protein supplement in the feeding ration for livestock. It furnished little erosion resistance and in all probability will have to be grown in strips with erosion resistant crops. M… more
Date: October 7, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Guar Testing

Description: Photograph of Guar (Variety Mesa) being tested at Woodward Experiment Station. This deep rooted drought resistant legume may hold some promise as a catch crop in northwestern Oklahoma. More information is needed on harvesting and marketing the crop in this area. There is some indication it may furnish a good quality protein supplement in the feeding ration for livestock. It furnished little erosion resistance and in all probability will have to be grown in strips with erosion resistant crops. M… more
Date: October 7, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Switchgrass Being Grown in Native Grass Nursery

Description: Photograph of Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) selections being grown in native grass nursery at Woodward Experiment Station.
Date: October 7, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Indian grass Being Grown in Native Grass Nursery

Description: Photograph of Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans) selections being grown in native grass nursery at Woodward Experiment Station.
Date: October 7, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Excellent Condition Range Grasses on Display

Description: Photograph of excellent condition range grasses shown on the display board from Cimarron County in the Soil Conservation District office.
Date: October 30, 1955
Creator: Welch, A. P.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Mr. Wright in His Caddo Switch Field

Description: Photograph of Mr. Tom Wright in his Caddo Switchgrass field.
Date: October 7, 1957
Creator: Engleman, Jack
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Hydraulic Coring Machine

Description: Photograph of a bull hydraulic power takeoff coring machine and tool box.
Date: October 2, 1957
Creator: Nance, Earl
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Clean Tilled Land vs Crop Residue Management

Description: Photograph of this is a contrast picture. The St. Paul silt loam has been planted to wheat on clean tilled land. Many of Northwest Oklahoma's seasons are too droughty and windy. A wind storm will damage this land and cause the farmer to loose his stand of wheat.
Date: October 3, 1957
Creator: Fanning, Carl
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Detention Reservoir Runoff

Description: Photograph of Permanent pool 23 acres surface area takin 1. 6 inches of runoff. Flood poll 77 acres surface are taking 5. 7 inches runoff. Discharge 10 cubic feet per second per square mile of drainage area. Reservoir is shown here nearing completion. This is a view of the up-stream face of the dam upper Washita.
Date: October 4, 1950
Creator: Davis, David O.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Gully at Sandstone Creek

Description: Photograph of head of active gully typical of many that dreain into Sandstone Creek. Note mass of earth that slipped into the gully a day or so before the picture was taken. Gullies like this contribute tremendous amounts of sediment and flood water to the streams below.
Date: October 4, 1950
Creator: Davis, David O.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Upper Washita Sandstone Creek

Description: Photograph of view across Sandstone Creek at same location seen in Okla. 10,520-A. Note sloughing of vertical banks cutting into bottown land.
Date: October 3, 1950
Creator: Davis, David O.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wildhorse Creek Washita River

Description: Photograph of site 22, Wildhorse Creek placing concrete in base of SCS inlet tower.
Date: October 11, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Washita Wildhorse Watershed

Description: Photograph of Wildhorse Creek Watershed, Site 22. Before photo. This reservoir, which will include municipal water for Duncan, will require 1,000,000 cu. Yd. for construction.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Brune, G. M.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Washita River Wildhorse Creek

Description: Photograph of Wildhorse Creek Watershed, Site 22, See OK-187-4.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Brune, G. M.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Sandstone Creek Upper Washita

Description: Photograph of permant pool 23 acres surface area taking 1. 6 inches of runoff. Flood pool 77 acres surface area taking 5. 7 inches runoff. Discharge 10 cubic fee per second per square mile of drainage area. Reservoir is shown here nearing completion. This is a view of the downstream face of the dam. Discharge pipe is being laid at right, below the dam.
Date: October 4, 1950
Creator: Davis, David O.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Flooding

Description: Photograph of Flooded hundreds of acres of farmland and homes in the lowland.
Date: October 13, 1959
Creator: Chance, R. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Combining Irrigated Maize

Description: 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

Description: 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
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