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[Photograph 2012.201.B1006.0338]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Denzil Drain, a sergeant at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, enjoys trout fishing at Turner falls Park in the Arbuckle Mountains near Davis."
Date: January 24, 1990
Creator: McDaniel, David
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Watersheds

Description: Photograph of lake behind 79-foot embankment of site 27 on Caddo Creek watershed, Bob Rhoads, DC, at Ardmore, Oklahoma. OK-4322-6D.
Date: July 24, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1098.0091]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Above where propbsed Turner Falls rock festival stands on "trial," can still be seen in Sulphur fan cooled and lighted with early day fixtures."
Date: July 24, 1970
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1098.0105]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Construction of band stand in background, and placement of litter barrels was underway Thursday on mountain ti above Turner Falls despite chances planned rock festival may be thwarted."
Date: July 24, 1970
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1372.0307]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Top men on the 15-man house team of appropriations conferees are Rep. Carl Williams D-Sulphur, right, and Rep. Williams P. Willis, D-Tahlequah."
Date: April 24, 1962
Creator: Matheson, Mandell
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Benefits of Washita River and Mill Creek Watershed Projects

Description: Photograph of an irrigation project made possible because of protection afforded by 4 floodwater retarding structures on upper end of Mill Creek. Ensilage, alfalfa, barley, and grain sorghum are grown for feed. Sugar drip cans made 50 tons of ensilage per acre with 2 cuttings. The crop was heavily fertilized and irrigated from deep wells. Feed pens have a capacity of 1500 to 2000 head.
Date: April 24, 1961
Creator: Fry, Chester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cow Feeding Lots and Flood Control-Benefits-Mill Creek

Description: Photograph of three UNIDENTIFED people pouring ensilage into feeding troughs via truck. Numerous cattle inhabit the feeding pens and in the background of photo. The ensilage was produced onsite thanks to four floodwater retaining structures protecting the owner's fields. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Flood Control-Benefits-Mill Creek. Cattle feed pens. Cattle being fed ensilage produced on irrigated land protected from overflow by 4 floodwater retarding structures on upper Mill Creek. … more
Date: April 24, 1961
Creator: Fry, Chester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Flood Control Benefits

Description: Photograph of Mill Creek cattle feed pens built on sloping land with irrigated land in background. Irrigation project was possible because of the protection afforded by 4 floodwater retarding structures on upper end of Mill Creek. Ensilage, alfalfa, barley, and grain sorghum are grown for feed. Sugar drip cans made 50 tons of ensilage per acre with 2 cuttings. The crop was heavily fertilized and irrigated from deep wells. Feed pens have a capacity of 1500 to 2000 head.
Date: April 24, 1961
Creator: Fry, Chester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Flood Control Benefits from Mill Creek

Description: Photograph of cattle feed pens with cattle being fed ensilage produced on irrigated land protected from overflow by 4 floodwater retarding structures on upper Mill Creek. Two cuttings of ensilage made 50 tons per acre in 1960. Feed pens have capacity of 1500 to 2000 head. Other feeds produced include alfalfa hay, barley, and grain sorghums. Irrigation is from deep wells.
Date: April 24, 1961
Creator: Fry, Chester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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