Oregon State Planning Board Records Guide
Image Slide Show - Stockwater Excavation
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A pickup truck sits next to an excavation in the bed of a dry lake in Eastern Oregon. The circa 1935 photograph was part of an effort by the Oregon State Planning Board to promote stockwater projects. The caption reads "These excavations prolong the usefulness of dry lakes until fall rains." (Oregon State Planning Board Records, Water Resources Records, Stockwater Correspondence, separated photograph from box 19, folder 5)