Conservation History Blog
Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society Celebrates 75th Anniversary of Cloud Creek No. 1 with Congressman Frank Lucas
The Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society and the Washita County Conservation District welcomed conservation dignitaries to Cordell, Oklahoma on April 23, 2023, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Cloud Creek No. 1, the first upstream flood control dam completed as part of a national program of watershed flood control and soil conservation under the authority of the 1944 Flood Control Act.
FIRST IN THE NATION WATERSHED DAM: CLOUD CREEK SITE No. 1 CELEBRATES 75 YEARS
FIRST IN THE NATION WATERSHED DAM: CLOUD CREEK SITE No. 1 CELEBRATES 75 YEARS — July 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the dedication of Cloud Creek Detention Reservoir No. 1 on July 8, 1948. That day people from across Oklahoma and the United States came to the Troy Orr farm, a few miles southeast of Cordell in Washita County, to take part in celebrating completion of the nation’s first upstream watershed dam — first in the country to be built as part of a national program authorized by the 1944 Flood Control Act (P.L.534)