National Register Record for FULLERTON DAM

Historic Name: FULLERTON DAM
Current Name: SAME
Address: 7 MILES NW OF OLUSTEE
City: OLUSTEE VICINITY            County: JACKSON
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE FULLERTON DAM WAS FIRST THE GRAVITY FLOW IRRIGATION SYSTEM IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA. ITS CONSTRUCTION BEGAN IN THE 1890S AND THE SYSTEM FUNCTIONED UNTIL 1919 WHEN IT WAS DESTROYED BY FLOODING. IN ITS PRIME, IT WAS USED TO IRRIGATED AS MANY AS 1500 ACRES OF AGRICULTURAL CROP LAND. MR. FULLERTON USED LIMESTONE BLOCKS FROM A NEARBY QUARRY AS WELL AS DIRT TO CONSTRUCT THE DAM AND CANAL SYSTEM. THE COMPLETED DAM WAS UP TO FIFTY FEET WIDE AND TWENTY FEET DEEP IN PLACES. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 11/7/1976.

Type: STRUCTURE
Historic Function: VACANT/NOT IN USE
Current Function: AGRICULTURE/SUBSISTENCE: IRRIGATION FACILITY
Area of Significance 1: AGRICULTURE
Area of Significance 2: ENGINEERING
Architectural Style: None
Architect: FULLERTON
Year Built: 1895            Original Site: YES
Condition: RUINS
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: NOVEMBER 1975