"Breaking Prairie Sod With 'Case' 32 Horse Plow Engine," 1915
THF284044 / "Breaking Prairie Sod With 'Case' 32 Horse Plow Engine," 1915
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Artifact Overview
Treeless grasslands covered 1.4 million square miles of North America, but crews with plowing engines like this created crop fields in short order. Work crews traveled from farm to farm pulling their equipment, a cook wagon, and fuel supplies. Others invested in "bonanza farms," intensely cultivating thousands of acres season after season. This system of agriculture destroyed the semi-arid plains ecosystem.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Postcard
Date Made
1915
Subject Date
1915
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
91.315.1355
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Christine Dillon.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Handwriting
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.438 in
Width: 5.375 in
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