Conquering the Great American Desert: NebraskaNebraska State Historical Society, 1975 - 456 Seiten |
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... grass.15 It took about an acre of sod to make a regular twelve by fourteen foot house . In the eastern part of the state , where bluestem grass was used , the sod was ready for use as soon as the early summer growth formed a tough ...
... grass.15 It took about an acre of sod to make a regular twelve by fourteen foot house . In the eastern part of the state , where bluestem grass was used , the sod was ready for use as soon as the early summer growth formed a tough ...
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... grass fires . Even among the " oak openings , " as the partially wooded country was called , the interspersed prairies could be destroyed by burning the grasses between the forest areas . The farther west population moved , the larger ...
... grass fires . Even among the " oak openings , " as the partially wooded country was called , the interspersed prairies could be destroyed by burning the grasses between the forest areas . The farther west population moved , the larger ...
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... grass horse high as far as the eye could see . Smoke indicating a fire was sometimes seen for days and the horizon was illuminated night after night . Fires originating in Dakota Territory or in northwest- ern Nebraska were watched with ...
... grass horse high as far as the eye could see . Smoke indicating a fire was sometimes seen for days and the horizon was illuminated night after night . Fires originating in Dakota Territory or in northwest- ern Nebraska were watched with ...
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The Great American Desert | 3 |
Sod Construction | 21 |
Fuel | 49 |
Urheberrecht | |
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