EARLY FENCING ON THE WESTERN MARGIN OF THE PRAIRIE

The pioneers used familiar modes of fencing in order to help establish effective settlement in Nebraska and Kansas. Ordinarily they started with zigzag rail fence, but soon resorted to substitutes as timber ran short. Hedges, especially of Osage orange, became unusually important in eastern Kansas a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of the Association of American Geographers 1981-12, Vol.71 (4), p.499-527
1. Verfasser:	HEWES, LESLIE
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Agriculture Crops Fences Fencing Herding Herds Prairies Rail fences Timber Towns
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