
Date of origin: 1957
[back] “A “Blown” Area” – “They plowed up the Southwest Cattle Range … but the Kansas winds continued to blow.” No negative; Picture by H.E. Chrisman 1957 west of Liberal, Kansas
[note] Victim of the Plow Pioneer cattlemen told early settlers that it would be difficult to make a living by the plow on the arid southwest plains. But nothing could stop the tide of settlement. An Indian, looking at the plowed earth, grunted: “white man heap fool; turn earth upside down.” Though the wind has always blown over the southwest plains, causing “sandstorms,” it created small damage until the great plows turned the buffalo grass under. Then the earth began to move. Thousands of acres of land were rendered fit only for Soil Bank use. Some has been re-seeded to grass. This photo was taken in 1957 four miles west of Liberal, Kansas. Photo by Author. [Photo by Author. is underlined]
Picture is of a sand dune with plants on top of it.
Descriptive Title | Date of Origin | Format Type | Size | Image |
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National Bank in Ashland, KS | 3 1/16 x 3 1/2″ | ![]() | ||
Monte Casino | 3 1/16 x 3 5/8 | ![]() | ||
Monte Casino | 1 7/8 x 3 9/16 | ![]() | ||
Ox Ranch | 5 x 7 3/16 | ![]() | ||
View of the plains | 5 1/8 x 7 1/2 | ![]() | ||
Ox ranch (ruins) | 3 1/2 x 4 7/16 | ![]() | ||
Ox ranch (ruins) | 3 1/2 x 4 7/16 | ![]() | ||
Ox ranch (ruins) | 3 1/2 x 4 7/16 | ![]() | ||
Ox ranch (ruins) | March 1980 | 3 1/2 x 4 7/16 | ![]() | |
old ranch house | May 1962 | 2 5/16 x 2 1/4 | ![]() | |
Old ranch house | August 1961 | 3 5/16 x 3 1/4 | ![]() | |
Old ranch house | August 1961 | 3 5/16 x 3 5/16 | ![]() | |
Shady Lawn | 3 9/16 x 3 11/16 | ![]() | ||
Shady Lawn | 3 9/16 x 3 3/4 | ![]() | ||
Old ranch house | January 1955 | 3 1/2 x 5 3/16 | ![]() | |
Cowboys Quiet game | 5 1/8 x 7 3/4 | ![]() | ||
Old ranch house | January 1955 | 3 9/16 x 5 3/16 | ![]() | |
Old ranch house | September 1955 | 3 9/16 x 5 3/16 | ![]() | |
Texas Cattle Trail North of Dodge | 3 9/16 x 5 1/16 | ![]() | ||
Texas Trail Pine Bluff, WY | October 1955 | 3 9/16 x 5 1/8 | ![]() | |
Santa Fe Trail | August 1954 | 3 1/2 x 5 1/16 | ![]() | |
May Jackson’s Grave | 1954 | 3 1/8 x 4 5/8 | ![]() | |
May Jackson’s Grave | 1954 | 3 3/16 x 4 11/16 | ![]() | |
Fargo Springs School | April 1955 | 3 9/16 x 5 1/4 | ![]() | |
Arkalon | 1955 | 3 5/8 x 3 1/2 | ![]() | |
Old Fargo Springs School | 1955 | 3 x 4 5/16″ | ![]() | |
Western Round up | 5 1/8 x 7 5/8 | ![]() | ||
Corlett Gravesite | 2 3/4 x 4 1/2 | ![]() | ||
Portrait of Alec Foltz | 1880-1895 | 5 1/16 x 7 | ![]() | |
Merchant Ranch | 1893 | 5 1/16 x 7 | ![]() |