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As Arkansas River shrank, so did watermelon industry. While states like California and Washington eventually boomed with specialty crops including grapes and apples, Kansas couldn’t sustain its ...
Jamestown was founded in 1878, and was incorporated as a city in 1883. [4] It was named for either Senator James Pomeroy, [5] or James P. Pomeroy, a railroad official. [6] [7] [8] A post office was opened in Alva (an extinct town) in 1871, but it was moved to Jamestown in 1878. [9]
To meet 1933 goals, 10 million acres (40,000 km 2) of growing cotton was plowed up, bountiful crops were left to rot, and six million piglets were killed and discarded. [78] The idea was the less produced, the higher the wholesale price and the higher income to the farmer.
On April 10, they entered the “Chesupioc” Bay and landed alongside “faire meddowes and goodly tall trees.” [8] Finally on April 26, 1607, the London Company reached Virginia, and declared their settlement Jamestown in honor of the King. [9] Almost immediately the London Company began sending shipments of trees back to England.
The social history of American agriculture (1936) online; Schapsmeier, Edward L., and Frederick H. Encyclopedia of American Agricultural History (Greenwood, 1975) Schob, David E. Hired hands and plowboys: farm labor in the Midwest, 1815-60 (1975), pp. 173–249. Shannon, Fred A. The Farmer's Last Frontier: Agriculture, 1860–1897 (1945) online
The Rise of the Wheat State: A History of Kansas Agriculture, 1861- 1986 (1987) 16 topical essays by experts. online; Ise, John. Sod and Stubble: The Story of a Kansas Homestead (U of Nebraska Press, 1972) La Forte, Robert Sherman. Leaders of Reform: Progressive Republicans in Kansas, 1900-1916 (1974) online; Lee, R. Alton.
In Kansas City or even Salina, 40 miles southeast of Lincoln, a builder who spends $150,000 to construct a new home can safely assume it will sell for far more than $150,000, ensuring a profit.
Jamestown Wildlife Area consist of 3,239 acres (13.11 km 2) in Northern Kansas. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is located primarily in Republic County, Kansas and partially in Cloud County, Kansas . Driving directions are 5 miles (8.0 km) North and 2 miles (3.2 km) West of Jamestown .