Erosion in Middleton | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

Photograph

Erosion in Middleton

Erosion in Middleton | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
From back of print: "Dane County, Town of Middleton, north 1/2 section of section 17 looking SW from a hill across the valley showing erosion and stump pasture. Practically all land abuses may be seen in this one photo from cultivating and pasturing of slopes to denuding of the hillsides; also drainage ditch across foreground and the running of corn rows straight down hill. Value of this land now practically nil."
DESCRIPTION
From back of print: "Dane County, Town of Middleton, north 1/2 section of section 17 looking SW from a hill across the valley showing erosion and stump pasture. Practically all land abuses may be seen in this one photo from cultivating and pasturing of slopes to denuding of the hillsides; also drainage ditch across foreground and the running of corn rows straight down hill. Value of this land now practically nil."
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:38174
Creation Date: 04 1937
Creator Name:Unknown
City:Middleton
County:Dane
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:Wisconsin Land Inventory project material, 1929-1941, 1947
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:photographic print, b&w
Original Format Number:PH Seies 1955
Original Dimensions:10 x 8 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Wisconsin Land Economic Inventory photograph.
SUBJECTS
Plants
Trees
Cities and towns
Erosion
Land use, Rural
Outdoor photography
Surveying
Roads

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