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Farmhouse and Stump Land

Date: 06 17 1929
Description: Farm surrounded by cutover stump land.
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Burned Cedar Stumps

Date: 05 26 1963
Description: Burned cedar stumps in a swamp with a farm in the distance.
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Rocky Field

Date: 11 12 1906
Description: "An annual crop of rocks" at the George A. Nelson Farm.
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Clearing the Land

Date: 1905
Description: Man and woman using a double-handled saw to clear trees from their land.
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Burning Stumps

Date: 03 16 1915
Description: Smoke surrounds several stumps in a field as they are burned to make way for a farm field.
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Terraced Field

Date: 02 1915
Description: Elevated view of a terraced farm field belonging to M.L. Jackson. Multiple tree stumps are scattered throughout the foreground and farm buildings are in th...
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Plowing Around Stumps

Date: 02 24 1915
Description: Left side view of Earle Morris using a walking plow pulled by a mule in a field pitted with tree stumps.
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Children Clearing Land for New School Playground

Date: 03 13 1915
Description: Several children clearing land for a new school playground. Three boys are using axes to chop a log, and other children are gathered near the fire. Three b...
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Clearing Land

Date: 12 18 1922
Description: A man is using a McCormick-Deering 10-20(?) tractor to assist in clearing land in a residential area. Several other men are standing in the background hold...
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Draining Horicon Marsh

Date: 1914
Description: View of a drainage ditch in Horicon Marsh. A man is on a path along the left of the ditch.
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Two Men Pulling Stumps with a Tractor

Date: 06 16 1925
Description: One man is standing and watching while a man driving a tractor is pulling a stump from a field. There are farm buildings in the background.
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Two Men Pulling Stumps with a Tractor

Date: 06 16 1925
Description: View from rear of one man standing who is helping a man driving a tractor to pull a stump from a field. Farm buildings are in the far background.
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Stump Fence

Date: 1930
Description: A field is demarcated by tree stumps piled in a wide row. Beyond the piled stumps is a field with stumps still in the ground. There is a farm building on t...
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Country Road through Rolling Hills

Date: 08 08 1927
Description: View down dirt road towards an automobile coming up the hill. Trees have recently been cleared from the side of the road, and tree-covered hills are in the...
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View Down Cleared Section of Forested Hillside

Date: 08 08 1927
Description: View down steep hillside, a section of which appears to be recently cleared. Two men are standing near a horse, halfway down the hill in the cleared area. ...
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Farmall Tractor at Logging Operation for Stump Removal

Date: 09 29 1927
Description: Men working at logging site, removing stumps at Morris Bros. Ranch.
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Farmall Tractor at Logging Operation for Stump Removal

Date: 09 30 1927
Description: A man is removing a stump with a Farmall tractor at Morris Bros. Ranch. Downed trees are in the background.
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Farmall Tractor at Logging Operation for Stump Removal

Date: 09 30 1927
Description: A man is removing a stump with a Farmall tractor at Morris Bros. Ranch. Downed trees are in the background.
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Farmall Tractor at Logging Operation for Stump Removal

Date: 09 30 1927
Description: A man is removing a stump with a Farmall tractor at Morris Bros. Ranch. Downed trees are in the background.
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Farmall Tractor at Logging Operation for Stump Removal

Date: 09 30 1927
Description: A man is removing a stump with a Farmall tractor at Morris Bros. Ranch. Downed trees are in the background.

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