1996
Minnesota Farm Country
Minnesota was once either distinctly forest or distinctly prairie. Many parts of southern Minnesota were on the border of tall grass prairie and deciduous forest. The early settlers cleared much of the land by harvesting the trees for building materials and firewood. Nature helped also with fires and storms. In this pastoral scene, rich farmland seems to be dotted with patches of deciduous forest which have eluded both the woodsman’s axe and nature’s fires.
PHoto Bob Firth
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