Looking east on Broadway, Newton May 2012 |
Agriculture, and especially the production of wheat, has been a major part of Harvey County's history since the 1870s.
It is fun to think about the ways that wheat harvest has changed over the years, yet remained much the same.
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Wheat Harvest near Burrton, 1899 A.R. Challender, R.T. Challender, Mr. Billings |
Wheat Harvest, 2012 |
someone still needs to bring lunch to the field,
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Lunch break, 1918 Linscheid family |
and the harvested grain still needs to get to the grain elevator.
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Hesston, ca. 1915 |
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Newton, 1953 |
So, drive carefully around those old wheat trucks, enjoy Kansas at it's best.