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Kalamazoo, Michigan has been around officially around since the eighteen thirties. It has long since a agricultural producer and has been growing steadily throughout the years as a metropolitan area. This paper will focus on the actual land itself mainly looking at the geological history, glacial formations, streams, wind landforms, groundwater, climate, soil, vegetation, agriculture, tourism, and a small summary of the community of the area of Kalamazoo.

Central Plains is well known to be the “corn and wheat belt of the bread basket”, due to its numerous farms that produce amount of the nation supply. It has also create a gigantic amount of dairy in central plains, that helps wisconsin's becoming producing the most cheese of any state in the country. Central Plains have develop from many different cultures such as Native American tribes identify ways of harvesting and preparing crops, where the Native Americans demonstrate these technique to the Europeans. And many of these procedure can be seen in today’s Midwest society.

It all started with a drought in the Midwest in the 1930s. “The great western explorer”, John Wesley Powell, “determined that 20 inches of rain annually was the minimum for successful farming.”(Doc. E). High Plains Regional

The main crop being produced in this area was tobacco. There was such high demand for tobacco, it eventually cause the soil to become try old and tired. By the soil drying out it increased the need for new land.

As one can see, the earthworks of the Ohio and Mississippi valley are critical in the understanding the past. They provide great clues about the migration of the Ancient people of this land. It is still not understood how the Western World was settled and under great debate. Any clues that are available should be used and the mounds are a great source. Native

By this time there had been four generations of farmers who had worked the land, but they did not realize they needed to keep some of the natural prairie grasses because that was what held the dirt down and kept it from blowing away. All the loose topsoil was exposed and at the mercy of the winds.

For at least one hundred miles inland, flat land and swamps were all around. Stated in Document B “It is remarkable for the diversity of its soil; that near the coast is generally sandy, but not therefore unfruitful; in other parts there is clay, loam, and marl; I have seen of the soil some high bluffs, near the sides of the rivers, that exactly resembles castile soap, and is not less variegated with red and blue veins, nor less clammy.” Basically, this quote is saying that near the swamps it was harder to grow their crops because of the different types of soil, like clay for example. Also back then it would be harder to identify the different kinds of

This is the history of a beautiful region that takes place back in 1850’s when the Sioux and Winnebago tribes lived in these lands. These tribes spread around the Midwest mostly for their food, which include buffaloes (wild Bison), deer, antelope, and wild turkey and hens, wild fruits cherries, berries, and plums and wild vegetables potatoes, spinach, and prairie turnips. These tribes lived in peace and harmony until Joseph Hewitt and James Dickirson arrived in the area in 1851. Joseph Hewitt and James Dickirson settlement soon became an amicable town. Hewitt traded goods with the indian tribes and Dickirson had rich soil for farming.

farming practices and thousands of acres of flat grassland being plowed, the soil no longer had

Before the Dust Bowl ever took place, The Great Plow-Up took place. The Great Plow-Up was accounted for in the years of 1910’s and the 1920’s, ten years before everything would be destroyed. It was in the southern plains and was “the last frontier of agriculture” To the government all the add ups of the rising wheat prices, the war in Europe, and the unique rain patterns would have created to them a land boom(PBS). The Great Plow-Up however, would turn 5.2 million acres of native grassland into wheat fields. Bringing in newcomers and new towns that sprang up overnight(About The Dust Bowl). As the The Great Depression began to pile up economic disaster, “suitcase farmers” began to leave their farms, leaving 5.2 million acres of land that took thousands of years to create diligent farming land now was left to be destroyed and empty. After the Great Plow-Up would begin the next ten years of disaster. The first few

Illinois became Frances agricultural Empire In North America because of the “Surprising amounts” of grain that was produced there.

During the 1910s to 1920s wheat prices raised because World War one was happening so Europe was demanding crops.So many farmers plowed millions of acres of land that then they didn't need.Then in 1931 the wheat prices plummeted and crops began to fail.So all of the land that the farmers had plowed it all went to waste and the soil was all

The first factor in Diamond’s five-point framework is environmental damage. In Greenland, the Norse destroyed the natural vegetation, caused soil erosion and cut turn (Diamond, 248). They burned or cut down trees to clear land for farming and

Non-irrigated Capability Subclass: The subclass is a rating c, which means that the main limitation in this climate is either very cold or very dry. The USDA Plant Hardiness

Compared to Delaware in size, most of the soil is infertile due to lack of nutrients and insufficient drainage. Richer soil found near rivers and flood plains provides for best agricultural potential. The country 's climate produces a humid tropical environment with significant rainfall throughout the year near the coast and much higher further inland. Natural hazards include earthquakes and monsoons, but are not frequent experiences (Thambipillai, 2014).