https://www.lib.umn.edu/apps/mhapo/
Kinda cool to look through and see how areas have changed
h2ofwlr wrote:
And of course the loss of hundreds of thousands of wetlands in the WSW 1/2 of MN. Many do not understand that wetland draining started almost immediately once the settlers arrived and by end of 1890s they were using ox drawn ditching (mechanical) apparatus to make 5' deep ditches to drain type I and II wetlands. Then the steam bucket shovels and drag lines came, etc, etc.
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