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This black and white photo depicts a group of farmers using a coal burning case tractor and a disc plow to turn the sod in Greeley County, Kansas. In the background, a team of horses are hitched to a nearby wagon and a cylinder shaped water tank.
Date: Between 1880s and 1890s
This image of a farmer working a field mirrors the image in the state seal.
KS:1st:3.2
Item Number: 212548
Call Number: FK2.G8 .31 P. *2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 212548
Agriculture - Agricultural methods and practices - Plowing
Agriculture - Implements and machinery - Discs
Agriculture - Implements and machinery - Tractors
Agriculture - Implements and machinery - Wagons
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Farmers
Collections - Photograph
Curriculum - 1st Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - Significant events (Benchmark 3) - Kansas flag symbols (Indicator 2)
Date - 1880s
Date - 1890s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Counties - Greeley
Type of Material - Photographs
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/212548