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A black and white photograph showing a levee being built at Cheyenne Bottoms in Barton County, Kansas. The 41,000 acre tract of land located between Great Bend, Kansas and Hoisington, Kansas, is a wetland refuge for migratory waterfowl and shorebirds.
Creator: Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Date: 1966
Item Number: 217157
Call Number: FK2.B2.3 C *3
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 217157
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Conservation
Built Environment - Function - Landscape - Conservation Area
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1960s - 1966
Environment - Water - Wetlands - Cheyenne Bottoms
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Great Bend
Places - Cities and towns - Hoisington
Places - Counties - Barton
Type of Material - Photographs
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