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This photograph represents the first load of wheat traveling the Arkansas River in Cowley County, Kansas on a flat boat to Little Rock, Arkansas. The flat boat has a man sitting at the front with a tent covering the wheat to protect it during the journey.
Date: 1875
Item Number: 450458
Call Number: FK2.C10 .512 *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 450458
Agriculture - Crops - Wheat
Business and Industry - Agricultural Industries
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1870s - 1875
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Arkansas City
Places - Counties - Cowley
Places - Other States - Arkansas - Little Rock
Places - Regions - Southern Kansas
Places - Rivers - Arkansas
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Water - Boats
Type of Material - Photographs
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