Early American Farmers and the Move West - This Land of Ours Southeast AgNET

Early American Farmers and the Move West - This Land of Ours AgNet West

American agriculture has always been shaped by the land—and by how farmers chose to use it. In today’s American Agriculture History Minute, agricultural broadcaster Mark Oppold highlights the work of ... Read More The post Early American Farmers and the Cycle of Moving West appeared first on AgNet West.

Early American Farmers and the Move West - This Land of Ours Southeast AgNET

American agriculture has always been shaped by the land—and by how farmers chose to use it. In today’s American Agriculture History Minute, agricultural broadcaster Mark Oppold highlights the work of historian Louis Hacker, who documented how early American settlers managed the land as they pushed westward across the expanding United States. The Pioneer Expansion Era According to Hacker’s historical research, the period from the 1770s through th…