High Plains Arboretum
by Jessica Friis and the Friends of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens
2022-05-30128 pages
About this book
Decades after the Homestead Act, many settlers had tried and failed to establish roots in the high plains of Wyoming. Altitude, wind, dry conditions, and lack of winter snow cover desiccated plants, making it especially hard for trees to survive. In 1929, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)…
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