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- catalog abstract ""The Scioto Marsh in Hardin County, Ohio, was once an immense swamp, teeming with vegetation and wildlife. It was drained in the 1880s to grow vegetables, most notably onions. For decades, hundreds of workers crawled across the fields, hunched over half-mile rows of onions, potatoes, and other crops grown on the tabletop-flat fields of black muck in the 18,000-acre basin." "A much-publicized labor strike erupted during the broiling, violent summer of 1934, breaking the monotony of field work for that season. But the marsh had already begun showing the signs of exploitation - the rich organic soil was evaporating in astounding, incalculable tonnage. Once as deep as a tall pioneer, the muck was now little more than a foot thick." "Unearthing the Land is a century's view of former natural diversity altered by the "progress" of agriculture. Here, in typically American fashion, are the people who migrated to this place to work, many seeking a better life than offered by the Kentucky coal mines; here, too, are the few who prospered. And here, within the modern context of environmental concerns, is the story of nature's will to retain primal tendencies which still haunt today's fields of carrots and grain crops."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11360618.
- catalog coverage "Hardin County (Ohio) Environmental conditions.".
- catalog coverage "Hardin County (Ohio) History.".
- catalog coverage "Scioto River Valley (Ohio) Environmental conditions.".
- catalog coverage "Scioto River Valley (Ohio) History.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""The Scioto Marsh in Hardin County, Ohio, was once an immense swamp, teeming with vegetation and wildlife. It was drained in the 1880s to grow vegetables, most notably onions. For decades, hundreds of workers crawled across the fields, hunched over half-mile rows of onions, potatoes, and other crops grown on the tabletop-flat fields of black muck in the 18,000-acre basin." "A much-publicized labor strike erupted during the broiling, violent summer of 1934, breaking the monotony of field work for that season. But the marsh had already begun showing the signs of exploitation - the rich organic soil was evaporating in astounding, incalculable tonnage. Once as deep as a tall pioneer, the muck was now little more than a foot thick."".
- catalog description ""Unearthing the Land is a century's view of former natural diversity altered by the "progress" of agriculture. Here, in typically American fashion, are the people who migrated to this place to work, many seeking a better life than offered by the Kentucky coal mines; here, too, are the few who prospered. And here, within the modern context of environmental concerns, is the story of nature's will to retain primal tendencies which still haunt today's fields of carrots and grain crops."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. The Marsh -- 2. Diversity -- 3. Pioneers and Progress -- 4. Arrivals -- 5. The Town -- 6. Onions -- 7. Strike -- 8. Weeds, Wind, Water -- 9. The River -- 10. The Lake -- Epilogue: Time and Stewardship.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 290 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Unearthing the land.".
- catalog identifier "1884836518 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "1884836526 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Unearthing the land.".
- catalog isPartOf "Ohio history and culture".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Akron, Ohio : University of Akron Press,".
- catalog relation "Unearthing the land.".
- catalog spatial "Hardin County (Ohio) Environmental conditions.".
- catalog spatial "Hardin County (Ohio) History.".
- catalog spatial "Ohio Hardin County".
- catalog spatial "Scioto River Valley (Ohio) Environmental conditions.".
- catalog spatial "Scioto River Valley (Ohio) History.".
- catalog subject "977.1/44 21".
- catalog subject "F497.H4 R86 1999".
- catalog subject "Marshes Ohio Hardin County History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The Marsh -- 2. Diversity -- 3. Pioneers and Progress -- 4. Arrivals -- 5. The Town -- 6. Onions -- 7. Strike -- 8. Weeds, Wind, Water -- 9. The River -- 10. The Lake -- Epilogue: Time and Stewardship.".
- catalog title "Unearthing the land : the story of Ohio's Scioto Marsh / Tom Rumer.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".