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1999 Bridge over Flint River

These photos show different views of a bridge over the Flint River.

1993 Cranes doing work on Flint Creek

These cranes are doing a variety of tasks including pulling items out of the creek and building up the creek shores damaged by erosion

Smiling man at Christmas

Unidentified man enjoys opening a Christmas present while his family watches

Agricultural machinery on display

These pieces of farm machinery are on display inside a building

1976 Men at no-till meeting

A meeting was held in 1976 at the Mediapolis High School for farmers to learn about no-till planting of crops

1978 No-till corn tour with John Wagenbach

John Wagenback is the fifth man from the left in the plaid shirt. These people are on a tour of no-till farming methods.

1978 Group on no-till corn tour

Doug Cling is the young man in the middle

Geode Wonderland Pathfinders display

This Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D)display promoted the Lake Geode Wonderland project in Des Moines County

Joe Beckman, Commissioner

Joseph Beckman served as a Des Moines County Soil Conservation District Commissioner from 1974-1980

Before the development of the first self-governing windmill, settlement of the upland areas of the American West was almost impossible. Windmills were needed to pump underground water to the surface. As soon as their design and manufacture had been…

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