Browse Items (1039 total) for Des Moines County Soil and Water Conservation District Historical Collection

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Next
Last

Sort by:

1980's Commissioner Don Matthews

Don Mathews served as a commissioners for the Des Moines County Soil and Water Conservation District frpm 1983-1988.

1991 Employees - Front - Dorothy Davis & Doug Ensminger. Back - John Fruehling, Terry Cosby & John Horan.

Standing in the Des Moines County Soil and Water Conservation District Office are Dorothy Davis, District Secretary and Doug Ensminger - front row; Soil Conservationist; John Fruehing, Conservation Aide; Terry Cosby, District Conservationist; and…

2001 Iowa Soil Conservation Award Program (ISCAP) owner/operator winner Holly and Kay Wagner receive award from Chairperson Todd Heckenberg

Commissioner Chairman Todd Heckenberg presents Holly and Kay Wagner with their owner/operator award

Horace Sutton

The first two photos were taken in the 1970's when Harold Sutton was treasurer of the Des Moines County Soil and Water Conservation District. The third photo was taken in 1992 when Horace served as an assistant commissioner of the Des Moines County…

Notre Dame Elementary School Students and Butterfly Garden

In these photos, elementary school students are shown planting a butterfly garden outside their Notre Dame Elementary School.

1925 Soil Map of Des Moines County Soil Survey of Des Moines County Map

This map is part of the soil survey by T.H. Benton of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station and E.P. Lowe of the U.S. Department of Agriculture

1925 Soil Survey of Des Moines County

This survey includes a description of the area, climate, agricultural acreage and production of the principal field crops, and types of soil

1940 General Highway and Transportation Map of Des Moines County,

This highway map shows the major roads, towns and townships of Des Moines County, Iowa

1940's and 1960's Scrapbook Photo Album

This scrapbook contains photographs from the late 1940's and 1960's. Most of the ones from the 1960's are not identified.

1943 Abolition of the Plow

R.H. Musser, Regional Conservator of the Soil Conservation Service in Milwaukee, Wisconsin recommends this article from New Republic where H.H. Bennett points out the disadvantages of the turning plow and welcomes the advantages of new types that are…

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Next
Last

Output Formats

atom, csv, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2