Well, northern Minnisota, and most of Wisconsin were part of the Northwoods. Maybe we did not meantion the Great Plains because we were talking about trees? Seems likely.
Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----- Original Message ----- From: "collinb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 6:57 AM Subject: Re: OT: Trees, squirls & Ohio (was - screen cleaning - help, please) > You tell 'em Bob! > > Collin (having lived in Wisconsin, Nebraska, & Oklahoma, but now in Ohio!) > > At 01:29 AM 8/8/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 20:35:08 EDT > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >You guys are forgetting about the Great Plains, the breadbasket of the USA. > > > >Stretching west from Chicago to the Rocky Mountains was a sea of grasslands. > >Northern Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas and parts > >of the states of Wisconsin, Missouri, and Colorado were never trees. The > >grass > >plants were so thick that the land defied farming. > > > >A special steel plow had to be invented to till the soil for the first farms. > > They called the farmers 'Sod Busters'. All this happened not that long > > ago, > >on a European scale. > > > >Regards, Bob S. > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.507 / Virus Database: 304 - Release Date: 8/4/03
