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Prairie Breaking


Title	Prairie Breaking
Coverage / Year	c. 1840
Description	This drawing shows a yoke of oxen plowing a field.
Interpretation	Prairie breaking went on for nearly 50 years in McLean County. Many different systems were used and multiple yokes of oxen were common.
Lesson Plans / Themes	How we learn about communities; Communities and Geography; American Communities in History
Learning Standards	15 Economics; 16 History; 18 Social systems
Author or Creator	McLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill.
Other Contributors	Walters, William D, Jr., 1942-
Source	'The Heart of the Cornbelt: An Illustrated History of Corn Farming in McLean County,' by William D. Walters Jr.; ISBN 0-943788-15-3 (1997)
Subject / Keywords	McLean County, Illinois; Plowing; Plows; Yokes; Ox teams;
Collection Publisher	McLean County Museum of History
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Resource Identifier	mch0231; IL MCLEAN AGR WAL - Figure 2:8, p. 22
CONTENTdm file name	812481632002_mch0231.jpg