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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Not illustrated. Excerpt: The Hayes Arboretum is an arboretum of 355 acres (144 ha) located in Richmond, Indiana, USA. It is open free to the public during daylight hours on Saturday. It is the primary project of the Stanley W. Hayes Foundation, a private operating foundation. The Arboretum is an educational facility and a managed nature preserve, collecting native wild plants indigenous to Wayne county and the Whitewater Valley Drainage Basin (an area encompassing 14 counties in west-central Ohio and east-central Indiana). It had claimed to include 172 species of trees, plants and shrubs native to the basin, but a 2007 study actually found 525 species. It also contains a renovated 1833 dairy barn, Beech-Maple Trail (3/4 mile), Habitat Trail (1 mile), Springhouse Trail (1/5 mile), Fern Garden Trail (329 ft), and History Trail (1 mile). The Arboretum was first established in June 1915 when Stanley Hayes began purchasing tracts of land to preserve the local old growth Beech-Maple Forest. He began reforesting the land, planting thousands of native trees and creating experimental plots, hoping to restore the land as when the first pioneers arrived. His estate now includes: Although not native to the Arboretum, the Arboretum includes the geology collection of a former Earlham College professor Dan Kinsey, who donated his collection in 1968. It contains at least one example of every type of rock native to Indiana. A small historic gas station that was moved to the site has been restored for use as a museum documenting the history of the Hayes Family and the Hayes Track Appliance Company. An 1833 dairy barn houses the arboretum's nature center, which houses information and interpretive displays about trees, native woods, flora and fauna. Many programs are o... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2441170 ... Read more

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Chapters: Jamestown Settlement, Colonial Williamsburg, Claude Moore Colonial Farm, Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 42. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Colonial Williamsburg -The Governor's Palace, reconstructed in the 1930s, looking in from the front gate.Early in the 20th century, the restoration and recreation of Colonial Williamsburg, one of the largest, was championed by the W.A.R. Goodwin and the patriarch of the Rockefeller family, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., along with his wife, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, to celebrate the patriots and the early history of the United States. Many of the missing Colonial structures were reconstructed on their original sites during the 1930s. Others were restored to estimates of 18th century appearance, with traces of later buildings and improvements removed. Dependency structures and animals add to the ambiance. Most buildings are open for tourists, with the exception of buildings serving as residences for Colonial Williamsburg employees. Notable structures include the Capitol and the Governor's Palace, each recreated and landscaped as to what is known of their late 18th century condition, as well as Bruton Parish Church and the Raleigh Tavern. The Wren Building on the campus of William and Mary was one of the first buildings to be restored. The major goal of the Restoration was to recreate the physical colonial environment and to facilitate education about the origins of the idea of America, which was conceived during the decades before the American Revolution. In this environment, Colonial Williamsburg strives to tell the story of how diverse peoples, having different and sometimes conflicting ambitions, evolved into a society that valued liberty and equality. Main article: History of Williamsburg, Virgi...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=361946 ... Read more

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Great MOMA exhibition catalog featuring photographers from the Great Depression era including Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, John Vachon, Ben Shahn, Jack Delano, and other artists / photographers. 32 black and white illustrations of photographs. Landscapes, workers, figures, portraits. Edited by Edward Steichen. Softcover. 36 pages. Measures 7 by 8 1/2 inches. Interesting exhibit catalog, nicely illustrated. ... Read more

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Includes photos and information about tractors and farm equipment dating back to 1919. Written by owner of Ole Tic Toc Ranch in Floresville, Texas. ... Read more

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Agriculture in Canada. History of agriculture, Classification of indigenous peoples of the Americas, Canada Agriculture Museum, Manitoba Agricultural Museum, Ross Farm Museum, Central Experimental Farm, Ontario Agricultural Museum, Canadian Grain Commission, Canadian Wheat Board, National Farm Products Council, Crow Rate, Western Economic Diversification Canada, List of countries by GDP sector composition, Canadian Agricultural Safety Association, Pesticides in Canada ... Read more