Using homestead records and aerial photos to investigate historical cultivation in the United States

Rangelands

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 12-17

  Morris, Lesley R ^a,b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; CULTIVATION; DATABASE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL RECORD; INTERNET; LAND USE; OWNERSHIP;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860490565     PISSN: 01900528     EISSN: 1551501X     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/RANGELANDS-D-11-00056.1     Document Type: Article

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