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Early tiling transformed Pocahontas County drainage and farming
Section Two recalls Deane Gunderson Rolfe Iowa detailing early tiling in Pocahontas County. It describes hand dug ditches, four to seven feet deep, and the shift from swamp ground to productive land through tile and dredge drainage.
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Y Deane Gunderson Rolfe
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Pocahontas County
Sire de Roy Imonson
Rolfe
Fellowee
Earl ‘Guess
Lester
Louis
Luther Thompson
Illinois