Soil Erosion

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20085458

Description

Ill fares the land when unchecked erosion eats deep gullies into the uplands and washes down sediment to smother agriculture in the valleys. That is what has happened in Wise and Montague Counties, and parts of Jack, Parker, and Tarrant Counties, drainage areas of the upper Trinity River. Mack McConnell, district soil conservationist, and James A. Cotton in charge of the United States engineers' Fort Worth suboffice, stand before a bridge in northeast Wise County built on the site of two other bridges that have been buried by rising sand. The two men are standing on the bank of a river. There's a bridge with two parked cars. A man is standing on the bridge looking at Mr. McConnell and Mr. Cotton. Star-Telegram Evening Edition April 12, 1946

Archival Date

1946-04-06

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-409

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Erosion; Soil conservation; McConnell, Mack; Cotton, James A.; Engineers; Bridges; Wise County; Automobiles; Cars; Rivers; Embankments; Sand; Trinity River (Tex.)