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Photographer: Courtesy Silver City Museum
Caption: Marker detail: Hillside vegetation had all but disappeared by 1900.
Additional Description: Hillside vegetation had all but disappeared by the time a photographer captured this image, circa 1900. Today, grasses and other plants have returned, helping the land once again absorb and release water slowly over time, like a sponge.
Submitted: March 31, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p576292
File Size: 0.157 Megabytes

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