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In 1829 "Johnny Appleseed" planted an apple nursery 900 feet east of here on a half acre of Jacob Harter's land leased for forty years in exchange for forty apple trees delivered in 1835. — — Map (db m196049) HM
Imagine what Ohio's early inhabitants thought when they first gazed across a vast ocean of tall grasses. What did the prairie hold in store for them? Early Native American tribes, like the Miami, Ottawa and Potawatomi, found the prairie to be a . . . — — Map (db m236507) HM
Our five acres of tallgrass prairie represents a collective part of Ohio's natural history. Beautiful prairies like these have attracted both wildlife and humans for centuries to their rich bounties of food, shelter and medicine.
Calvin R. . . . — — Map (db m236509) HM
American prairies began forming 25 to 50 million years ago after the Rocky Mountains were pushed up into existence. This new mountain range reduced the flow of moist Pacific air moving toward the east.
Over the centuries, moisture- dependent . . . — — Map (db m236508) HM
