Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author John Ross discusses John Wesley Powell's vision for settlement west of fothe 100th meridian. John Wesley Powell understood the limits of local ...

A 140-mile shift is complete, but the 100th Meridian - an invisible boundary between the humid eastern U.S. and dry Great Plains - remains on the move, prompting new challenges for Iowa farmers. The ...

In 1878, noted geologist and explorer John Wesley Powell observed that the 100th Meridian, the longitudinal line that slices north-to-south through the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, ...

Climate change works in mysterious ways; it isn’t limited to wildfires and melting ice. Today’s climate exhibit: The 100th Meridian — the famous dividing line that separates America’s wet East from ...

The imaginary line was metaphorically "drawn in the dirt" by American geologist and explorer John Wesley Powell in 1878. The line appears to be moving east, which could have big impacts on farming and ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author John Ross talks about John Powell's theory of homesteading and the 100th meridian. Author John Ross talks about John Powell's theory of ...

In 1878, the American geologist and explorer John Wesley Powell drew an invisible line in the dirt-a very long line. It was the 100th meridian west, the longitude he identified as the boundary between ...

A three-word phrase originating in the real estate and business word advises careful consideration of where to begin a business or acquire and develop real estate, extolling the benefits of “location, ...

Bassett Livestock Auction, Rock County, Nebraska, 2006 Bassett is one of the state’s top auction houses. But generally ranchers refer to these places as “sale barns.” Most towns of any size in cattle ...