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By Paul S. Sutter



Let Us Now Praise Famous Gullies: Providence Canyon and the Soils of the South (Environmental History and the American South) By Paul S. Sutter

 |  2015-12-15  |  2015-12-15  | File type: PDF | File size: 45.Mb
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Most Helpful 0 of 0 review helpful Let us now praise famous gullies By Clare O Beara I found this an interesting look at the land and its history The Grand Canyon demonstrates the power of erosion of a mighty river over aeons the Providence Canyon however came about swiftly through ill thought farming practices after homesteaders took over the land from Creek Native people in Georgia While I ve visited the Grand Canyon Providence Canyon State Park also known as Georgia rsquo s ldquo Little Grand Canyon rdquo preserves a network of massive erosion gullies allegedly caused by poor farming practices during the nineteenth century It is a park that protects the scenic results of an environmental disaster While little known today Providence Canyon enjoyed a modicum of fame in the 1930s During that decade local boosters attempted to have Providence Canyon protected as a natio In this sweeping and powerful environmental study Paul Sutter uses Georgia s Providence Canyon both as a cautionary tale of erosion and the opportunity to explore soil science geology southern farming practices misguided experts and boosters fantasies o

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