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  • From: "Richard Wagner" <rewagner@centurytel.net>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Controlled burns
  • Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 20:44:34 -0600

A romantic explanation but not very likely in fact.

The dark color and texture of the prairie soils is typical of chernozem. The natives would not have been burning the prairies, especially large areas, as they were not agriculturists. Most prairie fires were naturally started by lightning as are most wildfires even today.





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