Technology, Mechanization, and the Life and Death of a Kansas Common Pasture:
The Story of the Westmoreland Common Pasture, Westmoreland, Pottawatomie County, Kansas,
1860-1940
Title
Technology, Mechanization, and the Life and Death of a Kansas Common Pasture:
The Story of the Westmoreland Common Pasture, Westmoreland, Pottawatomie County, Kansas,
1860-1940
The Story of the Westmoreland Common Pasture, Westmoreland, Pottawatomie County, Kansas,
1860-1940
Description
Many small towns in Kansas had a shared dairy commons. The author of this study connects the commons in Westmoreland, Rock Creek Valley, with the strong German and Sudetenland settler culture; he also traces the life of the commons and its eventual decline to milk trucks able to deliver bottled milk by the 1930s. By World War II, the commons was in its final days. The writer locates the original site and provides photographs.
Creator
Travis J. McCoy
Publisher
The Chapman Center for Rural Studies
Date
Spring 2011
Rights
The Chapman Center for Rural Studies
Relation
Kansas State University, Department of History
Format
pdf
Type
Document
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Citation
Travis J. McCoy, “Technology, Mechanization, and the Life and Death of a Kansas Common Pasture:
The Story of the Westmoreland Common Pasture, Westmoreland, Pottawatomie County, Kansas,
1860-1940,” Chapman Center Research Collections, accessed February 4, 2023, https://ccrsresearchcollections.omeka.net/items/show/215.
The Story of the Westmoreland Common Pasture, Westmoreland, Pottawatomie County, Kansas,
1860-1940,” Chapman Center Research Collections, accessed February 4, 2023, https://ccrsresearchcollections.omeka.net/items/show/215.