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Agriculture: It’s Impact on the Cultural Landscape

Agriculture: It’s Impact on the Cultural Landscape. Resaca Grove Farm, Rio Grande Valley PHOTO : Marin Pierce/Resaca Grove Farm http://www.window.state.tx.us/specialrpt/tif/southtexas/sidebars/agriculture.html.

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Agriculture: It’s Impact on the Cultural Landscape

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  1. Agriculture: It’s Impact on the Cultural Landscape • Resaca Grove Farm, Rio Grande Valley PHOTO: Marin Pierce/Resaca Grove Farm • http://www.window.state.tx.us/specialrpt/tif/southtexas/sidebars/agriculture.html

  2. Patterns visible from above ground reflect the land survey system and land ownership defined by cadastral system. This system allowed settlement patterns to be regulated. Rectangular=most prevalent in U.S. *rectangular checkerboard pattern *part of township-and-range system *designed to move non-Native Americans across farmland *sold in 1 square mile sections

  3. Cadastrel patterns vary across the U.S. and Canada Metes and Bounds Survey Eastern seaboard, used natural features to delineate irregular parcels of land

  4. Another: Long-lot surveys *Canada Maritimes, Quebec, Louisiana, Texas *narrow parcels stretching from rivers, roads, canals *common in French America

  5. Few true farm villages remain today – five typical village layouts to be familiar with…

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