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The Homestead Act: How Free Land Transformed North American Agriculture
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California Water, Energy, and Policy: Duarte, Vanden Heuvel Break It Down
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Early American Farmers Move West After the Revolution
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A Fresno Success Story Featured on the AgNet News Hour
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America’s Westward Expansion and the Transformation of Agriculture
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