Substation No. 12
—Home of Hybrid Sorghums —
Forage crop field station at which in 1909 (when situated 6 mi. NE) was planted the United States' first sudan grass, a sorghum especially adaptable to semiarid regions. The United States Department of Agriculture had brought the seed from Khartum, Africa. Here ensued more than aHM Number | HM1ZBR |
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Year Placed | 1971 |
Placed By | State Historical Survey Committee |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Sunday, July 2nd, 2017 at 12:01pm PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 14S E 452345 N 3783833 |
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Decimal Degrees | 34.19441667, -99.51721667 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 34° 11.665', W 99° 31.033' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 34° 11' 39.9" N, 99° 31' 1.98" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 940 |
Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling South |
Closest Postal Address | At or near FM392, Chillicothe TX 79225, US |
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