Turkey Red Wheat

Turkey Red Wheat (HMZUL)

Location: Walton, KS 67151 Harvey County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 7.363', W 97° 15.03'

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Children in Russia hand-picked the first seeds of this famous winter wheat for Kansas. They belonged to Mennonite Colonies preparing to emigrate from the steppes to the America prairies. A peace-loving sect, originally from Holland, the Mennonites had gone to the Crimea from Prussia in 1790 when Catherine the Great offered free lands, military exemption and religious freedom. They prospered until these privileges were threatened in 1871. Three years later they emigrated to Kansas, where the Santa Fe R.R. offered thousands of acres on good terms in McPherson, Harvey, Marion & Reno counties, and where the legislature passed a bill which exempted religious objectors from military service. Within a month after landing in New York the Mennonites planted the red~gold grains their children had selected. The harvest was the first of the great crops of hard Turkey Red and its derivatives that have made Kansas the Granary of the Nation.
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HM NumberHMZUL
Series This marker is part of the Kansas: Kansas Historical Society series
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Marker Number61
Placed ByKansas Historical Society and State Highway Commission
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Date Added Sunday, September 14th, 2014 at 12:26am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)14S E 653350 N 4220876
Decimal Degrees38.12271667, -97.25050000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 7.363', W 97° 15.03'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 7' 21.78" N, 97° 15' 1.80" W
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Area Code(s)620
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 213 Michelle Dr, Walton KS 67151, US
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