Harding County, New Mexico Historic photos, documents, and people

Discouraged farmers have been leaving this area over a period of years, leaving their heavy equipment in the fields. Mills, New Mexico

A corral practically buried by drifted dust. Mills, New Mexico. Therefore, the fertile top soil of a grazing area cannot be utilized

Fence corner and outbuilding being buried by dust. Misuse of lands is the chief cause of results such as this. Mills, New Mexico

The town of Mills, New Mexico. The grain elevator in background at right has been long ago abandoned. The bank is closed

These farm implements should never have been used for they destroyed a naturally rich grazing area. Mills, New Mexico

Typical farm in the Mills area, New Mexico. These people are to be resettled, their land to revert to cattle range

Typical view of the rolling character of the area. Town of Mills in distance, New Mexico

Typical Teutonic farm wife and child of Mills, New Mexico, area. Client for resettlement

An example of how listing soil into furrows helps impede erosion. Mills, New Mexico

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