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By Kristina Boucher

The St. Croix Valley has been a haven for farmers because the first increase within the 1850s. The St. Croix River was once a mecca for early undefined, and the mammoth Minnesota and Wisconsin prairies have supplied the traditional assets for the region�s farmers to develop their plants and their households. The valley was once dotted with brightly painted barns, an indication of monetary good fortune. besides the fact that, as time wore on, the St. Croix Valley skilled an agricultural downturn. Barns were left deserted. Fields were changed into subdivisions. An period has handed, and the barns and farms that have been as soon as proud reminders of the region�s good fortune are disappearing from the geographical region. yet why? misplaced Farms of the St. Croix Valley explores the historical past of the zone, stocks the images and tales of neighborhood farmers, and evaluates why the normal kin farm is falling by means of the wayside.

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