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Buried Treasure:
Converting Champaign County’s Swampy Prairies to Farmland

Jun 2, 2018
4 min

Buried Treasure: Converting Champaign County’s Swampy Prairies to Farmland

By Jason Peterson, Feature Writer Travelers entering Champaign County today would stumble upon miles and miles of cultivated farmland....

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