5258 x 3465 px | 44,5 x 29,3 cm | 17,5 x 11,6 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
12 marzo 2011
Ubicazione:
New Mexico, USA, United States, America
Altre informazioni:
The High Plains are a subregion of the Great Plains in the Western United States, generally encompassing the western part of the Great Plains before the region reaches the Rocky Mountains. The High Plains are located in southeastern Wyoming, southwestern South Dakota, western Nebraska, eastern Colorado, western Kansas, eastern New Mexico, western Oklahoma and northwestern Texas. From east to west, the High Plains rise in elevation from around 1, 160 feet (350 m) to over 7, 800 feet (2, 400 m). Barbed wire played an important role in the protection of range rights in the U.S. West. Although some ranchers put notices in newspapers claiming land areas, and joined stockgrowers associations to help enforce their claims, livestock continued to cross range boundaries. Fences of smooth wire did not hold stock well, and hedges were difficult to grow and maintain. Barbed wire's introduction in the West in the 1870s dramatically reduced the cost of enclosing land.
