Dedicated in 2011, this marker commemorates Hugh Hammond Bennett. Bennett was a trailblazer in the field of soil conservation. Bennett was the head of the Soil Conservation Service. Bennett was deeply concerned about the effects of soil erosion, particularly during the Dust Bowl years and sought to educate others through lecturing and demonstration projects like the one at Duck Creek. | Source: "Hugh Hammond Bennett (1881-1960) Marker, W-227," MARKERHISTORY.COM, accessed March 4, 2015, http://www.markerhistory.com/hugh-hammond-bennett-1881-1960-marker-w-227/.Download Original File
