Title

Broomcorn Capital

Subject

Farming

Broomcorn

History -- Sterling, Kansas

Description

Sorghum vulgare var. technicum was used produce to brooms. Sterling was know as the broomcorn capital, shipping truckloads of broomcorn to the east coast.

Source

Sterling Free Public Library, Sterling, Kansas

Publisher

Sterling Free Public Library, Sterling, Kansas

Date

1880's-1900's

Contributor

Max Moxley

Rights

Reproduced with permission from the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.

In Copyright

Format

image/jpeg

Language

English

Type

Photographs

Identifier

MM_broomcorn082.jpg
MM_broomcorn082b.jpg

Coverage

Sterling, Kansas