| Summary: | This image is a soil survey map of Etowah County, Alabama in 1908. The map shows the distribution of soil types by colors and symbols. Other features that are shown on the map include cities, towns, schools, churches, cemeteries, roads, railroads, ferries, bridges, rivers, and mountains. There are legends on the soil types in the lower left margin and the right margin. Soil profiles (3 feet deep) are shown on the left margin. In the bottom left margin, there is a statement mentioning that the soil survey is done by W.S. Lyman of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and C.S. Waldrop of the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries in 1908. Names of the persons in charge of different offices are mentioned on the map and are listed as follows: Milton Whitney, Chief of U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Soils, B.B. Comer, Governor of the State of Alabama, J.A. Wilkinson, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. The map is printed by "Julius Bien & Co. Lith." It is an original printed copy and is encapsulated. Except for some minor wear around the edges and folding lines, the map is in good condition.
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