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raccoon

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Wed Oct 4, 2023, 07:45 PM Oct 2023

Before the American west was settled, were humongous wildfires [View all]

A not uncommon event? And how about prairies in states such as Kansas and Nebraska? I got the idea from somewhere that in those days—about mid- or pre- nineteenth century—fires raged over prairies periodically. Maybe somebody can enlighten me on this.

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