Common Foods & Crops of Indian Origin, Utah Field House of Natural History, Vernal, Utah

Subjects: Agriculture & Farms Native American Life
Card type: Other
Date: c. 1907 (Golden Age)

Back of Common Foods & Crops of Indian Origin, Utah Field House of Natural History, Vernal, Utah, c. 1907 other postcard — Back

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A printed text card titled 'Common Foods & Crops of Indian Origin Used By Us Today,' listing crops domesticated by Native Americans and explaining their historical importance. It is a souvenir of the Utah Field House of Natural History in Vernal, Utah.

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PublisherUtah Field House of Natural History

COMMON FOODS & CROPS OF INDIAN ORIGIN USED BY US TODAY MOST OF THESE PRODUCTS ORIGINATED IN CENTRAL OR SOUTH AMERICA AND WERE DOMESTICATED BY PREHISTORIC INDIANS. THE DOMESTICATION AND USE OF THESE PLANTS WAS ACTUALLY THE BASIS FOR THE EARLIEST CIVILIZATION AMONG MEN. IT ENDED THEIR NOMADIC EXISTENCE. ESTAB- LISHED THE VILLAGE. WHEN DISCOVERED BY THE SPANIARDS THE EARLY AMERICAN INDIANS HAD DEVELOPED AN AGRICULTURE SUPERIOR TO THAT OF ANY EUROPEAN COUNTRY. SINCE THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, NO WHITE RACE HAS DEVELOPED A SINGLE MAJOR FOOD PRODUCT FROM ITS WILD STATE. THE INDIANS HAD DEVELOPED MORE THAN 20. CORN (MAIZE). WORLD'S OLDEST GRAIN. CULTIVAT- ED FROM PATAGONIA TO CANADA IN PREHISTORIC TIMES. COLUMBUS REPORTED CORNFIELDS 18 MILES LONG. AS A WORLD CROP, CORN IS EXCEEDED ONLY BY RICE AND POTATOES. POTATOES (WHITE). ORIGINATED IN PERU. THERE NAMED "BATATA" BY THE SPANIARDS — ANCIENT INDIAN NAME FOR SWEET-POTATO — WHO BROUGHT THEM TO EUROPE ABOUT 1530. CULTIVATED IN IRELAND AROUND 1660, AND INTRODUCED TO NEW ENGLAND AS THE "IRISH" POTATO IN 1719 BY SONS OF ERIN. BEANS TAPIOCA, PEPPER COTTON SQUASH CHICLE (CHEWING GUM) TOBACCO TOMATOES CHOCOLATE RUBBER STRAWBERRIES, CRANBERRIES HEMP PINEAPPLES, AVOCADOS QUININE PEANUTS, CASHEWS, BRAZILS, & PECANS SOUVENIR OF UTAH FIELD HOUSE OF NATURAL HISTORY VERNAL, UTAH --- PHOTO POST CARD ADDRESS Kodak PLACE STAMP HERE Paper

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Condition	Good
Place mentioned	Utah Field House of Natural History, Vernal, UT
Notes	Printed text card; no picture. Light wear, small stain top center, crease top left; signature bottom right. No postmark; unused card. Kodak Paper real-photo post card, divided back, blank address side. Handwritten inventory number "#59" in lower right corner. Light foxing and stains, small tear at upper left edge.

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Common Foods & Crops of Indian Origin, Utah Field House of Natural History, Vernal, Utah, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/common-foods-crops-of-indian-origin-utah-field-house-of-natu. Accessed October 5, 2026.