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Limestone and flint on the surface of the soil kept it from being tilled  

Did You Know?
Zebulon Pike unknowingly named the Flint Hills based on his journal entry in 1806 as he camped and passed through the hills of flint. This flint kept the prairie from being tilled. Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

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Last Updated: May 13, 2008 at 11:59 EST