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"The two elements, 'Midwest' and 'barn,' are inextricably related, forming the underpinning of a people's spatial perception of the American heartland-neither East nor West-but rather in the center where the combination of level land, fertile, dark and grass-covered soils, ideal climate, and usually abundant water offered-to all whom dared to settle there-a panacea."
Sculle & Price, "Barns of the Nonorthogonal Plan," Barns of the Midwest, edited by Noble & Wilhelm.