A pile of tumbleweeds cling together at the edge of town in Garden City. Calen Moore/Kansas News Service
A tumbleweed rolls through a neighborhood in Garden City. Calen Moore/Kansas News Service
A wall of Tumbleweeds in Ford County, more than six feet tall. Calen Moore/Kansas News Service
A man in Haskell County, Kansas burning tumbleweeds in the roadside ditches is a regular spring practice. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Tumbleweeds caught in a fence by a highway in Ford County. When collected like this, they can be a fire hazard. Calen Moore/Kansas News Service
Tumbleweeds have taken over the High Plains.
They thrive so well that they are part of the culture of the West. But this ample supply of blowing weeds can hurt farm yields, wreak havoc on neighborhoods and cause fire dangers.
GARDEN CITY, Kansas — A minor but significant character in old western movies: the tumbl eweed.
In the midst of the gunslinging, often a lonely tumbleweed will roll across the s…
