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Governor Pinchot, dressed in a suit, is flanked on either side by farmers, many dressed in overalls and carrying scythes.
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Governor Pinchot, dressed in a suit, is flanked on either side by farmers, many dressed in overalls and carrying scythes.

Credit: Courtesy Pennsylvania State Archive

As well as being a noted conservationist, Governor Pinchot is also famed for paving rural roads throughout the state. In this 1931 photograph of the ground-breaking ceremony, Pinchot, (center) is surrounded by the farmers that were helped by his Rural Road Improvement Program

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