Hugh Hammond Bennett
1881-1960
“Father of soil conservation.” First chief of the Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1935-1952. Born 4 miles southwest.
Marker is at the intersection of Andrew Jackson Highway (U.S. 74) and Anson High School Road (North Carolina Road 1259), on the right when traveling east on Andrew Jackson Highway.
Courtesy hmdb.org
