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Douglas L. Karlen, Mriganka De, Marshall D. McDaniel, and Diane E. Stott

Soil Health, during the second decade of the 21^st Century, has become a familiar term to both rural and urban audiences. Some may think the concept is new, but as outlined herein, the projects, workshops, books, and all other activities addressing this topic are built on a solid foundation reflecting numerous research, education, and technology contributions such as soil conservation, soil condition, soil tilth, soil carbon management, soil quality, soil security, or simply prevention of soil degradation. We have broken the evolution of soil health activities into four stages: (i) pre‐20^th Century contributions, (ii) soil tilth and conservation activities between ~1900 and 1970, (iii) introduction and initial soil quality activities, and (iv) acceptance, promotion, and adoption of soil health per se. Recognizing some contributions have been missed, we hope the presentation will provide a reasonable foundation for many different readers.