Great dust storms spread from the Dust Bowl area. The drought is the worst ever in U.S. history, covering more than 75 percent of the country and affecting 27 states severely. Roosevelt signs the ...
The Dust Bowl chronicles this critical moment in American history in all its complexities and profound human drama. It is part oral history, using compelling interviews of 26 survivors of those ...
Dalhart, Texas, stands as a beacon of history from the Dust Bowl era, offering visitors a unique glimpse into the past. This town, once overwhelmed by dust storms that turned day into night ...
In his magisterial history of the region that came to be known as the Dust Bowl—the area encompassing the high plains of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico—Egan evokes ...
But as the Dust Bowl continued for most of the decade and wheat prices plunged to the lowest in recorded history, two-thirds of Saskatchewan farmers were forced to line up for monthly aid.