Thousands of families were forced to leave the Dust Bowl at the height of theGreat Depressionin the early and mid-1930s. Many of these displaced people (frequently collectively labeled “Okies” regardless of whether they were Oklahomans) undertook the longtrektoCalifornia. Their plight was charact...
What caused the Dust Bowl? Explore the history and impact of the Dust Bowl and learn about efforts to prevent another one from occurring in the...
John Koch, Globe Staff
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Although there were similarly severe droughts in the Great Plains earlier in the 19th century and later in the 1950s and 1970s, there were no comparable levels of wind erosion.7 Excessive cultivation in the 1930s is the standard explanation for the Dust Bowl. The issue to be explained is ...
Look for the facts about the Dust Bowl. Let's start with the internet. You can find a wonderful site on the Dust Bowl by the Library of Congress with photographs, interviews and sound recordings at: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tshome.html ...
Dust Bowl In the mid-1930s, the Farm Security Administration’s Resettlement Administration hired photographers to document the work done by the agency. Some of the most powerful images were captured by photographer Dorothea Lange. Lange took this photo in New Mexico in 1935, noting, “It was ...