In 1929, Amelia Perry was born in Haskell County; just one year later, the nation would be hit with an agricultural and ...

This is exactly what happened to the late author Sanora Babb. Her inspiration began as a child in Southeastern Colorado after ...

Severe drought hits the Midwestern and Southern Plains. As the crops die, the “black blizzards” begin. Dust from the over-plowed and over-grazed land begins to blow. When Franklin Roosevelt ...

Two-thirds of Saskatchewan families received relief after the Dust Bowl left prairie farmers with parched ... emerged from the prairie dust during the darkest days of the Great Depression.

some of which date to the Dust Bowl era. Maine can’t afford to lose any more farms, said Brenner, who is herself a flower farmer. Famous for its potato and wild blueberry crops, Maine had lost ...

During the 1930s, drought and economic depression forced prairie farmers to abandon their farms ... known as the Dust Bowl, hits parts of the Canadian prairies. (National Archives of Canada ...

The Dust Bowl, arising from a combination of prolonged drought, heavy winds, and over farming leading to fruitless farmland, and skies blotted out by red and brown dust.

Severe drought hits the Midwestern and Southern Plains. As the crops die, the “black blizzards” begin. Dust from the over-plowed and over-grazed land begins to blow. When Franklin Roosevelt ...