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 takes ...
The Dust Bowl stands as one of the most devastating environmental disasters in American history, and one of the clearest examples of how weather and human decisions can collide. During the early 1930s ...
The 1930’s are remembered as one of the worst economic recessions and driest periods in United States history. Before extreme drought overtook the Great Plains many Americans traveled in pursuit of ...