Dust storms have been wreaking havoc across the country, and the mix of climate change and lax environmental regulations mean they’re likely to continue. In their wake, air quality readings spiked ...
In the 1930s, the Great Plains in the American South faced a financial and environmental catastrophe spurred by years of drought and reckless farming practices. Already reeling from the Great ...
Witness one of the strangest and most heartbreaking chapters of 1930s America. These colorized photos capture the surreal world of the Dust Bowl migration — endless dust storms, abandoned farms, ...
WESTFIELD — Sophomores in Mark Dargie’s history class at Westfield High School made the 1930s come to life in the classroom with cardboard houses and a dust storm simulation. “My sophomore U.S.
Hugh Tranum was the guest speaker at the Valley Historical Society on the history of Sinclairville native Rexford Tugwell and the dust bowl of the 1930’s. SINCLAIRVILLE – Historian Hugh Tranum was the ...
LIBERAL, Kansas (Reuters) - Real estate agent Mark Faulkner recalls a day in early November when he was putting up a sign near Ulysses, Kansas, in 60-miles-per-hour winds that blew up blinding dust ...