The Dust Bowl was the result of four droughts occurring in quick succession, with the worst conditions occurring in 1930, 1934 and 1936. A major contributing factor to the Dust Bowl was poor farming ...
In the early 20th century, farmers across the Great Plains harnessed new technology to cash in on a huge demand for wheat. But over-farming led to the removal of prairie grasses which had kept the ...
IT WAS THE DRIEST year on record when 21-year-old Paul Gatschet saw the advertisement in the local paper. Volunteers wanted, announced the Hays Daily News. Farmers near La Crosse, Kansas, had a ...
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