Dust bowl

America's bread basket has gone to rot. Over 100,000 acres of farmland have been lost to the worst drought in living memory, leaving families destitute.

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The project for the Historical Sew Fortnightly Challenge this time was “Peasants & Pioneers.” From the event page on Facebook: “As wonderful as making pretty, pretty princess …

Striking images taken by photographer Dorothea Lange show families living in tents and shacks as they wait to be returned to Oklahoma after arid storms decimated their prairie homeland.

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I am a huge fan of everything Americana. I consider anything iconic that has to do specifically with our country's history to be Americana, including the Dust Bowl. I wanted to try to convey the terror and loneliness one must have felt during that time. There is a place in the Oklahoma panhandle called "No Man's Land" that was hit the hardest by the dust storms during the decade long beating. It was quite literally buried in dirt on a daily basis, especially in the summer of '35. Tumblr…

A look back at the Dust Bowl, when severe dust storms blew across the prairies of the United States, causing a mass migration of farmers.

It's time to brush up on your Oklahoma history!

Sanora Babb wrote about a family devastated by the Dust Bowl, but she lost her shot at stardom when John Steinbeck beat her to the punch

The Dust Bowl era was a time of tremendous hardship for South Dakotans. Take a look at these photos of dust storms in South Dakota.