
The Dust Bowl chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, in which the frenzied wheat boom of the Great Plow-Up, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation.
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See AllSanora Babb returns to her childhood home during the depression.
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Tex Pace left the panhandle for CA and worked as a orange picker near Visalia, CA
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Everyone had different opinions about the New Deal programs.
Learn about Arthur Rothstein.
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Hear from Donald Worster about the increasing number of dust storms the area faced.
Sunday April 14, 1935 became known as Black Sunday.
Hear from Timothy Egan about how Boise City was marketed to people.
Property values in Boise City decline by 90%.
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See AllExperience the conservation efforts to bring farms back to life
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The Dust Bowl was the worst man made ecological disaster in American History.
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Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan discuss making The Dust Bowl
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The Dust Bowl chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history
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Those caught in the dust thought the end of the world was upon them.
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With the dust storms, midday turned into midnight.
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The dust storms were so severe they could suffocate those trapped out of doors.
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Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan, Julie Dunfey and Susan Shumaker talk about making The Dust Bowl.
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