Carolyn McCormick
Caroline Henderson
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Episode Guide
- 1. The Great Plow-Up Nov 18, 2012
- Stories from survivors of the dust storms of the 1930s.
- 2. Reaping the Whirlwind Nov 19, 2012
- Families find relief in California; government conservation efforts help stabilize the soil.
The Dust Bowl. Results of a Dust Storm, Oklahoma, 1936. Farm Security Administration/Office. of War Information Black-and-White Negatives. Between 1930 and 1940, the southwestern Great Plains region of the United States suffered a severe drought. Once a semi-arid grassland, the treeless plains became home to thousands of settlers when, in 1862 ...
Timeline: The Dust Bowl. For nearly a decade, drought gripped the Great Plains. Explore a timeline of events. Along the highway near Bakersfield, California. Dust bowl refugees, Nov....
The Dust Bowl chronicles the environmental catastrophe that, throughout the 1930s, destroyed the farmlands of the Great Plains, turned prairies into deserts, and unleashed a pattern of massive,...
The term Dust Bowl was coined in 1935 when an AP reporter, Robert Geiger, used it to describe the drought-affected south central United States in the aftermath of horrific dust storms.
Timeline: The Dust Bowl. For nearly a decade, drought gripped the Great Plains. Explore a timeline of events. Along the highway near Bakersfield, California. Dust bowl refugees, Nov....
Map of area affected by the Dust Bowl. Media Credits. The audio, illustrations, photos, and videos are credited beneath the media asset, except for promotional images, which generally link to another page that contains the media credit.
The worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, the 1930’s Dust Bowl destroyed farmlands in the Great Plains, turned prairies into deserts, and unleashed a pattern of massive, deadly dust storms that for many seemed to herald the end of the world.
