Dust Bowl - Wikipedia
WEBThe Dust Bowl was the result of a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s.
A Child of the Dust Bowl | American Experience | PBS
WEBImogene Glover was growing up in the Panhandle of Oklahoma when devastating dust storms swept across the Southern Plains.
Winds bringing dust storm, low visibility to Oklahoma City
WEBFeb 14, 2023 · The wind was literally sweeping down the plain in Oklahoma Tuesday, with gusts between 70 and 80 miles per hour in the panhandle and bringing with them a dust plume expected to cause visibility of one to two miles during rush hour in the Oklahoma City metro, the National Weather Service reported.
Dust Bowl | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture
WEBThe Dust Bowl period that occurred during the drought years of the 1930s represents a remarkable era in the settlement history of the West. From a climatic perspective, the 1930s drought is still considered to be the most severe on record for …
Dust Bowl Lore | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and …
WEBThe lore of the Dust Bowl still circulates around the Oklahoma image as fiercely as the dust storms that blew through its Panhandle. Sunday, April 14, 1935, started as a clear day in Guymon, Oklahoma.
A look back at the Oklahoma Dust Bowl - okcfox.com
WEBSep 30, 2021 · It is not nearly as dry in the state as it was during the infamous Dust Bowl of the 1930s, but a lack of rain wasn’t the only reason behind those dirty ole dust storms.
What was the Dust Bowl? | Oklahoma Historical Society
WEBOklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Kansas were all a part of the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. In Oklahoma, the panhandle cities and towns suffered the worst droughts and dust storms (map courtesy of PBS).
Powerful wind gusts create dust storm, visibility issues in Oklahoma ...
WEBApr 15, 2023 · GUYMON, Oklahoma (KVII) — Strong wind gusts created a dust storm and visibility issues in the Oklahoma panhandle. The Texas County Sheriff's Office posted a photo of a dust storm on County Road 7 around 5 p.m. Saturday.
Dust Bowl: Photos From Oklahoma in 1942 by Alfred Eisenstaedt - LIFE
WEBDust storms raced across thousands of miles of once-fertile land, so huge and unremitting that they often blotted out the sun. Millions of American men, women and children took to the road, leaving behind everything they knew and everything they’d built, heading west, seeking work, food, shelter, new lives, new hope.
The Dust Bowl | Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
WEBThe 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.
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