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 ...
A gust of wind sweeps over bare soil, kicking up enough dirt and dust to cut visibility to nearly zero, and for drivers, the dust storm seems to come out of nowhere. As the AP reports, such conditions ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TAYLOR COUNTY, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – In 1929, Amelia Perry was born in Haskell County; just one year later, the nation would be hit ...
In the 1930s, the Great Plains in the American South faced a financial and environmental catastrophe spurred by years of drought and reckless farming practices. Already reeling from the Great ...
A Kansas wheat farmer witnessed the searing drought and relentless winds that crippled the southern Great Plains during the ...
The Dust Bowl remains one of the worst environmental disasters in American history. Striking the Great Plains during the 1930s, it was fueled by years of intensive farming, severe drought, and ...
A 1930s US tree-planting project to stop the Dust Bowl still protects farms and wildlife nearly a century later.
WESTFIELD — Sophomores in Mark Dargie’s history class at Westfield High School made the 1930s come to life in the classroom with cardboard houses and a dust storm simulation. “My sophomore U.S.
MOLINE, Ill. — The recent wave of heat across the United States has made plenty of headlines. Temperature records falling throughout the southwest, including the longevity of 100+ degree days! Many of ...