https://padlet.com/aglittle/cjh472s7vt22hjns Artifacts, pictures, and anecdotes from the Dust Bowl en-us 2021-04-25 03:18:06 UTC 2023-03-09 08:32:21 UTC hello@padlet.com aglittle https://padlet.com/aglittle/cjh472s7vt22hjns/wish/1457692860 2) insured government funds for projects such as highways. ]]> 2021-04-26 03:27:07 UTC https://padlet.com/aglittle/cjh472s7vt22hjns/wish/1457692860 aglittle https://padlet.com/aglittle/cjh472s7vt22hjns/wish/1457737634 2021-04-26 03:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/aglittle/cjh472s7vt22hjns/wish/1457737634 aglittle https://padlet.com/aglittle/cjh472s7vt22hjns/wish/1457739558 these crops were seen as the most prosperous in America at this time. The cotton used in clothes, corn used to feed livestock, wheat to make bread, and tobacco products were good sellers. ]]> 2021-04-26 03:51:08 UTC https://padlet.com/aglittle/cjh472s7vt22hjns/wish/1457739558 aglittle https://padlet.com/aglittle/cjh472s7vt22hjns/wish/1457749433 These easy money crops need a lot of water and deplete the soil of natural resources.]]> 2021-04-26 03:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/aglittle/cjh472s7vt22hjns/wish/1457749433 aglittle https://padlet.com/aglittle/cjh472s7vt22hjns/wish/1457763172 thought out the great plans moistly affecting northern Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. However, the Silt carried on the wind could be felt as far as New York at some times. ]]> 2021-04-26 04:05:54 UTC https://padlet.com/aglittle/cjh472s7vt22hjns/wish/1457763172 aglittle https://padlet.com/aglittle/cjh472s7vt22hjns/wish/1457771366
Eva, Oklahoma

June 30, 1935

My dear Evelyn:

In the dust-covered desolation of our No Man's Land here, wearing our shade hats, with handkerchiefs tied over our faces and vaseline in our nostrils, we have been trying to rescue our home from the wind-blown dust which penetrates wherever air can go. It is an almost hopeless task, for there is rarely a day when at some time the dust clouds do not roll over. "Visibility" approaches zero and everything is covered again with a silt-like deposit which may vary in depth from a film to actual ripples on the kitchen floor. I keep oiled cloths on the window sills and between the upper and lower sashes. Some seal the windows with the gummed-paper strips used in wrapping parcels, but no method is fully effective.

]]> 2021-04-26 04:11:19 UTC https://padlet.com/aglittle/cjh472s7vt22hjns/wish/1457771366 aglittle https://padlet.com/aglittle/cjh472s7vt22hjns/wish/1457787404  Continues planting in the same fields without rotation or large treatment leads to dead soil or unusable soil. and when a prolonged drought came all the loose dirt was picked up by the wind. without the grass native to the area or other root systems topsoil became airborne.]]> 2021-04-26 04:21:14 UTC https://padlet.com/aglittle/cjh472s7vt22hjns/wish/1457787404 aglittle https://padlet.com/aglittle/cjh472s7vt22hjns/wish/1457788846 during this time there was little hope for people no matter where they were. ]]> 2021-04-26 04:22:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aglittle/cjh472s7vt22hjns/wish/1457788846 aglittle https://padlet.com/aglittle/cjh472s7vt22hjns/wish/1457791611 During the Dust storms nowhere was safe the only options were to leave or struggle to clean cover and protect every last perosseous thing.  A lot of farm family's moved to California to try to find work and escape the dust these people were called Okies. Others sent the young to far relatives to try and save their lives. Unfortunately, many young, elderly, and sick were chocked out by the dust. ]]> 2021-04-26 04:23:37 UTC https://padlet.com/aglittle/cjh472s7vt22hjns/wish/1457791611 aglittle https://padlet.com/aglittle/cjh472s7vt22hjns/wish/1457807208 Most people struggled to keep their crops much less water and get extra produce to sell. ]]> 2021-04-26 04:32:23 UTC https://padlet.com/aglittle/cjh472s7vt22hjns/wish/1457807208 aglittle https://padlet.com/aglittle/cjh472s7vt22hjns/wish/1457815548 Because of the devastation and the previous economic crises of the great depression the lack of the production of crops that had been flowing into the economy up until 1934 the country needed relief and fast  ]]> 2021-04-26 04:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/aglittle/cjh472s7vt22hjns/wish/1457815548 aglittle https://padlet.com/aglittle/cjh472s7vt22hjns/wish/1457833448 Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the new deal for relief of the American citizens one of his many projects was to reclaim the land and return farmers to it. ]]> 2021-04-26 04:46:22 UTC https://padlet.com/aglittle/cjh472s7vt22hjns/wish/1457833448 aglittle https://padlet.com/aglittle/cjh472s7vt22hjns/wish/1457839898 the first dust storm reached the east coast traveling from Oklahoma to New York City 2,000 miles away even hitting the Statue of Liberty. this confused many people because most at that time had not heard of the extent to the issue.]]> 2021-04-26 04:48:42 UTC https://padlet.com/aglittle/cjh472s7vt22hjns/wish/1457839898 aglittle https://padlet.com/aglittle/cjh472s7vt22hjns/wish/1457869052 President FDR speaks about the concisions of the west and his plan to help with the Dust Bowl. ]]> 2021-04-26 04:59:51 UTC https://padlet.com/aglittle/cjh472s7vt22hjns/wish/1457869052