https://padlet.com/edwardstok/q0jaa568btwa By Abbi and Eddie en-us 2018-09-19 19:45:15 UTC 2025-05-19 18:53:03 UTC hello@padlet.com abbiward https://padlet.com/edwardstok/q0jaa568btwa/wish/284115065 Migrants lives were characterized by transience. In an attempt to maintain a steady income, workers had to follow the harvest around the state.]]> 2018-09-20 19:17:04 UTC https://padlet.com/edwardstok/q0jaa568btwa/wish/284115065 abbiward https://padlet.com/edwardstok/q0jaa568btwa/wish/284115229 2018-09-20 19:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/edwardstok/q0jaa568btwa/wish/284115229 edwardstok https://padlet.com/edwardstok/q0jaa568btwa/wish/284116689 At the same time, the increase in farming activity placed greater strain on the land. As the naturally occurring grasslands of the southern Great Plains were replaced with cultivated fields, the rich soil lost its ability to retain moisture and nutrients and began to erode. Soil conservation practices were not widely employed by farmers during this era, so when a seven-year drought began in 1931, followed by the coming of dust storms in 1932, many of the farms literally dried up and blew away creating what became known as the "Dust Bowl." ]]> 2018-09-20 19:21:07 UTC https://padlet.com/edwardstok/q0jaa568btwa/wish/284116689