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Dust Bowl

Dust Bowl. Jake Oswald, Cornerstone 2012. Preview. Causes of Dust Bowl Life in the Dust Bowl Life Decisions Recovery from Dust Bowl. Causes of Dust Bowl. El Nino & La Nina Stripping of Prairie Grass Drought Brought Barren Fields Windy, Soil is Light & Sandy Large Storms.

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Dust Bowl

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  1. Dust Bowl Jake Oswald, Cornerstone 2012

  2. Preview • Causes of Dust Bowl • Life in the Dust Bowl • Life Decisions • Recovery from Dust Bowl

  3. Causes of Dust Bowl • El Nino & La Nina • Stripping of Prairie Grass • Drought Brought Barren Fields • Windy, Soil is Light & Sandy • Large Storms

  4. Life in the dust bowl • Black Blizzard – April 14, 1935 • Oklahoma to Washington DC • Dust Excess • “If the wind blew one way, here came the dark dust of Oklahoma. Another way and it was the gray dust of Kansas. Still another way the brown dust from Colorado and New Mexico” (Roop) • Sealing Doors • Wet Sheets • Wet Handkerchiefs • No Rain • “I hope it will rain before the kids grow up. They ain’t never seen none.” (Roop)

  5. Life in the dust bowl • Economic Impact • Farming Hardship • Money for Food

  6. Life decisions • Leave or Stay? • Foreclosure on Farms • Sickness • CA Advertised Good Jobs • Dangerous Trip • No Guarantees

  7. Recovery from dust bowl • Hugh Bennett’s Better Farming Techniques • “The plain country milo is not stunted… and its advent a few years ago was one of the miracles of modern agriculture.” (Hibbs) • Government Projects – Back to Work • La Nina & El Nino • National Parks • Prairie Grasses • Trees

  8. review • Causes of Dust Bowl • Life in the Dust Bowl • Life Decisions • Recovery from Dust Bowl

  9. Dust Bowl Jake Oswald, Cornerstone 2012

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