Vol. 138 No.04, July 24, 2024

Tag: Dirty Thirties

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The View from Ground Zero: Sunday Oct 11, 2020 winds bring memories of Dirty Thirties

October 19, 2020

Dust Bowl

Tags: 1887, 1935, 1937, 2020, Bent county register, Dirty Thirties, dustbowl, ground zero, moms basement

The term ground zero is usually associated with an explosion and describes the location closest to a detonation. In the case of an explosion above the ground, ground zero refers to the point on the ground directly below the detonation. In recent American culture it often refers to the location nearest 911 terrorist attacks on…
Growing Up in Baca County – Chapter 5 Part 2- John Havens

April 30, 2020

History, Stories

Tags: 1930s, Dirty Thirties, dust bowl, John Havens, Vilas

As the dust storms increased many of the farm families and a few of the town residents had to pull up stakes and look for greener pastures. As a kid working around the service station I observed first hand family after family load all their belongings into cars and onto pickups and head out to…
Free Dust Bowl Teaching Resources

March 26, 2014

Dust Bowl

Tags: Dirty Thirties, dust bowl, PBS, springfield

August 2018 NOTE: This resource will be updated extensively later this fall as I am currently preparing a resource “The Dust Bowl: The View from Ground Zero.” Stay tuned. Growing up in Springfield Colorado in the 1930’s, my mother was a child of the Dust Bowl. I asked her once if she remembered Black Sunday any more…

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