Comments on: 12 Things You Might Not Know About the Dust Bowl

By: NLM

NLM — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 04:28:12 +0000

The magnitude of those storms is hard to fathom. The Worst Hard Time was a great book. Thanks for reminding me about it.
Nancy

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:13:13 +0000

Here’s another recommendation for The Worst Hard Times. It’s a great book, and very informative.

I love history, and love reading these “little known facts” type of posts. Another huge event, that we didn’t learn about in school (at all, really) was the influenza epidemic of 1918. Would love a “facts you might not know” article on it.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:29:34 +0000

Fantastic post! My sixth graders are learning about the 1930s right now, and the Dust Bowl section in our text is only 4 very boring paragraphs. These will be some neat facts to share with them after spring break!

By: SamuraiMarine

SamuraiMarine — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:46:49 +0000

I think that many of us can track family members that were, either directly or indirectly, affected by the Dust Bowl era.

I had family on both sides… We were “Lucky” in the sense that my G-Grandfather worked for the railroads and even in the worst of times, they were the backbone of the nation.

I heard stories of people by the hundreds waiting outside the rail yards waiting for any possible jobs to open up. If word got out that someone had been injured or killed, it was a feeding frenzy for the open spot. Similar only to the Great Depression.

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:38:46 +0000

My dad tells stories of living in a “soddy” when the dust bowl hit Kansas. What an amazing and tragic period in history!

By: Nate

Nate — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:11:43 +0000

Just to let you know, Woody Guthrie had an entire album of songs about the dust bowl (entitled “Dust Bowl Ballads”). He also addresses many other social issues of the time as (quite possibly the first) topical folk singer.

By: SoonerSteve

SoonerSteve — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:27:57 +0000

The Oklahoma Panhandle has only 3 counties; Texas county, Beaver county and Cimmarron county. There were, however, many counties in Western Oklahoma that were affected by the dust bowl, but more than 3.

By: Adrienne

Adrienne — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:37:31 +0000

APUSH is Advanced PLacement United States History. It’s a high school class, and one I did not personally enjoy. I did enjoy this article, though.

By: LALA

LALA — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:44:23 +0000

The hell is “Apush”?

Thx for the article Kristen! I sent the URL to a friend of mine who just cannot bring himself to believe we little humans can change the climate of a big world.

By: Josiah

Josiah — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:12:43 +0000

Great post! I just had to read about this for Apush and it was awfully boring, but your perspective and presentation was fascinating. See, you guys should be employed to re-write boring text books!
-Josiah