Volume 11 , Issue 52

Historical Atlas of Oklahoma

The Historical Atlas of Oklahoma, by Charles Robert Goins, Canney Goble, John Wesley Morris, shows a map and gives other information about Oklahoma and its weather events.

Such as, the "Balck Sunday" Dust storm that struck northwestern Oklahoma on April 14, 1935, and was the worst ever experienced in that region. According to an observer at Kenton, the storm struck at 4;20 P.M., turning afternoon brightness immediately into midnight darkness and absolute zero visibility.

It goes on to state on the next page that "Oklahoma is often characterized as a prairie state, but the situation is much more complex. More than fifty years ago, a map based on extensive fieldwork conducted following the Dust Bowl portrayed the distribution of vegetation in the absence of human intervention. However, the natural vegetation of Oklahoma has been heavily modified by human agency over the past century.

"Ecologists, land managers, and historians are interested in how the Oklahoma landscape appeared to American Indians and early settlers. Fortunately, several early visitors to the region wrote journals containing accounts of the vegetation and wildlife they encountered. Although these records often lack the detail necessary for restoration of native ecosystems, they do provide insight."
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