Volume 12 , Issue 21

PBS - Surviving the Dust Bowl

PBS - American Experience Surviving the Dust BowlThe Dust Bowl brought drought, dust, disease and death to the Midwest for nearly a decade. The story of the determined people who clung to their homes and way of life, enduring drought, dust, disease and even death for nearly a decade.



Rainmakers were hired to stop the drought and make rain by explosions of nitroglycerin. Hugh Bennett, father of Soil conservation, took his soil conservation ideas to Washington DC and Congress. High winds and sun! Settlers plow at your peril!

Rain finally came in the spring of 1939 many left their homes, but rain came 6 months later. It was an emotional time when you finally got rain. You would stand out in it and let it hit your face.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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