Dust Bowl (blog #15)

This is a map of the areas affected by the Dust Bowl.

The Dust Bowl was a time period during which severe dust storms struck the mid-western part of the United States. It took place during the 1930s and lasted for about a decade. This time period is said to be caused by droughts and the use of new mechanized farming techniques. Numerous prairies and crops were destroyed. The destruction caused by the Dust Bowl had a negative impact on the U.S. economy and lengthened The Great Depression.

On April 15, 1935, a gigantic dust cloud bears down on a peaceful little ranch in Boise City, Okla., where the topsoil has blown away.

Buried machinery in barn lot in Dallas, South Dakota, United States, during the Dust Bowl.

 

 



Women wearing masks to avoid breathing in dust.
 

A farm in Texas with all its crops ruined for lack of rain, and wind-blown dirt piled up against the house.   

A city is about to be consumed by a dust storm.