USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The “Dust Bowl” of the 1930s at first claimed western Kansas, eastern Colorado, northeastern New Mexico, and the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles. By 1934 dust storms had reached The Great Plains, stretching from North Dakota to Texas, and from the Mississippi River Valley to the Rocky Mountains.

Detailed explanation-2: -Although it technically refers to the western third of Kansas, southeastern Colorado, the Oklahoma Panhandle, the northern two-thirds of the Texas Panhandle, and northeastern New Mexico, the Dust Bowl has come to symbolize the hardships of the entire nation during the 1930s.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Dust Bowl was the name given to the drought-stricken southern plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a drought in the 1930s. As high winds and choking dust swept the region from Texas to Nebraska, people and livestock were killed and crops failed across the entire region.

Detailed explanation-4: -There were many dust storms in the 1930s but one storm in 1935 still lingers in the minds of those who witnessed it. The storm that hit on April 14, 1935 was darker and blacker than other storms that year. It prompted journalists to name this beautiful farm land, the nation’s bread basket-the Dust Bowl.

Detailed explanation-5: -The next great crisis in rural life in North Dakota occurred between 1928-1940: the Great Depression coupled with the Dust Bowl, which has been called the greatest manmade environmental disaster in American history.