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The View from Ground Zero: Sunday Oct 11, 2020 winds bring memories of Dirty Thirties

The View from Ground Zero: Sunday Oct 11, 2020 winds bring memories of Dirty Thirties

The term ground zero is usually associated with an explosion and describes the location closest to a detonation. In the case of an explosion above the ground, ground zero refers…

October 19, 2020October 19, 2020
Dust Bowl Poems(1930s) by Nellie Grover Bamber

Dust Bowl Poems(1930s) by Nellie Grover Bamber

This post is a true pleasure. There are some little things to look for. The image of Grandma Bamber printed on an early dot matrix printer is a piece of…

March 29, 2020March 29, 2020
Growing Up in Baca County, Episode #4 by John Havens

Growing Up in Baca County, Episode #4 by John Havens

   As the dust storms increased many of the farm families and a few of the town residents had to pull up stakes and look for greener pastures.  As a…

December 10, 2019December 10, 2019
Growing up in Baca County, Episode #2b,  by John Havens.

Growing up in Baca County, Episode #2b, by John Havens.

A couple years ago, Kathy pushed out a series in the Plainsman Herald by John Havens. We are going to replay that on this blog over the next few weeks.…

November 26, 2019
Growing up in Baca County, Episode #2 – John Havens.

Growing up in Baca County, Episode #2 – John Havens.

A couple years ago, Kathy pushed out a series in the Plainsman Herald by John Havens. We are going to replay that on this blog over the next few weeks.…

November 20, 2019
Growing up in Baca County, Episode #1 John Havens.

Growing up in Baca County, Episode #1 John Havens.

A couple years ago, Kathy pushed out a series in the Plainsman Herald by John Havens. We are going to replay that on this blog over the next few weeks.…

November 13, 2019November 17, 2019
Dust Bowl Research Update: Origins of the term”Dust Bowl”, Maps and more

Dust Bowl Research Update: Origins of the term”Dust Bowl”, Maps and more

I have been collecting artifacts of the Dust Bowl as it relates to Baca County for awhile. My focus is compiling a resource that tells the “Dust Bowl” story from…

January 31, 2019January 31, 2019

The Dust Bowl Days: by George Chatham

The Dust Bowl Days: by George Chatham As I shared in an earlier post the Elmer & Lela Chatham family left Baca County and moved to Power’s county sometime in…

January 31, 2015

Were the Dirty Thirties the Good Old Days?

Posted with permission of Gloria Jean. Original article appeared in the Huckaby Times (Cousin Newsletter), April 2004 On Sunday April 14th, 1935, the sun came up in a clear sky.…

November 4, 2014

I Was Working on the Railroad…In The Heart of the Dust Bowl?

Dust Bowl noun, The region in the South Central U.S that suffered from dust storms. Thanks Johnny Jameson for this picture of a Roller Coming through Springfield Associated Press staff…

September 12, 2014

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