Growing Up in Baca County, Episode #5b 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 kid…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
Free Dust Bowl Teaching Resources
August 2018 NOTE: This resource will be updated extensively later this fall as I am currently preparing a resource "The Dust Bowl: The View from Ground Zero." Stay tuned. Growing…
Mrs. Tune, The Sheriff and the Goats
Vesta Tune lived in Springfield Colorado in the 1940′s and 50′s, Prior to that she lived in the Lycan Colorado area (north of the present day town of Walsh Colorado)…