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Growing Up in Baca County, Episode #5b     John Havens

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…

April 30, 2020April 30, 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
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

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…

March 26, 2014

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)…

March 5, 2014March 22, 2019

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