this event was devastating to many farmers across the plains states during the Great Depression.
Dust bowl
1930s.
Dust Bowl
Dust Bowl
The dirty thirties
Most livestock died of starvation during the Dust Bowl in the 1930s.
Lowering the land.
Lowering the land.
Kansas
Lowering the land.
It was a terrible decade with the dust bowl and the great depression.
A long period (years) of drought led to the dust bowl in the 1930s. This left the top soil prone to wind erosion. When winds came, it created dust storms that killed many because you cannot breathe in dust.