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Travel back to the 1930s, when dust storms ravaged the parched and overplowed southern plains, turning bountiful wheat fields into desert. Disease, hardship and death followed, yet people stayed, refusing to give up on their land and way of life.
Revisit the story of the dust bowl and hear the remarkable story of the determined people who endured drought, dust, disease and even death for nearly a decade. Tune in or livestream ‘American Experience: Surviving the Dust Bowl’ Wed, Aug. 31 at 9pm on WSIU TV.
Travel back to the 1930s, when dust storms ravaged the parched and overplowed southern plains, turning bountiful wheat fields into desert. Disease, hardship and death followed, yet people stayed, refusing to give up on their land and way of life.