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Bonus Material | Trixie Travis Brown: Almost Moving to Idaho

Bonus Material | Trixie Travis Brown: Almost Moving to Idaho

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The Wheat Bubble Burst

The Wheat Bubble Burst

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Bonus Material | Trixie Travis Brown Talks About Black Sunday

Bonus Material | Trixie Travis Brown Talks About Black Sunday

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Bonus Material | Dale Coen Reads a Poem

Bonus Material | Dale Coen Reads a Poem

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Bonus Material | Dale Coen Talks About Dust Storms

Bonus Material | Dale Coen Talks About Dust Storms

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Bonus Material | Dale Coen Reads a Poem by his Mother

Bonus Material | Dale Coen Reads a Poem by his Mother

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Bonus Material | Robert Boots McCoy Talks About When The Rains Returned

Bonus Material | Robert Boots McCoy Talks About When The Rains Returned

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Bonus Material | Robert Boots McCoy Talks About The Jack Rabbits

Bonus Material | Robert Boots McCoy Talks About The Jack Rabbits

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Bonus Material | Floyd Coen Talks About Having A Big Family

Bonus Material | Floyd Coen Talks About Having A Big Family

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Bonus Material | The Coen Brothers Talk About Jack Rabbits

Bonus Material | The Coen Brothers Talk About Jack Rabbits

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Mechanized Agriculture

Mechanized Agriculture

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Bonus Material | Robert Boots McCoy Talks About Wheat Prices

Bonus Material | Robert Boots McCoy Talks About Wheat Prices

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The Dust Bowl

Bonus Material | Mr. Huff

Raymond Huff, Superindendent of Schools of Union County hired the entire town to build the new high school in Clayton, NM. He used the WPA to save the County.
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Reaping the Whirlwind
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Season 1 Episode 2
Reaping the Whirlwind
The storms and the Great Depression continued.
The Dust Bowl Season 1
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Season 1 Episode 1
The Great Plow-Up
The southern Plains were rapidly turned from grasslands to wheat fields.
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