Dust Bowl/Okies (jan 1, 1934 – jan 1, 1940)
Description:
Period of drought, high temperatures, and severe storms in the 1930s resulting in major droughts that led to a significant amount of farmland in Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and New Mexico becoming useless for farmers - Lasted for 10 years. Hundreds of thousands of farmers travelled to California (“Okies”)Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1934
jan 1, 1940
~ 6 years