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

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020
by Kent Brooks

 As the dust storms increased many of the farm families and a few of the town residents had to pull up stakes […]

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Dust Bowl Poems(1930s) by Nellie Grover Bamber
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Dust Bowl Poems(1930s) by Nellie Grover Bamber

March 29, 2020March 29, 2020
by Kent Brooks

This post is a true pleasure. There are some little things to look for. The image of Grandma Bamber printed on an […]

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Growing Up in Baca County, Episode #4 by John Havens
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Growing Up in Baca County, Episode #4 by John Havens

December 10, 2019December 10, 2019
by Kent Brooks

   As the dust storms increased many of the farm families and a few of the town residents had to pull up […]

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Dust Bowl Research Update: Origins of the term”Dust Bowl”, Maps and more
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Dust Bowl Research Update: Origins of the term”Dust Bowl”, Maps and more

January 31, 2019January 31, 2019
by Kent Brooks

I have been collecting artifacts of the Dust Bowl as it relates to Baca County for awhile. My focus is compiling a […]

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The Dust Bowl Days: by George Chatham

January 31, 2015
by Kent Brooks

The Dust Bowl Days: by George Chatham As I shared in an earlier post the Elmer & Lela Chatham family left Baca […]

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Were the Dirty Thirties the Good Old Days?

November 4, 2014
by Kent Brooks

Posted with permission of Gloria Jean. Original article appeared in the Huckaby Times (Cousin Newsletter), April 2004 On Sunday April 14th, 1935, […]

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I Was Working on the Railroad…In The Heart of the Dust Bowl?

September 12, 2014
by Kent Brooks

Dust Bowl noun, The region in the South Central U.S that suffered from dust storms. Associated Press staff writer Robert Geiger was […]

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Free Dust Bowl Teaching Resources

March 26, 2014
by Kent Brooks

August 2018 NOTE: This resource will be updated extensively later this fall as I am currently preparing a resource “The Dust Bowl: […]

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Mrs. Tune, The Sheriff and the Goats

March 5, 2014March 22, 2019
by Kent Brooks

Vesta Tune lived in Springfield Colorado in the 1940′s and 50′s, Prior to that she lived in the Lycan Colorado area (north […]

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