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Robert Boots McCoy Talks About Dust Storms

Robert Boots McCoy Talks About Dust Storms

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Robert Boots McCoy Talks About The Jack Rabbits

Robert Boots McCoy Talks About The Jack Rabbits

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Robert Boots McCoy Talks About When The Rains Returned

Robert Boots McCoy Talks About When The Rains Returned

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The Coens Talk About How They Ended Up In The Great Plains

The Coens Talk About How They Ended Up In The Great Plains

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Roosevelt Weather

Roosevelt Weather

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Boise City

Boise City

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Boise City Decline

Boise City Decline

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Black Blizzards

Black Blizzards

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Black Sunday

Black Sunday

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The Coen Brothers Talk About Jack Rabbits

The Coen Brothers Talk About Jack Rabbits

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All Political

All Political

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Mechanized Agriculture

Mechanized Agriculture

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The Dust Bowl

Fresh Start

Some of the people who went to CA got jobs giving them a fresh start.
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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.
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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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