The Dust Bowl

Episode 1: The Great Plow Up

1h - In the early 20th century, homesteaders converge on the southern Plains, where wet years, rising wheat prices and World War I produce a classic boom. Then, in 1931, a decade-long drought begins, exacerbated by the Great Depression.

Episode 2: Reaping the Whirlwind

1h - The crucible of dust, drought and Depression intensifies. Many people on the southern Plains give up and join a “migration of the defeated” to California. There they are branded as “Okies” and face vicious discrimination.

Episode 3: Reaping the Whirlwind

Episode 4: Hardy Ones