An Amarillo photographer's personal journey through the Dust Bowl- with past and present eyes.

Sunday, November 18, 2012

The Big Plow Up - The Dust Bowl

Old photo I found in the Kenton, Oklahoma general store called "The Merc" stuck on a tack on the wall showing a pioneer participating in "the big plow up" where hundreds of thousands of acres of native grasses were plowed under to make way for crops.


Considered useless - these grasses held down the top soil which the constant wind just stripped away.

1 comment:

  1. Ken Burns' magic will bring it all to life again: The Dust Bowl.

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