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This article recounts the harrowing experience of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Blender of Monument, Logan County, who were caught unprepared during a dust storm in 1935. The couple was trying to round up their chickens to put them in the hen house when the storm hit, and they quickly became disoriented by the dense, blowing dirt. Luckily they safely found their way to the house.
Creator: Topeka Journal
Date: March 23, 1935
This story does an excellent job of illustrating how quickly these storms could begin. It is an interesting story that will grab students' attention and demonstrate how these storms affected the daily lives of Kansans.
KS:11th:2.1:Dust Bowl Experiences (2005)
Item Number: 210980
Call Number: K551.51 Dust Bowl Clippings
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210980
Agriculture - Environment - Weather - Storms - Dust
Agriculture - Family farming
Agriculture - Livestock - Poultry - Chickens
Agriculture - Structures - Chicken houses
Collections - Library
Community Life - Disasters and accidents - Dust Storms
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930-1945 (Kansas_Benchmark 2) - Dust Bowl experiences (Indicator 1) - Dust storms
Date - 1930s - 1935
Environment - Weather - Storms - Dust
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - clipping
Places - Cities and towns - Monument
Places - Counties - Logan
Places - Regions - Western Kansas
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Type of Material - Newspapers - Clippings
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