Great dust storms spread from the Dust Bowl area. The drought is the worst ever in U.S. history, covering more than 75 percent of the country and affecting 27 states severely. Roosevelt signs the ...

I was born in what’s now the center — what was considered the center of the Panhandle, the Dust Bowl. I feel like that just being raised in that time period, I have a good history to remember.

One such voice was Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel, known as the "Okie Poet," who chronicled the life of the Dust Bowl refugees throughout the San Joaquin Valley. Betty Blanks, author of "Pick Up Your ...