Episode 7 - Designed for Opposition Part 2

Continue the journey you started in the last episode. In this part of the story Jim, Maggie and family move away from the parched Oklahoma farm and start a new life in a new place. Join the family to see how the struggles of the depression and the dust bowl help them prepare to experience true joy.

Artwork image information:

By Sloan (?) - United States Department of Agriculture; Image Number: 00di0971; Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2246882

Stories from those who lived in the dust bowl:

https://livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_02.html

Black Sunday Information (The storm described in episode 1)

http://climate.ok.gov/index.php/site/page/news/black_sunday_remembered

History Channel Dust Bowl Article:

https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/dust-bowl#:~:text=The%20Dust%20Bowl%2C%20also%20known,dust%20storms%20began%20in%201931.

Black Blizzard Article

https://www.weather.gov/media/oun/newsletter/spring2010.pdf

Another great resource is the Ken Burns Documentary on the Dust Bowl