On April 14, 1935, a wall of dust, hundreds of feet high, descended on farms and homes in the Great Plains. People drove as fast as they could to get away from the black clouds or covered their faces, ...

On April 14, 1935, the residents of Dodge City, Kansas, were relishing a rare respite from the dust storms that had raged for years. The morning air was still, the sun was shining against a field of ...