![]() ![]() ![]() What had once been rich farmland was left as little more than desert. ![]() As the drought continued year-after-year, a large percentage of the population was forced to migrate away from the effected States. The soil blew upwards and eastwards, forming great clouds that traveled across the continent, sometimes blanketing Chicago, New York and Washington. However, after the war ended, a time of drought hit the Western part of the continent and the soil dried out to become dust. Sod was turned upside down and wheat grew as never before. The First World War had made many farmers wealthy as the price of wheat soared, and as it did so, millions of acres of new sod was broken throughout the Plains. Sponsor Show Your Support Become a Patron ![]()
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