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Remembering Black Sunday- April 14, 1935

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:45:23 CDT

Remembering Black Sunday- April 14, 1935 April 14th is the Diamond anniversary of 'Black Sunday' in Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas and Kansas. On that date in 1935 a massive cloud of dust roared out of the northern plains across Nebraska, Kansas and into western Oklahoma, turning a warm sunny afternoon into blackness. The picture here is one of the most famous of that era- "Fleeing a dust storm". Farmer Arthur Coble and sons walking in the face of a dust storm, Cimmaron County, Oklahoma. Arthur Rothstein, photographer, April, 1936.


Much of the plains had experienced dust and sand storms during the 1930's, but the storm on April 14th, 1935 was much worse.


The day is known as "Black Sunday," because of the wall of sand and dust that blasted into parts of the Panhandle and western Oklahoma.


The worst conditions were in the Oklahoma panhandle with heavy blowing dust, winds of 60 miles per hour and falling temperatures.


It was so dark, people said they could not see their hands in front of their faces for a short time.


After that date, the term "Dust Bowl" would take hold.

The folks in the Oklahoma Panhandle have a website called the The Grit in Your Teeth which has a great video with those who remember Black Sunday- Click here to jump to this site.

The folks at Kansas State have put together an excellent of pictures of blowing dirt in the 1930s- click here to see them.





   

 

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