Category: Archive

Students Explore the Dust Bowl

All Edwards County students have had an opportunity to visit the library to see the “Dust, Drought, and Dreams Gone Dry” and “It Blew So Hard” exhibits. Kindergartens thru 8th graders did various activities with singer/songwriter Thad Beach.  The 7th and 8th Language Arts Project class at Kinsley-Offerle Jr/Sr High School are conducting interviews.  The 11th grade …

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Other Dust Bowl Activities & Resources

Dust Bowl Memories: Recollections of local residents gleaned from the Kinsley Library oral history collection. New interviews by Catherine Hattrup, Jim Mowrey Jake Schmidt, and Charles Schmitt Click here Kansas, A Land of Dust and Drought:  Three Interviews about the 1930s, 1950s, and today collected by the Language Arts Projects Class of Kinsley-Offerle Junior/Senior High School  Click here Dust Bowl Connections: professional …

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