Boom Time
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The Great Plains goes through a boom period.
The Great Plains goes through a boom period as land speculators tout the miraculous advantages of farming wheat. Government and private industry encourage the settlement and development of the region.
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Boom Time
Clip: Episode 1 | 3m 24sVideo has Closed Captions
The Great Plains goes through a boom period as land speculators tout the miraculous advantages of farming wheat. Government and private industry encourage the settlement and development of the region.
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Clip: Ep1 | 12m 11s | As the Great Depression sets in, farmers on the Great Plains begin to feel its effects. (12m 11s)
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Clip: Ep1 | 1m 56s | Even thought wheat prices had plummeted, farmers went back to work in the fall. (1m 56s)
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Clip: Ep1 | 4m 9s | Modern machinery made farming more profitable. (4m 9s)
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Clip: Ep1 | 1m 52s | Multiple suicides took place during the Dust Bowl in the southern Great Plains. (1m 52s)
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