http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 2. http://www.hcn.org/wotr/how-150-years-ago-the-homestead-act-transformed-the-west Jefferson's dream changed the landscape and settled this region. No publisher Andrew Gulliford homesteaders Homestead Act Thomas Jefferson 2012-12-13T15:52:22Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/326/16436 In his new book, The Worst Hard Time, Tim Egan interviews survivors to tell the story of the great American Dust Bowl on the southern Great Plains in the 1930s No publisher Gail Binkly Agriculture Crops Weather Western History Socio-Economics Tim Egan The Worst Hard Time Dust Bowl Great Plains Great Depression drought dust storms farming agriculture natural disasters history homesteaders wheat farmers Ogallala Aquifer topsoil 2011-11-21T22:40:17Z News Article